Pembroke Academy

Pembroke Academy
Pembroke Academy
	Pembroke Academy in 2020
Location
	Pembroke, NH; USA
Information
Type	Public
Established	1818
Headmaster	Dan Morris
Faculty	90
Enrollment	850
Average class size	20 students
Student to teacher ratio	14:1
Campus type	Suburban/rural
Color(s)	Dartmouth Green & White
Nickname	Spartans
Rival	Merrimack Valley High School, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Website	sau53.org/net9

Pembroke Academy is a public secondary school in Pembroke, New Hampshire.

History

Pembroke Academy was incorporated on June 25, 1818 as a private school, and on May 25, 1819 the first building was dedicated. The academy opened with 48 students on May 26, 1819, and the first headmaster was Reverend Amos Burnham.[1] In its early years Pembroke Academy prepared many students for attendance at Dartmouth College.[2]

School profile

Today the school is public and takes students from Pembroke and from the neighboring towns of Allenstown, Epsom, Chichester, and historically, Deerfield. Students from several other towns are also accepted on a memorandum of understanding. With approximately 850 students, the school competes in Division II in athletics by the NHIAA for most sports. The school's mascot is the Spartan.[3]

Notable alumni

William E. Chandler, U.S. senator, Secretary of the Navy[4]
Charles Carleton Coffin, journalist, author[5]
David M. Cote, CEO, Honeywell International[6]
Byron M. Cutcheon, Civil War general, U.S. congressman[7]
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science denomination[8]
Oscar Lapham, U.S. congressman[9]
Henry F. C. Nichols, Wisconsin assemblyman[10]
John B. Sanborn, Civil War general[11]

References

Original Pembroke Academy building that burned down in 1900

The History of Pembroke, N.H. (1895), pgs. 306 to 308
The School journal, Volume 65 (1902), pg. 192 https://books.google.com/books?id=lJIVAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
The Granite monthly: a New Hampshire magazine devoted to history, biography, literature, and state progress, Volume 29, (H.H. Metcalf, 1900) pg. 14–17 https://books.google.com/books?id=-rAVAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
"CHANDLER, William Eaton, (1835–1917)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
New England Historic Genealogical Society (1908). Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Towne Memorial Fund. The Society. p. 311. Charles Carleton Coffin pembroke academy.
"NH native Cote to receive Horatio Alger Award". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
"CUTCHEON, Byron M., (1836–1908)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
Eddy, Mary Baker (2010). Works of Mary Baker Eddy. MobileReference. p. 1.
"LAPHAM, Oscar, (1837–1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
Four Years in College AND Twenty-Five Years Out of College. 1884. pp. 60–61.
Metcalf, Henry Harrison and McClintock, John Norris (1888). The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 11. H.H. Metcalf. p. 400.

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[1] The History of Pembroke, N.H. (1895), pgs. 306 to 308

[2] The School journal, Volume 65 (1902), pg. 192 https://books.google.com/books?id=lJIVAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

[3] The Granite monthly: a New Hampshire magazine devoted to history, biography, literature, and state progress, Volume 29, (H.H. Metcalf, 1900) pg. 14–17 https://books.google.com/books?id=-rAVAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

[4] "CHANDLER, William Eaton, (1835–1917)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2014.

[5] New England Historic Genealogical Society (1908). Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Towne Memorial Fund. The Society. p. 311. Charles Carleton Coffin pembroke academy.

[6] "NH native Cote to receive Horatio Alger Award". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved March 22, 2014.

[7] "CUTCHEON, Byron M., (1836–1908)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2014.

[8] Eddy, Mary Baker (2010). Works of Mary Baker Eddy. MobileReference. p. 1.

[9] "LAPHAM, Oscar, (1837–1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2014.

[10] Four Years in College AND Twenty-Five Years Out of College. 1884. pp. 60–61.

[11] Metcalf, Henry Harrison and McClintock, John Norris (1888). The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 11. H.H. Metcalf. p. 400.