| Avon Old Farms |
 | | "Aspirando et Perseverando" | | Established | 1927 | | School type | private, single-sex (all-boys) boarding | | Religious affiliation | None | | Headmaster | Kenneth H. LaRocque | | Location | Avon, Connecticut, USA | | Campus | 1000 acres (4 km²) | | Enrollment | 398 students (9 - 12, PG)
77% Boarding | | Faculty | 60 teachers | | Average class size | 12 students | Student:teacher
ratio | 6:1 | Average SAT
scores (2005) | 1220 | | Athletics | 15 interscholastic sports teams | | Color(s) | Maroon and navy blue | | Mascot | winged beaver | | Homepage | www.avonoldfarms.com | Avon Old Farms is a single-sex boarding school for boys located in Avon, Connecticut. It was founded by Theodate Pope Riddle, an RMS Lusitania survivor and a master architect. It opened in 1927 and closed for a period during World War II to serve as a convalescent hospital for blind veterans. The current headmaster is Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque, a Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University graduate. Image File history File links Avon. ...
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Avon draws its boys from all over the country; 77% of them are boarders. The school is best known for its athletics programs.
Academics Eighteen Advanced Placement courses are offered in history, English, chemistry, physics, biology, art, French, Spanish, Environmental Science, Government, Calculus, Economics and other subjects. In order to receive a diploma, students are required to complete four years of English, three years of history, three years of science including laboratory work, three years of math, two years of the same foreign language, two years of electives, and one course in the fine arts. The average class size is twelve students and the student-teacher ratio is 6:1. 100% of the students matriculate to college.
Athletics Avon offers a wide variety of sports in the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Students can participate in various skill levels of soccer, football, cross country, basketball, hockey, wrestling, squash, skiing, swimming, riflery, track, baseball, golf, tennis, and lacrosse.
Avon is best known for its Ice Hockey program, which has won a record 6 New England Championships and produced NHL Players Brian Leetch and Chris Higgins.[citation needed] Coach John Gardner is in his 32nd season as the teams coach and been with the team for all 6 Championships and has a record of 554-173-27. Brian Leetch (born March 3, 1968 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA) is a professional ice hockey defenseman in the NHL, though he is currently an unsigned unrestricted free agent. ...
Avon is also recognized for its lacrosse program, led by Head Coach Ted Garber. Garber is the son of the legendary University of Massachusetts coach Dick Garber, for whom the Minutemen's Garber Field is named. Ted has been selected as a Western New England Coach of the Year as well as a national high school lacrosse all-star game head coach multiple times during his tenure as head coach at Avon Old Farms. The Avon Old Farms Soccer team also won the Stuart Cup as New England Division 1 Champions in 2005. This page is about the university system across Massachusetts. ...
A new student center and athletic complex was recently completed in October of 2006. This building features a new school store, a game room with pool tables and ping pong as well as air hockey tables and a large television, a lounge with a large flat screen television, a weight room, squash courts, basketball courts, and other athletic facilities. It also features ipod hookups and speakers in many of the rooms so that you can listen to music while working out or playing sports. A 500 seat performing arts center will also be completed in March of 2007. These two facilities cost more than 30 million dollars and are part of a program to improve Avon's campus.
Notable alumni - Jeff Hamilton, undrafted NHL player, Yale graduate, playing for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Niko Dimitrakos, fifth round San Jose Sharks draft pick (155th overall) in 1999, playing for the Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
- Juan Nieves, former major league baseball pitcher, pitched Milwaukee Brewers only no hitter
- Brian Leetch, first round NHL draft pick 1986 (ninth overall), retired
- Pete Seeger, folksinger; inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Christopher Higgins, first round NHL draft pick in 2002, player for the Montreal Canadiens
- Chris Hetherington, NFL player
- Jon Quick, NHL third round draft pick
- Michael Nouri, actor, Formerly on the cast of The O.C. as Dr. Neil Roberts, father of Summer Roberts
- John Magee, poet
- Richard Yates, author of Revolutionary Road
- Stephen Lash, chairman of the auction house Christie's
- Kristian Bush, singer- Sugarland
- Matt Martin, NHL player, Toronto Maple Leafs, retired
- David Roberts, NHL player, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, retired
- Alan Weiner, Owner KTI Inc a Third Party Logistics Company and one of the fastest growing in North America.
- Michael H. Kroul, Esq., Attorney
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