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“Students learn an amazing amount from each other, so when we bring students from all over the world with all sorts of different backgrounds, all sorts of different perspectives, and put them together with really talented teachers who care about learning, who are passionate about their field, and who really want to work with young people — it’s magical.” Sheila Culbert Head of School
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Loomis students and faculty believe that learning, living, and leading should be done with intent and purpose. We draw inspiration from the progressive vision, extraordinary generosity, and deliberate actions of the school’s five Founders — four brothers and one sister — who sought to fulfill the promise of their deceased children by educating future generations from around the nation and the world. Loomis’ mission is to inspire in its students a commitment to the best self and the common good. Our excellent academic, athletics, artistic, experiential, social, and residential programs combine to cultivate the spirit, mind, and body of each student. In all we do, we remain firm in our attachment to the Founders’ guiding principles that social equality is more important than social standing, fairness conquers favoritism, academic and physical rigor invigorate and inspire, and a caring and trusting community fosters in each of us an abiding appreciation of our roles as local and global citizens. THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE. THAT’S LOOMIS CHAFFEE.
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EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, COACHING, AND MENTORING
Now that I am about to graduate, it is abundantly clear to me how a teacher can make the difference in his or her students’ educational experiences.” In the spring of 2018, senior Lauren Hinton nominated mathematics teacher Adnan Rubai for Loomis’ Teacher of the Year. In her letter of nomination, she shared the following: “While Mr. Rubai creates a classroom environment of personal accountability, he teaches by collaborating with his students. He takes the time to help each student individually. … Mr. Rubai’s math class has instilled in me a confidence in my mathematical abilities that I did not have before. I am grateful to have had him as a teacher because he understands that learning demands patience, persistence, and hard work.”
Our Faculty Adnan Rubai, 2018 Loomis Teacher of the Year
One of the most important factors in your success at school will be your teachers. At Loomis we take teaching seriously — recruiting the most talented teachers, coaches, and dorm faculty to join our community and nurturing their continued professional development. Our faculty love to teach and are particularly skilled at helping young people navigate the opportunities and challenges of adolescence.
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CULTIVATING QUALITIES OF MIND
Our Academic Program
Today’s students must prepare for jobs that do not yet exist in fields that have not yet been imagined. Accordingly, our faculty have identified four key competencies as the essential outcomes of a Loomis education, areas in which the Loomis experience helps every student to become a skilled practitioner: creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. At Loomis, your educational experience will be grounded in stimulating coursework and rigorous scholarship in the liberal arts. With more than 225 courses to choose from, including many on the college and advanced levels, you and your faculty advisor will design a curriculum that prepares you for college and allows you to explore your interests and passions.
ENGLISH English I English II Writing Workshop English III CL English III Seminar Introduction to Creative Writing Graphic Novel Notes from the Combat Zone: Stories of War Literature and the Environment Literature of the Sea Race, Roles, and Religion Voices of Dissent The American Dream CL Creative Writing CL Contemporary Literature CL Satire CL Shakespeare CL Writing from the Arab World CL Senior Seminar in Literature Independent Studies in English
CL = College Level
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SPANISH
Arabic I Arabic II Arabic III Arabic IV
Spanish I Spanish II Advanced Spanish II Spanish III Advanced Spanish III Spanish IV CL Spanish Language IV Spanish V: Latin American Civilization Spanish V: Latin American Short Story Spanish V: Literature Spanish V: Cinema CL Spanish Literature V CL Spanish VI Independent Studies in Spanish
CHINESE Chinese I Chinese II Advanced Chinese II Chinese III Advanced Chinese III Chinese IV Advanced Chinese IV CL Chinese V CL Chinese VI: Modern China through Literature CL Chinese VI: Contemporary Issues in China Independent Studies in Chinese
