Lawrence Academy at Groton : Ask Biography

School information

Full name

Lawrence Academy at Groton

Street Address

26 Powderhouse Road

City

Groton

State

Massachusetts

County

United States

Zip code

01450

School type

Private

Established

1793

Headmaster

Douglas S. Wiggins

Faculty

~80

Enrolment

406

Campus

Exurban

Color(s)

Red and blue

Mascot

Spartan

Publication

Powderhouse Gazette, The Consortium, The Elm Tree, The Academy Journal, The Spectrum

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Lawrence Academy at Groton, (occasionally called LA or Lacademy), is a co-educational preparatory school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded by Samuel Lawrence in 1793 as Groton Academy, and chartered by Governor John Hancock, Lawrence is the tenth oldest boarding school in the United States, and the third in Massachusetts, following Governor Dummer Academy (1763) and Phillips Academy at Andover (1778). Lawrence's first headmaster was Samuel Adams Holyoke, a renowned musician. One of the school's first benefactors was Col. William Prescott, a trustee and patron. The phrase on Lawrence Academy's seal is "Omnibus Lucet": in Latin, "Let light shine upon all."