Suffield
Academy
Suffield Academy is a coeducational independent secondary
school located in Suffield, Connecticut, USA. The school serves boarding and
day students across the country and internationally.
Suffield
Academy
is established in academic excellence, strong work ethics, respect and
commitment to education.
Suffield
Academy was initially established as the Connecticut
Literary Institute in 1833, later renamed
Suffield
School in 1916 and then
Suffield
Academy in 1937. Its primary mission was
to educate young men for the Baptist ministry. Eventually, the founders
deviated from its primary focus and opened its doors to diversity, with women
joining the community.
Guided by its motto “Esse Quam Videri”, “to be, rather than
to seem”,
Suffield
Academy is dedicated to
nurturing the mind, body, spirit and soul of its students.
To nurture the mind, Suffield students are challenged to achieve
success, encouraged to lead, and exercise the theatre of the mind.
Suffield
Academy
is the first in
America
to require its students to own laptops. To nurture the body, students are
engaged in various athletics programs to foster personal competence,
self-confidence, commitment and hard work. To nurture the spirit, the Suffield
environment harbors a tight-knit friendly, familial community to grow in. To
nurture the soul, students are encouraged to express themselves and bring out
their creativity in their performance.
The
Suffield
Academy mission is to
instill a sense of responsibility and challenge them to grow in a structured
and nurturing school community. The Suffield students are expected to emerge
from their Suffield experience prepared for the path to success.
As in the words of the current Headmaster, Charles Cahn III,
“There is an emphasis here on helping students succeed, and focusing on the
distance they travel during their years on the Suffield campus. Our mission
also speaks to the nature of our community—what it feels like to be at
Suffield. This is a school that combines challenging academics and high
standards with an encouraging, supportive faculty. This clarity about who we
are gives Suffield an important position in the independent school world.”