FRENCH French I French II Advanced French II French III Advanced French III French IV CL French Language IV French V: The Francophone World French V: Modern Writers French V: Cinema CL French V CL French VI Independent Studies in French
LATIN Latin I Latin II Advanced Latin II Latin III Advanced Latin III Latin IV/V: Augustan Poets Latin IV/V: Roman Comedy Latin IV/V: Roman Satire Latin IV/V: Historians at Rome Latin IV/V: Cicero Latin IV/V: Catullus CL Latin Independent Studies in Latin
ECONOMICS Contemporary Economic Perspectives Introduction to Economics Microeconomics Macroeconomics Applied Economics CL Economics
CL History Seminar: The American Civil War CL History Seminar: The U.S. Presidential Election CL American Mosaic: Deconstructing Race in America CL American Mosaic: Immigration and Ethnicity in the U.S. CL Guided Humanities Research Seminar CL Comparative Government and Politics
PHILOSOPHY Introduction to Philosophy Introduction to Ethical Issues Ancient Philosophy Philosophy and Literature Theory of Knowledge Topics in Ethical Theory Topics in Logic
PSYCHOLOGY Developmental Psychology Neuropsychology Psychology of Loss Social Psychology
HISTORY World History: The Making of Our Modern World History from the Inside Out: Uncovering the Roots and Legacies of the Early Modern World United States History: 1763–Present CL United States History Global Human Rights: Protection and Abuse CL European History The Middle East: A History of Peace and Conflict Germany and the Holocaust Modern African History: Riot, Rebellion, and Freedom Modern South Asia The World at War Digital History History of Sport in Society International Relations Jurisprudence: American Legal History The Model T and the American Industrial Revolution Advanced History Seminar: Instruction Assistant — Teaching and Learning History CL History Seminar: Globalization
RELIGION Religious Diversity in Contemporary America Philosophy of Nonviolence Children of Abraham: Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed Hinduism and Buddhism The Literature of the Bible Skeptics and Believers: Faith and Religion in a Secular World Independent Studies in Economics, History, Philosophy, Psychology, and/or Religious Studies
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SCIENCE Biology I Advanced Biology I Chemistry I Advanced Chemistry I Physics I Advanced Physics I CL Chemistry II CL Physics II CL Environmental Science Integrated Earth and Physical Sciences Astronomy I: Introduction to Astronomy and the Solar System Astronomy II: Observing the Universe Comparative Anatomy Genetics Forensic Science CL Biology II: Microbiology CL Biology II: Molecular Biology CL Biology II: Genetics CL Biology II: Cell Biology I CL Biology II: Cell Biology II CL Organic Chemistry Advanced Biology II: Microbiology Ecology Human Populations and Impact Sustainability: Soil, Water, and Agriculture The Science of Engineering and Design Advanced Studies in Science: Guided Research Projects in Molecular Biology Advanced Studies in Science: Guided Research Projects in Environmental Sustainability Independent Studies in Science
MATHEMATICS Algebra I Geometry Advanced Geometry Algebra II Advanced Algebra II Precalculus Advanced Precalculus Advanced Precalculus with Differential Calculus Topics in Discrete Mathematics Statistics I Statistics II CL Statistics Calculus CL Calculus AB CL Calculus BC
CL Calculus — Topic C CL Statistics Accelerated CL Multivariable Calculus CL Linear Algebra Independent Studies in Mathematics Foundations of Computing for Science and Engineering CL Principles and Practice of Computer Science Topics in Logic
VISUAL ARTS Drawing I Drawing II Introduction to Printmaking Ceramics I Ceramics II Sculpture Advanced Studies in Sculpture and Ceramics Painting Watercolor Painting Photography I (Digital) Photography II (Digital) Advanced Photo III (Digital) Film/Video Production Digital Animation/Special Effects in Video 3D Fabrication and Craft Digital Media in Art and Design Modern Art CL Art Seminar Independent Studies in Art
THEATER AND DANCE Acting I: Introduction to Acting Acting II: Fundamentals of Acting Acting: Comedy Acting: Improvisation Acting: Shakespeare Acting: Stage Combat Masks in Culture and History Technical Theater Playwriting & Directing Public Speaking & Argumentation Independent Studies in Theater Art of Dance Dance Performance Ensemble Making Dance: Choreography and Composition Ballet Technique Jazz Dance Technique Hip-Hop Dance Dance Company
