Looking Forward After persevering through a tumultuous year—
for everyone, worldwide—Cheshire Academy welcomed a new academic year brimming with positive change and possibility.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.
In 2020, it felt like time stood still as we collectively watched and waited to see what impact the growing pandemic would have. At Cheshire Academy, we pondered the “what-ifs”: Would all classes need to go fully remote? Could our sports teams still play? What would happen to our special sense of community? Yet, we forged ahead, confident of better days to come. Thanks to the resilience and diligence of students, faculty, and staff, we were able to maintain in-person classes, and our athletic teams played all year. We emerged from the fog of uncertainty not only with our community intact but also with a renewed sense of energy and vigor.
As we started the 2021-2022 school year, last year’s worries were mostly in the past. Our students came back to campus, in-person, to everything that makes the Cheshire Academy experience so unique and compelling. In Admission, we had one of the strongest years ever, with a 40% increase in applications from domestic boarding and day students, and healthy enrollment with students from across the country and around the world all making CA their “home-away-from-home.” Our strategic planning efforts have set exciting new initiatives in motion across campus from the classroom to campus life and from finances to facilities. Here, we update you on all the positive developments.
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