Berwick Academy: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Berwick Academy is a small, private, coeducational day school located in South Berwick, Maine. It is the oldest school in the state, founded in 1791. It currently has over 580 students in grades K-12.

It is a member of the Eastern Independant League as well as the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council.

From the Berwick Academy Website ([1]):

Berwick Academy was founded in 1791 to promote "Virtue and useful knowledge among the rising generations." For over 200 years the Academy has pursued its mission through a classical education of the whole person. We prepare students to prosper academically in college and to enjoy an enduring commitment to the life of the mind. We teach the creative process of the arts emphasizing performance and exhibition. We promote athletic and physical development within an ethic of sportsmanship. We nurture strength of character, individual responsibility, and a commitment to the common good. Berwick students, teachers, and families comprise a community of learners that instills the ethic of personal excellence. The Academy is one school with three divisions each designed to broaden and deepen the foundations of virtue and knowledge for the continuing development of each student's potential.