MUSIC Music Theory I: Fundamentals CL Music Theory II: Harmony and Composition CL Music Theory III: Harmonic Analysis and Advanced Composition Digital Music Composition The History of Broadway Musicals Music and Social Action Worldwide Music History: Wolfgang to Wu Tang Concert Choir Chamber Singers Wind Ensemble (Concert Band) Jazz Band Jazz Improvisation and Theory Orchestra Chamber Music Percussion Ensemble Guitar Ensemble Singing Lessons for the Stage Beginning Piano Lab Beginning Acoustic Guitar World Percussion Class Private Music Lessons: voice, percussion, keyboard, guitar, bowed strings, harp, woodwind, saxophone, brass, other Independent Studies in Music
INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES Introduction to Problem Solving in Manufacturing, Society, and Entrepreneurship Problem Solving for the Common Good Problem Solving for the Business World
STUDY ABROAD SYA in France, Spain, Italy, and China Arabic Year/Term at King’s Academy SYA Summer in China, France, Italy, and Spain The Global Scholars Program at African Leadership Academy (summer)
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS The Mountain School Program of Milton Academy CITYterm The High Mountain Institute Chewonki: Maine Coastal School The School for Ethics and Global Leadership
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Writing Across the Curriculum
Guided Research Projects
Four-Year Arabic Language Program
NURTURING INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY
Our Signature Programs Innovative thinking abounds at Loomis, and our signature programs reflect this atmosphere of intellectual enthusiasm.
FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN THE COMMON GOOD
GUIDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
As a freshman you will participate in the Seminar in the Common Good, a program coordinated by the Norton Family Center for the Common Good. The seminars meet weekly to explore and discuss a range of topics, including the nuances of current events, and enable you to gain confidence in expressing your ideas, learn the importance of listening and productive discourse, and take an engaged approach to citizenship.
Loomis’ Guided Research Projects allow advanced students in the humanities and science to engage in sustained, significant, mentored research. For a recent molecular biology project, six seniors investigated a factor associated with the progress of the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis working with a Loomis faculty member and a professor of biology at Georgetown University.
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM At Loomis you will learn to write well and to understand the science of good writing. Our English Department faculty lead these efforts with a four-year writing program, the heart of which is the year-long Sophomore Writing Workshop. The Emerging Writers Program, the annual Katharine Brush Creative Writing Contest, and the student-run literary magazine and newspaper are just some of the opportunities for you to further nurture your talents. And the Writing Studio provides faculty and student support on a variety of writing assignments for all interested students.
FOUR-YEAR ARABIC LANGUAGE PROGRAM Unique among most of our peer schools, Loomis offers a fouryear Arabic language program with a focus on Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Colloquial Arabic. You can supplement your Arabic language studies with a year or term abroad at King’s Academy in Jordan. For a video highlighting the Arabic program, visit www.loomischaffee.org/viewbook.
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SUSTAINABILITY AND AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS Our environmental sustainability program is student‑focused. Students investigate real problems/issues that the school faces related to energy consumption and conservation, waste management, and water. Students in our agricultural program investigate sustainable food systems and work the land by planting and harvesting, tending to our flock of laying hens, or working in our apiary.
Global & Environmental Studies: Loomis students in Peru
Sustainability and Agriculture Programs
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INSPIRING POSITIVE CHANGE
What problem do you want to solve? Loomis students want to make a difference in the world and they want to make it now! All our resources — curricular and extracurricular programs, faculty, and facilities — will empower you to leverage your educational experience for the greater good. Among those resources are three unique-to-Loomis interdisciplinary centers that will teach you how to identify problems worth solving, explore and evaluate potential solutions, and enact positive change in your local, national, and international communities.
