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Canterbury is a college preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. Grounded in our Catholic heritage and welcoming to students of all faiths, we believe that spiritual growth is an important part of a complete education and one of the best ways to put our beliefs into action is through service to others. Inspiring all we do at Canterbury is a set of five core values: honesty, respect, compassion, spirituality, and self-reliance.
At Canterbury, students encounter a wide range of opportunities within a small and welcoming community. The School’s educational environment fosters academic rigor, athletic development, artistic enrichment, and spiritual growth. Our students are well-supported, self-aware, balanced and have a true sense of what matters to them. Placing values and service at the center of what they do, students leave Canterbury grounded and well-adjusted.
Our hilltop campus is located in the quaint town of New Milford, CT in Litchfield County. The heart of campus is compact and walkable, and the center of New Milford is walking distance away. Our campus is only 150 miles from Boston, 85 miles from New York City, 45 miles from Hartford, and 35 miles from New Haven.
101 Aspetuck AvenueNew Milford, Connecticut, USA 06776 (860) 210-3800
Director of Admissions: Matthew Mulhern Admissions Phone:(860) 210-3832Fax:860-350-1120 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cbury.org
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Summary: At Canterbury, learning is on a personal scale. Faculty form powerful partnerships with our students, knowing their respective strengths and individual needs. The relationship between teacher and student is the foundation of academic program. With a 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio, small class settings mean that individual attention and additional help are part of every student’s experience - not as supplementary components of academics at Canterbury but as part of existing academic structure. Because teachers are also coaches, dorm parents, and advisors, the student-teacher bond is multidimensional. Faculty members know their students, not just as students, but also as people. Teachers at Canterbury are committed to working with students to ensure their success not just by teaching their designated subject, but by fostering intellectual curiosity and encouraging students to learn how to learn. Students at Canterbury are emboldened to learn not just for school but for life. Social justice education is at the core of the School’s curriculum. In partnership with the Theology Department, students engage with grassroot organizations in Connecticut as well as globally through international service-learning opportunities. Our classes train our students to be moral leaders in a complex, secular world and provide students with the skills to continue their learning and personal development well after graduation.
Department Director: Suzanne Roberts
Average Class Size: 11
Full Time Teachers: 57
Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 60.00%
Student/Teacher Ratio: 6/1
Academic Schedule: Semester
Saturday Classes: Most or All
Number of AP Courses Offered: 15
Summary: Weekdays at Canterbury are centered around the academic schedule, which includes deliberate community gatherings each day of the week. The all-School Meetings are held on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays to recognize athletic competitions from the weekend, individual student accomplishments, or activities for the upcoming days. Sit-down lunch, a designated hour during which groups of students and faculty share a meal, is held on Tuesday. Wednesdays are for our lunch advisory time during which advisors connect with their advisees…and sometimes are convinced to go on a Starbucks run. Campus buzzes with motion every afternoon beginning at 3:10 p.m. as all students head off to their afternoon activity — a combination athletic practices, music rehearsal in the sound studio, and checking in with classmates or teachers on assignments. Dinner brings the community back together in the dining hall for a shared meal, followed by play rehearsal, group meetings, or time to hangout in the Student Center. For boarders, study hall runs from 8-10 p.m. during which students are encouraged to seek extra help from class peers and faculty members — 85 percent of whom live on campus. As a majority residential school, Canterbury’s motion continues each weekend. Following Saturday classes, weekends at Canterbury range from New York City (Broadway trips) to upstate New York (ski trips). Students hangout on campus with friends in their dorms, the Fieldhouse, or the Student Center, interspersed with dances, movie nights, and mall trips. Day students spend as much time on campus as their boarding counterparts do and often sleepover over in the dorm on weekends to share in the fun with friends. Students live in one of seven dormitories (each called a “House”) which range in size from 12 to 55 students. V and VI Form year, students have the opportunity to apply to serve as a proctor and work with the faculty on programming and community-cohesiveness within each House. At least three faculty live in each dormitory and, in addition to their roles as teachers and coaches, monitor and participate in residential life.
