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, head_name = Head of School , head = Kristy Kerin , chair_label = Chair of Trustees , chair = R C Ballentine Esq , city = Wolfeboro , state =

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, United States. It occupies of shoreline along

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. With around 350 students, it serves grades nine through twelve and post-graduates. The 2018 full boarding

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is $62,600. The current Head of School is Kristy Kerin.

History

The school was founded in 1820 by local citizens as a "building for higher education". Originally called the "Wolfeboro & Tuftonboro Academy", in 1887 it was renamed "Brewster Free Academy" in honor of benefactor John Brewster. For sixty years it charged no tuition fee to local residents, and, from its inception until 1964, the school served as the only high school in Wolfeboro, as well as serving day students from neighboring towns. In 1946, the academy begin to charge a small tuition, and Wolfeboro at its town meeting in March 1947 voted to pay local students' tuition fees. During the immediate postwar years, it was a popular school with military veterans seeking to improve their credentials for a university education under the

G.I. Bill The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, bu ...

. In 1963 the graduating class consisted of 60 local students, with 30 additional

post-graduate Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree. The organization and stru ...

students who boarded on campus. Many were there to increase their athletic prowess, and some, including

Milt Morin Milton Denis Morin (October 15, 1942 – July 9, 2010) was a professional American football tight end in the National Football League. Morin attended St. Bernard's High School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he held records in track and field ...

who played in the NFL, had successful college and pro sports careers. The local students were then moved to Kingswood Regional High School in town and Brewster became a private boarding school. In 1985,

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co-founder Ken Olsen donated a number of Digital personal computers to Brewster. The computers were part of a new lab dedicated to

Grace Murray Hopper Grace Brewster Hopper (; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of com ...

, whose family had a summer house in Wolfeboro. The lab is called the Grace Murray Hopper Center for Computer Learning. Brewster has hosted the

Great Waters Music Festival The Great Waters Music Festival (GWMF) is an annual summer music festival held in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States, two hours north of Boston. The festival was founded in 1995 to promote live musical performances of outstanding amateur and pr ...

since 1995. This summer festival promotes live musical performances including choral, symphonic,

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, pops,

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, dance, and renowned vocal and instrumental artists. Celebrity performers have included

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...

, Dave Brubeck,

Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Gu ...

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, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. In 2020, Brewster's prep basketball team won their 7th National Prep Basketball Championship (2010; 2012; 2104; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2020). Eighteen alumni have played in the NBA, including 10 who have been selected in the NBA draft since 2010. On July 1, 2021, Kristy Kerin became the 13th Head of School in Brewster's over 200-year history. Notably, she is the first female to hold the position.

Technology

Brewster Academy began its one-to-one laptop program in 1993. Each new freshman or sophomore admission to Brewster receives an Apple laptop on arrival and this laptop will be with them for the remainder of their time at the academy. Juniors and seniors are expected to provide their own laptop unless special financial or other aid is given. Most classes require software tools for students' work and to ensure constant communication among students, parents and administrators. Through online portfolios, students post their work to be reviewed and evaluated by faculty, and shared with parents. Through their own portal, grades and academic status are constantly posted to all students.

Faculty

Most members of the faculty live around campus with their families. Some are dorm parents, who take care of students in dorm. Dorm parents have dorm meetings once a week to discuss problems in student's life in dorm. Most of the married dorm parents live with their families in quarters connected to the dorm. The faculty is prepared and trained at the Brewster Summer Institute, a four-week professional development program designed to assist teachers in accelerating student growth. Each instructor is placed on an eight-member team that teaches and advises students in a single grade. Teams meet three or four times weekly to discuss each student's progress and performance. Class size averages 12, and the student-teacher ratio is 6:1.

Athletics

Brewster Academy provides various afternoon sport programs, such as soccer, basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, ice hockey, or tennis, with members of faculty coaching them. Brewster has a diverse selection of interscholastic sports along with recreational, intramural and instructional sports during the fall, winter and spring seasons. Among the interscholastic sports, Brewster fields varsity, junior varsity and co-ed teams, as well as eight- and four-person shells on the crew teams. Games are typically played on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with a half day of classes on Wednesdays to accommodate games schedules. During games and during regular practices, an athletic trainer is available to help students. The teams are coached by members of faculty at all levels. Brewster competes in the following interscholastic sports: alpine skiing,

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

, cross-country skiing,

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

crew A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved ...

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

, snowboarding, soccer, and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

. Intramural, recreational and instructional offerings include advanced

strength training Strength training or resistance training involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance. It is often associated with the lifting of weights. It can also incorporate a variety of training te ...