“Design thinking is a process used for creative problem solving. Our students’ descriptions of how they addressed problems became the basis of the design thinking cycle. After coming up with a prototype, the students led workshops where they asked their teachers and peers to use their design cycle prototype to complete a design challenge. They collected and analyzed that feedback and used it to create a better version of their design cycle that you see today.” — Jen Solomon, Associate Director of the Pearse Hub for Innovation
The Norton Family Center for the Common Good provides the foundation for your growth as a citizen in a diverse democracy, fostering an active, engaged approach to citizenship. The center oversees the Freshman Seminar in the Common Good, sponsors campus-wide Dialogues in the Common Good on social issues and world events, and funds the Norton Fellows program, which provides a select group of students the opportunity to benefit their local communities through self-directed engagement projects during summer break. The Alvord Center for Global & Environmental Studies offers students interested in global and environmental literacy, sustainability, and engagement the resources and programming to make a positive impact in countless ways. The center oversees the Global & Environmental Studies Certificate program, international education/travel programs, and environmental sustainability programs, including the Gilchrist Environmental Fellowships, which fund student and faculty-led stewardship initiatives. The Pearse Hub for Innovation (PHI) provides inspiration, space, training, and support for innovation, idea incubation, and entrepreneurship. All courses offered by the PHI use a design-thinking cycle created by Loomis students. The courses include the Science of Engineering and Design; 3D Fabrication & Craft; Introduction to Problem Solving in Manufacturing, Society, & Entrepreneurship; Problem Solving for the Common Good; and Problem Solving for the Business World. During the PHI’s Innovation Trimester, Loomis students spend a term outside of their regular classes identifying and solving problems in the local Windsor/Hartford area. The PHI includes large, open spaces for collaborative work, a makers’ space/tool room, and classrooms.
DESIGN THINKING CYCLE
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“We are the change-maker generation,” declared senior Blaine Stevens, one of several speakers at a Loomis student-led event to discuss gun violence in America.
Adam Guillemette, a junior, snaps an underwater photograph of a Galapagos green sea turtle during an Alvord Center trip to the Galapagos Islands.
To learn more about the PHI, check out the podcast with Scott MacClintic ’82 and Jen Solomon at www.loomischaffee.org/viewbook.
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Aarman at a Robotics Competition
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WELCOMING THE CHALLENGE
No matter what the problem is, you have the ability to tackle it, and that is impressive.”
Meet Aarman
— Andrew Bartlett, math teacher, speaking to his calculus student Aarman
How many times do the two hands of the clock form a straight line in a day? Find out the answer and how Aarman figured it out in his conversation with Andrew Bartlett on the Pelican Scoop Podcast at www.loomischaffee.org/ viewbook.
What do you do when you are sitting at your little brother’s very long spelling bee over spring break, you can’t use your phone “out of respect,” and you need to entertain yourself ? Well, if you are Aarman Pannu, a sophomore, you decide to use the white space on the spelling bee program (see above) to finally figure out the answer to that question you’ve been kicking around for a while: How many times a day do the two hands of a clock, the hour and the minute hands, form a straight line? And you figure it out using the calculus that you are learning with Andrew Bartlett, your mathematics teacher. “Aarman never gave up,” says Andrew. “He came up with a [beautiful] mathematical solution. He was willing to take the skills [we are learning] and dig into a question he was curious about.”
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Welcome to YOUR HOME IN THE HEART OF NEW ENGLAND
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Years down the road, our students will remember that comforting feeling that greeted them when they walked through the front door of their dorm after a rigorous day on campus.” — Lori Caligiuri, dorm head of Howe Hall
A sample of the activities hosted by dorms and the Office of Student Activities during the school year: Freshman BBQ and Scavenger Hunt
Bubble Soccer Under the Lights
PSO Color Run
Head’s Holiday Ski Trip
Trivia Nights
Pre-Prom Prep Party
Harvest Fest
LatinxFest
Sophomore Retreat at Camp Becket
Kravis Basketball Association
Harman Flag Football
Warham Coffee House
Dodgeball Tournaments
Cultural Outburst
Winterfest Dance
Flagg Film Festival
Beach Volleyball Games
Spring Fest
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MAKING MEMORIES AND LIFELONG FRIENDS
Life at Loomis At Loomis you will quickly find people with whom you just “click.” The diversity of our student body just about guarantees it. And by the very nature of life on campus, you will spend more time out of class than in it — with good friends in your dorm, the dining hall, student lounges, playing fields, art studios, practice rooms, fitness center, and just hanging out in the quads. Those moments, more than any others, will define your time at Loomis.