Department Director: Peter LaVigne
Number of Dorms: 8
Average Students Per Dorm: 28
No. of Girls Dorms: 4
No. of Boys Dorms: 4
Dorm Amenities:
Dress Code: Formal
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Summary: Student involvement in the arts and athletics sits at the center of the Canterbury education. With 18 distinct sports available, with levels ranging from the 3rds to the varsity level, all students actively participate on the team during their career at the School. Canterbury’s athletics have a history of success. More often than not, our top athletes are our top students, advancing to pursue both their athletic and academic passions at the DI and DIII level. Canterbury supports all student artists, from those just beginning to VI Formers preparing college portfolios. In the visual arts, Canterbury offers experience in a wide variety of media and advanced courses to broaden your talents. Course selection ranges from Ceramics, Printmaking, and Sculpture to Architectural Drawing and Digital Photography. Unique to Canterbury, students can truly do it all. Athletics are immediately after school, while the fall play and spring musical rehearse during the evening. Music groups — from Jazz Combo, to Orchestra and Computer Music — meet throughout the academic day during designated time for our instrumental bands. Canterbury performs a Shakespearean play in the fall in tandem with the English Department all-School read of the same book. Actors are invited into English classrooms to perform a specific scene or provide an in-depth analysis of their character. The spring musical becomes a full-School production, with student participating on stage or behind the sc
Arts Department Director: Kim Tester
Athletics Department Director: Jim Stone
Summary: Every Canterbury student is at some stage in the college process. The College Office begins with the III and IV Formers by holding a group session during the year to encourage them to take as demanding a course load as they can manage. Our College Counselors help our III and IV Formers identify and develop their special talents. In the V Form Year, students begin to meet daily in small College Workgroups. Students are introduced to the College Counseling Handbook which contains an explanation of each step in the process plus personal tips to help organize all the information necessary for successful completion of the process. College Workgroups continue through the VI Form Year until all the students’ applications are submitted. The College Workgroups supplement individual meetings and provide students with the opportunity to discuss and complete the application process in a structured, supportive environment. During the fall, over 100 colleges send representatives to visit Canterbury to meet with our students during the Fall College Fair. Additionally, School hosts a College Night on campus during which 50 college admission representatives have dinner with the community and then meet with our students individually. During the Fall Parents’ Weekend, V Form parents and students attend a College “Kickoff” meeting, in February, V Form parents are invited to a meeting with the College Office to prepare them for college visits during the March Break. Finally, during Spring Parents’ Weekend, V Form parents attend workshops to further prepare them and their students for the college process. The College Counseling Office uses all the resources at Canterbury to support the students. Faculty, coaches, advisors, dorm parents, and Canterbury alumni are all available to work with and support students during the college process. College counselors meet frequently with parents individually and also keep parents involved in the process through a VI Form Parent Newsletter.
Department Director: Sarah Ferland
Percentage of Graduates Who Attend College: 100.00%
Colleges attended in the past 5 years by our graduates:
Middle Percentile of SAT Scores
Summary: Canterbury offers three signature international travel opportunities and one domestic travel opportunity during the summer break and one international trip during the March break. These opportunities allow students to engage in cross-cultural learning, expand their knowledge of a language, or explore their faith more deeply. • Nicaragua with the Fabretto Foundation• Canterbury Institute in Spain• Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France• Montana Leadership Trip• San Cayetano Cutural Exchange Mallorca, Spain
Department Director: Julio Omaña
Summary: Our Catholic heritage includes a spiritual dimension that has a profound impact on students and teachers from all faiths and traditions. As such, Canterbury is a school grounded in our Catholic heritage and warmly welcoming to students of all faiths. Many of our families come from other religious backgrounds, and whatever their individual beliefs, all of our students share an experience shaped by the same set of unchanging convictions: spiritual growth is an important part of any truly complete education. The wide-ranging backgrounds of our community speak to the inclusive atmosphere found on campus and the importance that our students and their families place on an education that fosters moral development and spiritual growth.Spirituality is a vital part of the values-based education Canterbury provides. Highlights of spiritual life include Sunday Mass, Form Retreats, and the Sacristan program. Service, celebration, and compassion are cornerstones of the education of our students, and specific community service projects throughout the year help build our Christian community. While not required, the Canterbury community is proud of its commitment to serving others both locally and internationally. Our theology curriculum combines breadth and depth, with courses ranging from Introduction to Philosophy, Service Learning, and World Religions. And while the framework for spiritual life is provided by the teachings of the Catholic Church, students of all faiths are encouraged to draw on their own religious traditions.In keeping with Canterbury's mission to educate and develop moral leaders in a secular world, students are challenged to incorporate the School's Five Values into their lives and to make service to others a permanent component of their lives.Canterbury's Five Values: Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Spirituality & Self-Reliance