Academy at Charlemont

The Academy at Charlemont

Type	Independent high school
Established	1981
Students	86
Location	Charlemont , Massachusetts , USA
Colors	Maroon and Ivory
Affiliations	NAIS, AISNE, College Board, NEASC
Mascot	Aardvark
Website	Official website
Location in Massachusetts

The Academy at Charlemont is a small, private, college-preparatory day school, located on the Deerfield River in Charlemont, Massachusetts, that serves grade 6 through postgraduate. The school was founded by Eric Grinnell, Dianne Grinnell, David W. McKay, Patricia D. W. McKay, Margaret J. Carlson, and Lucille Joy in 1981 as an experiment in bringing classical and community-oriented education to rural Western Massachusetts—specifically Franklin County, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Notable alumni

• Bo Peabody 1990, co-founder and Managing General Partner of Village Ventures and Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners ^[2]
• Sarah Hartshorne 2005, appeared on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9 ^[3]
• Augustus Muller 2007, of Boy Harsher
• Abby Weems 2012, vocalist and guitarist of Potty Mouth
• Caden Ari Adair 2023, ^[4] online content creator and musician by the alias of voidheir ^[5]
• DJ Lucas, a rapper ^[6]

References

1. "History". charlemont.org. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
2. "Bo Peabody". www.greycroft.com. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
3. Hartshorne, Sarah. "What's It Like To Be on 'America's Next Top Model'? Oh, I'll Tell You". bustle.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
4. "The Recorder - Academy at Charlemont grads encouraged to 'become their best selves'". www.recorder.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
5. "voidheir - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
6. Rege-Colt, Manali (June 9, 2017). "A band of artists: Dark World". The Graphic. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

External links

• Official website

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