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Loren, do you remember how we met?” Loren: Yes, I do. I was a really shy person and you were this big, loud personality. [You] had an open-door policy where everybody was coming in, and it was a great way to meet new people. As soon as I came in, someone was cracking jokes and laughing, being smiley. I was like, “Oh I really like this girl.” … We just clicked automatically. Simone: Yeah, I totally agree. My open-door policy was definitely phenomenal. I met so many new people from that, just keeping my door open every day.
To learn more about Simone Moales’s and Loren Jones’s freshman year at Loomis, listen to their podcast at www.loomischaffee.org/ viewbook. Loren and Simone hanging out in Cutler Hall
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FUN ON THE ISLAND
If you want to see pancakes made right — hand me the spatula.”
The Pancake Society
— Ryan Durkin, senior
PANCAKE SOCIETY “RULES” 1.
Don’t call us the Pancake “Club”!
2. Use real maple syrup — the “fake stuff” is frowned upon. 3. Chocolate chips are kind of necessary. “If you request a pancake without chocolate chips — we make it square,” says Ryan. 4. Please don’t suggest we “get a waffle iron.” We’re the PANCAKE Society. The name says it all. 5. Wash your own plates! “But no one ever does,” admits Gunnar.
Fun on the Island takes many forms. Gunnar Simons and Ryan Durkin, dorm leaders and accomplished athletes among other things, co-founded the Pancake Society — inviting the school community to join them in their dorm social room for pancakes on Thursday mornings.
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Where Individuality Thrives What is your passion? Writing, science, robotics, sculpture, cello, hockey, baseball, sustainability, global studies, community service? Whatever it may be, bring it to Loomis and let us help you turn your passion into your purpose.
Don’t have a passion yet? There is no place better than Loomis to explore your interests, try new things, and take risks. Our faculty, staff, alumni, and students will guide and support your search for what makes you happy and brings meaning to your life.
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Take 5 practicing in Founders Chapel
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SHARE YOUR PASSION
At Loomis, you can easily find other kids with similar interests, and the faculty will support you in pursuing an activity together.”
Meet Take 5
— Logan Katz, senior
Listen to Take 5’s recording of music the members arranged as part of their Senior Project at www.loomischaffee.org/ viewbook.
At the start of the school year, senior Logan Katz thought it would be fun to form an a cappella group to sing in the annual International Championship of High School A Cappella competition. He asked classmates Noah Yoon, Cameron Purdy, Alexa Kim, and Josh Ryu, all of whom were involved in music, theater, and other performance groups on campus, including the A Cappelicans and Musical Revue, to submit an audition recording together. The musicians quickly bonded through performances both on and off campus and ultimately completed a spring term Senior Project that allowed them to work on song arrangements and recordings.
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BOYS INTERSCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS Baseball ✽ Basketball ✽ Cross Country ✽ Football Golf ✽ ★ Ice Hockey ✽ Lacrosse
Soccer ✽ ★ Squash ★ Swimming & Diving ✽ Tennis Track & Field ✽ ★ Water Polo Wrestling
GIRLS INTERSCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS Basketball ✽ Cross Country ✽ Field Hockey Golf ★ Ice Hockey ✽ Lacrosse ✽ ★ Soccer ✽ ★
Softball Squash Swimming & Diving ✽ Tennis Track & Field ✽ ★ Volleyball ✽ Water Polo
CO-ED INTERSCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS Equestrian
Skiing
✽ F ounders League Champions in 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, and/or 2017–18 ★N ew England or Western New England champions in 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, and/or 2017–18
Athletics
At Loomis, our athletes are defined as much by their character as they are by their talent, and the result is a highly successful and widely respected interscholastic athletics program, and a great source of pride and school spirit for the entire community. In the past four years, Loomis teams have won more than 30 Founders League championships, double the number of our closest league rival. Students interested in intramural programs will find a wide range of options, including soccer, tennis, squash, ultimate frisbee, equestrian, cardio and weight training, jogging, and cycling. Learn more about our athletics programs and facilities at www.loomischaffee.org/athletics.
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MUSIC More than 35 percent of students participate in our music programs. The Hubbard Music Center is home to the Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Jazz Band, Jazz Improv, Guitar Ensemble, and Chamber Music groups as well as music theory and appreciation courses and private and group music lessons.
