Loomis Chaffee School

The Loomis Chaffee School (/ˈluːmɪsˈtʃeɪfi/; LC or Loomis) is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, including postgraduate students, located in Windsor, Connecticut, seven miles north of Hartford. As of the 2024–2025 school year, 70 percent of Loomis Chaffee's 742 students reside on the school's 300-acre (120 ha) campus and represent 51 foreign countries and 27 U.S. states; the remaining 30 percent are day students.^[5]

Founded in 1914, Loomis Chaffee is a member of the Ten Schools Admission Organization.

The school was chartered in 1874 as The Loomis Institute by five Loomis siblings, who were determined to turn tragedy into generosity after all of their own children died before the age of 21.^[6][7] The original 1640 Loomis Homestead was chosen as the site for the school, which opened in 1914.^[8] The forty-year gap between chartering and the opening of the school was due to the estate of the Loomis siblings being reserved for the siblings' retirement.^[9]

In 1910, John Mason Loomis's widow left over $1.1 million as an endowment to The Loomis Institute for charitable purposes.^[10] This donation allowed the school to remain tuition-free for its first four decades. The Loomis Institute was different from other New England preparatory schools: it had no religious affiliation, offered vocational training alongside college preparatory courses, and admitted both boys and girls.^[11]

The Loomis Institute ended coeducation in 1926 when The Chaffee School was incorporated to educate girls on an adjacent campus. In 1970, the boys and girls schools merged to form The Loomis Chaffee School.^[11] Since then, the school has expanded its endowment, financial aid budget, faculty, and campus size.^[6]

• (1914–1949): ناثانيال هورتون باتشيلدر ^{[ 14 ]}
• (1949–1952): ويليام سبير ^{[ 14 ]}
• (1952–1967): فرانسيس أولمستيد جروبس ^{[ 14 ]}
• (1967–1976): فريدريك جي. توري ^{[ 15 ]}
• (1976-1996): جون راتي ^{[ 16 ]}
• (1996–2008): راسل هـ. ويجل ^{[ 17 ]}
• (2008–2024): شيلا كولبرت ^{[ 18 ]}
• (2024–حتى الآن): جودي رايلي سوجا ^{[ 19 ]}

قام الكاتب جون هورن بيرنز بالتدريس في لوميس وكتب العديد من الكتب أثناء وجوده هناك. ^{[ 20 ]}

شغل رينيه شيروي منصب رئيس قسم اللغة الفرنسية لسنوات عديدة، بالإضافة إلى كونه عضواً في قسم الفنون البصرية. ^{[ 21 ]}

• جون ماسون لوميس – قطب أمريكي في تجارة الأخشاب ، وعقيد في جيش الاتحاد خلال الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية ، وأحد ممولي عائلة لوميس والمؤسسين المشاركين لمعهد لوميس.
• جيمس تشافي لوميس – محامٍ وسياسي أمريكي ، ومؤسس مشارك لمعهد لوميس
• أوزبرت بور لوميس – رسام بورتريه أمريكي ومؤسس مشارك لمعهد لوميس

• الموقع الرسمي