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The Loomis Chaffee School is a college preparatory school located in Windsor, Connecticut. It has a total enrollment of 700 boarding and day students, and 150 faculty members.
History
Loomis Chaffee was chartered in 1874, when the five Loomis siblings had seen all of their children pass away. They decided to pool their assets and create a school to benefit the children of others. The founders were insistent that no religious or political views, national origin, or lack of financial resources would preclude any student from admission.
In 1914, the Loomis Institute accepted its first class of 39 boys and five girls. In 1926, the girls division split off to form The Chaffee School. The two schools reunited in 1970 to create The Loomis Chaffee School. Since then, the school has expanded greatly.
Overview
The school is set on a 300+ acre (1.2 km²) campus at the confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers. It offers 180 courses in mathematics, science, history, English, Chinese, French, German, Latin, Spanish, and Economics, as well as numerous electives. The school has 60 interscholastic boys and girls sports teams in 19 sports, and 40 other extraurricular organizations. The Katherine Brush Library contains over 60,000 volumes. The school's endowment was recently valued at $110 million.
Loomis Chaffee's mascot is the Pelican. The school motto is the Latin phrase written by Ovid: "Ne Cede Malis," which means "Do not yield to adversity."
Distinguished Alumni
External Links
The Loomis Chaffee School (http://www.loomis.org)
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