19 Facts About Phillips Academy

1.

Phillips Academy is the oldest incorporated academy in the United States, established in 1778 by Samuel Phillips Jr.

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Phillips Academy's endowment stood at just over one billion dollars as of February 2016.

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3.

Phillips Academy admitted only boys until the school became coeducational in 1973, the year of Phillips Academy's merger with Abbot Academy, a boarding school for girls in Andover.

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4.

Abbot Phillips Academy, founded in 1828, was one of the first incorporated schools for girls in New England.

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5.

Phillips Academy was founded during the American Revolution as an all-boys school in 1778 by Samuel Phillips Jr.

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6.

Phillips Academy's traditional rival is Phillips Exeter Academy, which was established three years later in Exeter, New Hampshire, by Samuel Phillips' uncle, Dr John Phillips, who was a major contributor to Andover's founding.

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7.

In 1908, the seminary departed Phillips Academy, leaving behind its key buildings: academic building Pearson Hall, and dormitories Foxcroft Hall and Bartlet Hall.

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8.

Phillips Academy was one of the schools where students on the Chinese Educational Mission were sent to study by the Qing dynasty government from 1878 to 1881.

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9.

In 1973 Phillips Academy merged with neighboring Abbot Academy, which was founded in 1829 as one of the first schools for girls in New England and named for Sarah Abbot.

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10.

Phillips Academy is one of only a few private high schools in the United States that attained need-blind admissions in 2007 and 2008, and it has continued this policy through the present.

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11.

Phillips Academy follows a trimester program, where a school year is divided into three terms, with each term lasting approximately 10 weeks.

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12.

Four-year students at Phillips Academy are required to take courses in English, foreign language, mathematics, history and social science, laboratory science, art, music, philosophy and religious studies, and physical education.

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13.

Today, Phillips Academy is an athletic powerhouse among New England private schools.

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14.

Phillips Academy Poll is a public opinion research institute based at Phillips Academy.

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15.

Phillips Academy Poll is a student organization at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

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16.

Phillips Academy Poll conducts surveys via telephone, using interactive voice response technology that allows respondents to indicate their responses via the keypad.

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17.

In 2013, Phillips Academy drew national attention for apparent bias against girls and women, as highlighted by a low number of girls in student leadership.

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18.

Phillips Academy suggested the student body was mostly diversified, and that the school had dedicated buildings for specific subject areas, was challenging academically, and had flexible teachers and peers who were "smart and driven".

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19.

Phillips Academy elaborated that Andover provided two sign language interpreters, free of charge, to help her academically to cope with her deafness.

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