Lawrence Academy (other)
Lawrence Academy may refer to: * Lawrence Academy (Groton, Massachusetts), Groton, Massachusetts (private, secondary, boarding school). * Lawrence Academy (North Carolina), Merry Hill, North Carolina (private, day school, K–12). * Lawrence Academy (Falmouth, Massachusetts), a heritage building in Falmouth, Massachusetts. {{disambiguation, school ...
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Lawrence Academy (Groton, Massachusetts)
Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, nonsectarian, co-educational college-preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1792 as Groton Academy and chartered in 1793 by Governor John Hancock, Lawrence is the tenth-oldest boarding school in the United States and the third-oldest in Massachusetts, following The Governor's Academy (1763) and Phillips Academy at Andover (1778). Notable alumni include Harvard University president James Walker, America Online CEO Tim Armstrong, federal judge Robert H. Terrell, and the founders of Gallaudet University, the University of Kansas and Lawrence University. History Early center of learning On April 27, 1792, fifty residents of the towns of Groton and Pepperell formed an association to raise funds for a "Publick School ... in Groton, for the education of youth, of both sexes—in which School are taught the English, Latin and Greek Languages, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, the Art of Speaking and Writi ...
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Lawrence Academy (North Carolina)
Lawrence Academy is a private school located at 148 Avoca Farm Road in Merry Hill, North Carolina. Lawrence Academy serves grades Pre-K though 12. It is one of four high schools in Bertie County, North Carolina. The Headmaster is Katrina Ford. Lawrence Academy's enrollment as of 2010 is 268 students. Its high school enrollment (grades 9–12) is 96. The school was founded in 1968 as a segregation academy in response to the court ordered racial integration of public schools. As of 2014, the school's enrollment is 98% white, whereas Bertie County Bertie County ( )Talk Like a Tarheel
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