THEATER & DANCE From performance to production, from stage management to technical theater, and from ballet to hip-hop, our theater and dance programs offer a breadth and depth few schools can rival.
VISUAL ARTS The Visual Arts Department, located in the Richmond Art Center, teaches technique and design in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, digital photography, film/video production, and digital animation.
Arts Passion for the arts is palpable on our campus. The resulting culture is vibrant, creative, and infused with an energy that inspires our artists and community members alike.
In addition to extensive coursework and performance/exhibition opportunities in all the visual and performing arts, student-led groups take center stage throughout the year and include Musical Revue, the A Cappelicans, and Framed-In Theater (student-written, -directed, -acted, and -produced one-act plays).
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Leonie and Emily working together in the science lab on their Guided Research Project.
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THE POWER OF COLLABORATION
At Loomis, lots of students work hard, but in a collaborative rather than an individually competitive way.”
Meet Emily & Leonie
— Emily Dias, senior
Emily Dias and Leonie Kurzlechner did not know each other before arriving on campus, but they both brought to Loomis passions for science and dance, strong work ethics, and willingness to take on any challenge. When they found each other, they recognized the impact they could have working together.
Above: Leonie and Emily strike a pose with Anthony “PopKorn” Thomas, a hip-hop teacher and performer. Right: Dance festival participants warm up on the Hubbard stage. The 2017 festival brought together 120 dancers from 10 independent schools.
In their sophomore year, Emily and Leonie co-founded the New England Prep School Dance Festival as a way to bring together choreographers and dancers from different independent schools in the region to share and learn from one another. Their collaboration continued in the science lab as partners in the Molecular Biology Guided Research Project. “I’ve always been interested in science, and I chose Loomis Chaffee specifically for the guided research project,” says Emily. “It’s been great to take part in a college-level research project mentored by a Loomis teacher with a Ph.D. who lives on campus.”
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At Loomis we try to keep life in perspective. Yes, we have high expectations in the classroom, on the playing fields, and in our community life, but we also try to balance all that we ask of ourselves by keeping things light whenever possible. We set aside time to relax, to play, and to have fun.� — Mike Donegan, Director of Student Activities, Dean of Students
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INFORMING EDUCATIONAL FUTURES
College Guidance
The success of Loomis’ College Guidance program is a result of relationships — between student and counselor, between school and college, between counselor and parent — and our four-year college guidance curriculum. The aim of this curriculum is to equip students with the knowledge, self-awareness, and decision-making skills to make appropriate, informed choices about their educational futures. Because of these College Guidance programs, the transformational education that Loomis provides, the talent of our student body, and our individualized attention, Loomis students thrive in the college selection process and beyond.
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Each year, Loomis seniors apply to more than 250 different colleges and matriculate at more than 90 institutions. In the past five years, these institutions have included Amherst, Barnard, Bates, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon, Claremont McKenna, Colby, Colgate, College of the Holy Cross, Colorado College, Columbia, Connecticut College, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Emory, George Washington, Georgetown, Hamilton, Harvard, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, Lehigh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGill, Middlebury, New York University, Northeastern, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oberlin, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Trinity College, Tufts, Tulane, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, UC/ Berkeley, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Edinburgh, University of Michigan, UNC/Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), University of Southern California, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Villanova, Wake Forest, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale.
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PURPOSE LIVED
Examples of Loomis Alumni Excellence
At Loomis, we prepare students to be confident, civic-minded leaders who will make a positive difference in their local, national, and international communities. George P. Shultz ’38 served as the 60th U.S. secretary of state from 1982 to 1989, in the Reagan administration. Previously, he had served as director of the Office of Management and Budget, as secretary of the treasury, and as secretary of labor. Before his public service to the nation, he taught economics at M.I.T. and the University of Chicago and served as dean of the University of Chicago School of Business. He was also president of Bechtel and is a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of several books, including Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State (1993) and Learning from Experience (2016). Diana Farrell ’83 is the founding president and chief executive officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute, the first research organization to strategically harness the scale and scope of one of the world’s leading firms to give policymakers, businesses, and thought leaders the tools and insights they need to understand the global economy. She served in the White House as deputy director of the National Economic Council and as deputy assistant to the president on economic policy, 2009–11. Journalist and author Frank Bruni ’82 has worked as a White House correspondent, Rome bureau chief, chief restaurant critic, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times. He is the author of several best-selling books, including Ambling Into History, about George W. Bush’s presidential campaign, and Born Round, a memoir. His latest book is Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania (2015). Jason Wu ’01 is a fashion designer based in New York City. Former First Lady Michelle Obama is an admirer; Jason designed the gowns she wore to the inaugural balls on the evenings of President Obama’s first and second inaugurations. In 2013, Jason joined Hugo Boss and served as artistic director of BOSS Womenswear until 2018.
