Canterbury School

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Founded in 1915 and guided by our Catholic heritage, Canterbury is a college preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. The School prides itself on creating a community based on its Five Values—Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Spirituality, and Self Reliance—in which students and faculty forge lasting bonds, and every student experience a comprehensive and challenging program in a small school setting. The School’s educational environment fosters academic rigor, athletic development, artistic enrichment, spiritual growth and strives to ensure a superior experience that prepares students for leading colleges and universities and life.
With its rigorous and humane approach to students, both in and out of the classroom, Canterbury’s program inculcates vital intellectual and ethical habits of mind. The School sees all students as individuals, encourages them as necessary, challenges them as appropriate, and inspires them to become moral leaders in a complex, secular world.
At Canterbury, you will encounter a wide range of opportunities within a small and welcoming community. You will feel the empowerment that comes when the people around you know and believe in you. And you will see that an outstanding education does not just make you an excellent student but a strong and self-reliant person. On this beautiful hilltop, you will feel at home and free to be yourself—your best self. Students at Canterbury are self-aware, balanced, and have a real sense of what matters to them. Placing values and service at the center of what they do, students leave Canterbury grounded and well-adjusted.
Canterbury’s offerings in academics, athletics, the arts, student activities, and community service present you with possibilities that go beyond those available at most schools. You can focus on a critical interest and take it to a whole new level or develop a talent you never even knew you had. You can also combine multiple interests in unexpected ways—as a star on the playing field and the stage, for instance. The Canterbury experience is all about involvement, exploration, and taking the right kind of risk, and you will find that your teachers, coaches, and friends will eagerly support you in trying new things. At some schools, you may have just one chance to shine, one niche to fill. At Canterbury, we believe every student can excel.
Many of our families come from other religious backgrounds. Whatever their individual beliefs, all of our students share an experience shaped by the same set of unchanging convictions: spiritual growth is an essential part of any genuinely complete education. Each person must have the freedom to follow his or her spiritual path, 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.
The campus brings together historic stone landmarks with contemporary architecture. It is a place of sweeping lawns, winding paths, grand old trees, and expansive playing fields. The heart of campus is compact and walkable, and the center of New Milford, a classic Connecticut small town, is just a few blocks 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.

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