, dance, equestrianism,

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

, outdoor skills, snow sports, tennis,

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, x-fitness, and

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. The academy holds numerous New England and Lakes Region League Championship titles. The boys' prep basketball team has won the National Prep School Championship seven times (2010; 2012; 2014; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2020) and the NEPSAC Class AAA Championship seven times (2008; 2010; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2017; 2022). The program has sent approximately 170 alumni to NCAA Division I programs over the past 20 years. Twenty Brewster Academy alumni have played in the NBA, while 12 alumni have been selected in the NBA Draft. The boys' lacrosse team has won numerous Lakes Region Championships, as well as consistently ranking nationally in LaxPower and US Lacrosse polls. Numerous alumni have moved on to play in college and professionally. Athletic facilities include a athletics and wellness center featuring a convertible turf floor, a four-lane 200-meter indoor track, and a

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; six

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s; nine

tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variet ...

s; a boathouse for dry land training for the

and crew teams; an indoor rowing tank; and a

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Arts

In the performing arts, Brewster has an award-winning chorus, ''HOWL'', which has performed at Carnegie Hall and a drama group that produces musicals, operas and plays throughout the year. There is a chamber orchestra, a

chorale Chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale: * Hymn tune of a Lutheran hymn (e.g. the melody of "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"), or a tune in a similar format (e.g. one of the th ...

, a

wind ensemble A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

and a jazz band, and dance instruction is available. An art center is home to

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s, printmaking, drawing and painting classes.

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...

and

desktop publishing Desktop publishing (DTP) is the creation of documents using page layout software on a personal ("desktop") computer. It was first used almost exclusively for print publications, but now it also assists in the creation of various forms of online ...

centers feature the latest computers, industry standard software, and video and digital equipment. The newly renovated Anderson Hall, designed by Scott Simons Architects, features a proscenium theater, new lobby and

green room In show business, the green room is the space in a theatre or similar venue that functions as a waiting room and lounge for performers before, during, and after a performance or show when they are not engaged on stage. Green rooms typically have ...

. Scott Simons Architects received the AIA NH Honor Award for the design in 2015.

Notable alumni

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(born 1995), basketball player for

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in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *

Jeff Adrien Jeff Adrien (born February 10, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for San Lorenzo de Almagro of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, Argentina. He formerly served as captain for the University of Connecticut Huskies, where he played a ...

, basketball player for the

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and

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

* Doğuş Balbay, basketball player for

Anadolu Efes Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...

* Will Barton, basketball player for the Denver Nuggets *

Jonah Bolden Jonah Anthony Bolden (born 2 January 1996) is an Australian-American former professional basketball player. He started his professional career with FMP in Serbia, where he was named the ABA League Top Prospect in 2017. He played a season-and-a- ...

, basketball player for Philadelphia 76ers *

Craig Brackins Craig Lee Brackins (born October 9, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Shiga Lakestars of the Japanese B.League. Brackins played collegiately for the Iowa State Cyclones. A power forward, Brackins was the h ...

, basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers * Terrence Clarke, former college basketball player for

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* Marcus Derrickson, basketball player for Golden State Warriors *

Melvin Ejim Melvin Obinna Ejim (born March 4, 1991) is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Iowa State University before playing professionally in Italy, Russia and Spain, as well as ...

(born 1991), small forward for Budućnost * C. J. Fair, former small forward for the

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* Daniel Ford, novelist, journalist, historian *

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, actor * Devonte' Graham, basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans *

Charles Hoag Charles Hoag (June 29, 1808 – 1888) was a New England classical scholar, the first schoolmaster of the city of Minneapolis, and second Treasurer of Hennepin County. He is also known to have played a part in the naming of Minneapolis. After start ...

, Classical scholar * James Kirkwood, Jr., author; his novel ''Good Times Bad Times'' is set at Brewster, although the school and its buildings are renamed *

Jalen Lecque Jalen Evander Lecque (born June 13, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. A consensus four-star recruit and former NC State commit, Lecque chose to forgo college basketball and ...

, guard for the Phoenix Suns *

Mark Lyons Mark Steven Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona before playing professionally in France, Croatia, Is ...

(born 1989), basketball player, top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in both 2015 and 2017 *

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, power forward for the

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, NBA All-Star, first-round selection in

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, NFL player *

Hosea Quimby Hosea Quimby (also known as Hosea Quinby) (1804–1878) was an American Free Will Baptist pastor, author, and president of the Parsonsfield Seminary in Maine and Smithville Seminary in Rhode Island. Quimby was born to Moses and Dolly (Atkins) Quim ...

, Free Will Baptist minister and educator * Jalen Reynolds (born 1992), basketball player for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and Euroleague. * Thomas Robinson, basketball player for the

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* JaKarr Sampson, basketball player for the Indiana Pacers *

Avi Schafer is a Japanese professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Schafer has been a member of the Japan national basketball team. Early life Schafer was bor ...

(born 1998), Japanese professional basketball player *

Blake Schilb Blake Schilb (born December 23, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Czech former professional basketball player who last played for USK Praha of the Czech NBL. Standing , he plays the point forward position. College career Prior to Loyola Univ ...

, basketball player for Paris-Levallois * Justine Siegal, baseball coach and sports educator * Xavier Silas, basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers *

Justin Simon Justin D'John Simon (born May 6, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Scaligera Basket Verona, Scaligera Verona of the Lega Basket Serie A, LBA. He played college basketball for St. John's Red Storm men's basketball, St. John's. ...

, basketball player for The Hawks of Wollongong, New South Wales * Jared Terrell (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * T. J. Warren, forward for the Indiana Pacers

Residence halls

Students live in 20 dormitories with faculty members and their families. Most dormitories overlook Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire's largest lake, and the Belknap Mountains in the distance.

References

External links

Brewster Academy official website

The Association of Boarding Schools profile
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