Canterbury High School (Connecticut)
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Canterbury School is a college preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school for students in Forms III through VI (grades 9-12 and Post Grad). It is located in New Milford, Connecticut
, United States
, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
.
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The school was established in New Milford, Connecticut
on the location of the former Ingleside School for Girls. Hume became the first head master of the school. From its start with 16 enrolled students, Nelson Hume guided the school through two world wars and the great depression until his death in 1948. He was succeeded as headmaster by Walter Sheehan, by John Reydel in 1973, by Roderick Clarke in 1978, and Thomas Sheehy in 1990. Canterbury became co-educational in the fall of 1971. The school now enrolls more than 350 boarding and day students on its campus in New Milford.
Hume Building facilitates the theology and mathematic departments on the upper level, and the science department on the lower level. The Hume building also houses Canterbury's Maguire Auditorium on the upper level.
Steele Hall completely renovated in 2009, Steele Hall facilitates the library, Admission and administrative offices on the upper level, and the Student Lounge, snack bar, mail room, faculty room, dining hall, and lecture room on the lower level.
Duffy House contains art space and studios renovated from the old dining hall.
Old Gym the old gym first floor space has been renovated for the Stephen '43 and Lacey Hume Music Center, The L. Michael Sheehy '56 Choral Classroom, and rehearsal spaces.
Sheehan House (née Middle House) Named for Canterbury’s second headmaster is located in center of the lower campus. Simply referred to as "Sheehan" by students, it houses upperform boys.
Carter House (née South House) is located on the lower campus and houses upperform girls.
Duffy House (née North House) is located on the northern end of the lower campus and houses lower form girls. It contains a faculty town house on the western end of the building, in space that was converted from administrative offices.
Hickory Hearth is at the southern end of the lower campus and provides space for 6 students and 3 faculty members.
Havemeyer House is located on the upper campus and houses upperform boys. Two faculty town houses bookend the dorm.
Carmody House is located on the upper campus and houses lower form boys. Two faculty town houses bookend the dorm.
South House a newly constructed building on the lower campus between Hickory Hearth and Carter House that houses upper form girls.
Ingleside serves as the health center and dormitory which currently houses 8 girls.
Chaplain’s Residence is the oldest building on campus and has had various uses including acting as Canterbury’s first chapel.
Pigott Basketball Arena was added on to the Old Gym complex in the 1960s and includes the varsity basketball arena and locker room facilities.
William R. Higgins ’53 Aquatic Center, opened in the fall of 2008, provides a new 8 lane 25-yard pool and diving facility. It is also located in the same building complex as the Pigott Basketball Arena.
Outdoor facilities include 8 tennis courts (newly constructed in 2009), a track, seven multi-purpose playing fields and 4 baseball/softball diamonds.
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New Milford, Connecticut
New Milford is a town in southern Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States north of Danbury, on the Housatonic River. It is the largest town in the state in terms of land area at nearly . The population was 28,671 according to the Census Bureau's 2006 estimates...
, United States
United States
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, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford is a particular church of the Latin Rite in Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. The archdiocese includes about 700,000 Catholics, more than 500 priests, 216 parishes and almost 300 deacons. This is roughly one-half the population of...
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History
Canterbury was founded in 1915 on the aspiration of two men: Henry O. Havemeyer, scion of a wealthy family, which made its fortune in sugar refining, and Nelson Hume, a Catholic schoolmaster. They intended to establish a Roman Catholic school young men could attend and be guided in their religion and prepared to attend Ivy LeagueIvy League
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universities.
The school was established in New Milford, Connecticut
New Milford, Connecticut
New Milford is a town in southern Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States north of Danbury, on the Housatonic River. It is the largest town in the state in terms of land area at nearly . The population was 28,671 according to the Census Bureau's 2006 estimates...
on the location of the former Ingleside School for Girls. Hume became the first head master of the school. From its start with 16 enrolled students, Nelson Hume guided the school through two world wars and the great depression until his death in 1948. He was succeeded as headmaster by Walter Sheehan, by John Reydel in 1973, by Roderick Clarke in 1978, and Thomas Sheehy in 1990. Canterbury became co-educational in the fall of 1971. The school now enrolls more than 350 boarding and day students on its campus in New Milford.