Nana Mensah ’01 is a writer, director, actor, and producer who was nominated for a 2017 Lucille Lortel Award for her performance in Tracy Letts’ Man from Nebraska at Second Stage Theatre. Nana wrote, directed, and stars in the film Queen of Glory; played Sade in the award-winning web series An African City; and had a lead role in the Obie Award-winning play I’ll Never Love Again (a chamber piece) by Claire Barron. Nana is also a principal at Cape Coast Media, a production company that is behind a docuseries from the South African network KweséTV and a pilot for a series acquired by AMC network. A film critic for New York magazine and for National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, David Edelstein ’77 has written film criticism for The Village Voice, The New York Post, Slate, and Rolling Stone and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Arts & Leisure section. A member of the National Society of Film Critics, he is the author of the plays Blaming Mom and Feed the Monkey and the co-author of Shooting to Kill (with producer Christine Vachon). Pauline Chen ’82 is a liver transplant and cancer surgeon, author, and New York Times columnist. Her book Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality (2007) — a New York Times bestseller — is an influential memoir and call to action dealing with issues of medical training and physicians’ roles regarding end-of-life care. She was named the U.C.L.A. Outstanding Physician of the Year (1999), received the Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction (2005), and received Yale University’s George Longstreth Humanness Award for most exemplifying empathy, kindness, and care in an age of advancing technology; the Chinese American Medical Society’s Distinguished Community Service Award; and the Olga Jonasson Distinguished Member Award from the Association of Women Surgeons.
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This school more than any other, has shaped who I am today both personally and professionally. Not only did the school provide me with a good education, but it also taught me about commitment, perseverance, optimism, and altruism — the very values on which this school was built. ”
Henry R. Kravis ’63
Nana Mensah ’01
George Shultz ’38
Henry R. Kravis ’63 Philanthropist and co-founder, co-chairman, and co-chief executive officer, KKR
Pauline Chen ’82
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Key Facts
Sellers Hall (Admission Office)
THE SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
TUITION (2018–19)
Chartered in 1874 and opened in 1914
700 students
Boarding: $60,540
Co-educational boarding school for grades 9–12 and postgraduate
70% boarding students, 30% day students
Day: $46,280
56% boys, 44% girls 27% students of color
FINANCIAL AID & SCHOLAR
LOCATION
16% international
PROGRAMS
300-acre campus in Windsor, Connecticut
Through citizenship and residency our students represent more than 35 countries and 30 states.
33% of students receiving financial aid
Coffee shops, grocery store, restaurants, Amtrak Train Station, and more within walking distance from campus. Greater Hartford provides myriad opportunities for community service, internships, and experiential learning. 15 minutes to Bradley International Airport 2.5 hours to New York City; 1 hour and 45 minutes to Boston; 1 to 2 hours to the mountains and beaches
More than $10 million in financial aid awarded annually Kravis Scholar Program
FACULTY 178 faculty, coaches, and advisors 12 years — average tenure for teaching faculty 12 students — average class size
LC Scholar Program
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Applying to Loomis
The application process at Loomis provides opportunities for us to get to know you better and you opportunities to learn more about us. Our website provides a thorough introduction to the school, but the best way to learn about Loomis and get a good sense of whether the school is right for you is to visit campus. Schedule your tour and interview today. We can’t wait to meet you, show you around, and introduce you to our students, faculty, and coaches.
See you soon!
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