Academy at Charlemont

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The Academy at Charlemont
TypeIndependent high school
Established1981
Students86
Location, ,
USA
Colors Maroon and Ivory
Affiliations NAIS, AISNE, College Board, NEASC
Mascot Aardvark
Website Official website

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]

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