Academic
Old School House facilitates the language and history departments. The majority of language and history classes will be held in this building. Canterbury offers Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Latin as foreign languages.Hume Building facilitates the theology and mathematic departments on the upper level, and the science department on the lower level. The Hume building also houses Canterbury's Maguire Auditorium on the upper level.
Steele Hall completely renovated in 2009, Steele Hall facilitates the library, Admission and administrative offices on the upper level, and the Student Lounge, snack bar, mail room, faculty room, dining hall, and lecture room on the lower level.
Duffy House contains art space and studios renovated from the old dining hall.
Old Gym the old gym first floor space has been renovated for the Stephen '43 and Lacey Hume Music Center, The L. Michael Sheehy '56 Choral Classroom, and rehearsal spaces.
Residential
Canterbury School has 8 residence halls that provide housing for about 250 students. Each residence hall contains faculty apartments that range from the size of town houses to smaller one-bedroom suites. Canterbury also has built single family homes on campus, providing housing for some faculty; such as the Headmaster’s House, located on the corner of Aspetuck Avenue and Elkington Farm Road. Though they are not currently used to house students, from time to time Canterbury has roomed students in faculty residences.Sheehan House (née Middle House) Named for Canterbury’s second headmaster is located in center of the lower campus. Simply referred to as "Sheehan" by students, it houses upperform boys.
Carter House (née South House) is located on the lower campus and houses upperform girls.
Duffy House (née North House) is located on the northern end of the lower campus and houses lower form girls. It contains a faculty town house on the western end of the building, in space that was converted from administrative offices.
Hickory Hearth is at the southern end of the lower campus and provides space for 6 students and 3 faculty members.
Havemeyer House is located on the upper campus and houses upperform boys. Two faculty town houses bookend the dorm.
Carmody House is located on the upper campus and houses lower form boys. Two faculty town houses bookend the dorm.
South House a newly constructed building on the lower campus between Hickory Hearth and Carter House that houses upper form girls.
Ingleside serves as the health center and dormitory which currently houses 8 girls.
Religious
Chapel of Our Lady Built in 1928 and expanded in 1959, the Chapel can seat 300. The bottom floor of the Chapel contains a classroom. Its stained glass windows have been recently restored. The Chapel's carillon is named for alumnus Mel Ferrer '34Chaplain’s Residence is the oldest building on campus and has had various uses including acting as Canterbury’s first chapel.
Athletic
The Athletic Center contains the Canterbury Ice Hockey Arena (1975), The Castellini/Saxe Squash Pavilion (5 courts), the field house (3 basketball courts), weight room, trainers room, and a wrestling room.Pigott Basketball Arena was added on to the Old Gym complex in the 1960s and includes the varsity basketball arena and locker room facilities.
William R. Higgins ’53 Aquatic Center, opened in the fall of 2008, provides a new 8 lane 25-yard pool and diving facility. It is also located in the same building complex as the Pigott Basketball Arena.
Outdoor facilities include 8 tennis courts (newly constructed in 2009), a track, seven multi-purpose playing fields and 4 baseball/softball diamonds.
Dining Hall
Located on the first floor of Steele Hall, Canterbury offers a full service dining hall preparing all you can eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. All meals are prepared under the direction of a Culinary Institute of America chef.Interscholastic Sports
When founded in 1915, Nelson Hume believed that physical activity was an important component in the education of his students. Canterbury carries that tradition on, expecting students to participate in a sport each season at level appropriate with their skills. Canterbury fields teams and competes against other schools at the Varsity, Junior Varsity, 3rd Team and sometime 4th team level.Fall
Boys & Girls Cross CountryCross country running
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, Field Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, Boys & Girls Soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, Boys Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, Girls Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, Fall Crew (Boys and Girls)
Winter
Boys & Girls BasketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Boys & Girls Ice Hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, Boys & Girls Squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
, Boys & Girls Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, and Wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
Spring
BaseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Crew
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Boys Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Girls Lacrosse, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Boys & Girls Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Outdoor Track
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, Girls Water Polo,
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