{{Short description|Private secondary school in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, US}} {{COI|date=March 2021}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox school | former_names = {{plainlist| * Monson Academy * Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy}} | name = Wilbraham & Monson Academy | logo = Wilbraham & Monson Academy logo.jpg | logo_size = 160 | image = Rich Hall .png | image_size = 200px | caption = Rich Hall | motto = ''At Home. In the World.'' | address = 423 Main Street | location = | region = | county = Hampden | zipcode = 01095 | city = [[Wilbraham, MA|Wilbraham]] | state = [[Massachusetts]] | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|42|07|20.96|N|72|25|53.67|W|display=inline,title}} | type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Boarding school|boarding]], [[Day school|day]], [[college preparatory school]] | established = {{start date and age|1804}} | head = Brian Easler | chair = Scott B. Jacobs | ceeb = 222400 | us_nces_school_id = 00604261 | grades = [[Grade 9|9]]-[[Grade 12|12]], including [[postgraduate year|postgraduate]] | gender = [[Coeducational]] | faculty = 66 | ratio = 6:1 | colors = [[Red]] and [[Blue]]<br>{{color box|red}} {{color box|blue}} | mascot = Titan | nickname = Titans | website = {{URL|https://www.wma.us|wma.us}} | head_label = Head of School | campus = {{convert|400|acre|km2}} | enrollment = 400 | revenue = $ 22,102,738 | annual_tuition = {{plainlist| * $75,500 - 7-day boarding * $65,500 - 5-day boarding * $45,000 - Upper School day * $35,000 - Middle School day}} }}
'''Wilbraham & Monson Academy''' ('''WMA''') is a [[Private school|private]] [[college-preparatory school]] in [[Wilbraham, Massachusetts]]. Founded in 1804, it is a four-year boarding and day secondary school. It offers grades 6–12 and a [[postgraduate year]]. The School is located in the center of the town of Wilbraham, {{convert|75|mi}} from Boston and {{convert|150|mi}} from New York City.
==Notable alumni== * [[Henry Barnard]] (1811–1900), educator * [[Alfred Ely Beach]], inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer * [[Rick Bennett]], NHL ice hockey player and college coach * [[Mary Ann Booth]] (1843–1922), microscopist * [[Henry Billings Brown]], associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Wrote majority opinion for ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]] '' * [[Tyrell Burgess]], Bermudian professional soccer player with [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] * [[Kraisak Choonhavan]], member of Thailand Senate for Nakhon Ratchasima Province (2000–2006); former chairman of the Thai Senate's Foreign Relations Committee * [[Russell H. Conwell]], minister and founder of [[Temple University]] - 1859 * [[Winthrop Murray Crane]] (1853–1920), US Senator * [[Emily Norcross Dickinson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/node/81|title=Emily Norcross Dickinson (1804–1882), mother |publisher=Emily Dickinson Museum |access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref> mother of 19th-century poet [[Emily Dickinson]] * [[Kyle Filipowski]], Duke University and NBA basketball player * [[Richard Fuld]], former CEO [[Lehman Brothers]] * [[Wong Fun]], first Western-trained doctor in China, graduated from University of Edinburgh - 1855<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-24 |title=Wong Fun |url=https://global.ed.ac.uk/uncovered/1800-1859/wong-fun |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=The University of Edinburgh |language=en}}</ref> *[[Wenyen Gabriel]] (born 1997), South Sudanese-American basketball player for [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]] * [[Bill Guerin]], retired [[NHL]] hockey player; general manager of Minnesota Wild; four-time Stanley Cup champion<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wilbraham & Monson Academy Profile (2021) {{!}} Wilbraham, MA|url=https://www.boardingschoolreview.com/wilbraham-monson-academy-profile|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Boarding School Review}}</ref> * [[William Stewart Halstead]], surgeon, studied at Monson Academy for a time<ref>{{cite web| title=Worcester District Medical Society |url=http://www.wdms.org/html/womed_jul-aug11/womed_jul-aug11.htm#Book_Review}}</ref> * [[Ratcliffe Hicks]], Connecticut state legislator, industrialist, lawyer, and benefactor of the [[University of Connecticut]] * [[Kim Hyun-jong]], South Korean trade minister under [[Moon Jae-in]] and [[Roh Moo-hyun]] * [[Galway Kinnell]] (1927–2014), poet * [[Christine Ladd-Franklin]], mathematician, logician and psychologist - 1865 * [[Oliver Marcy]], served as acting President of Northwestern University twice, while also serving as a professor of natural history * [[Patrick Mazeika]] (born 1993), baseball player * [[Pat Phelan (soccer)|Pat Phelan]], professional soccer player for the [[New England Revolution]] * [[Nitya Pibulsonggram]], Thai Ambassador to the US (1996–2000), Foreign Minister of Thailand (2006–2008) * [[Humphrey Pickard]], Canadian first president of [[Mount Allison University]] * [[Charles Pratt]], oil tycoon and founder of the [[Pratt Institute]] * [[William Rice (librarian)|William Rice]] (1821–1897), Methodist Episcopal minister, author, and librarian * [[Joey Santiago]] (born 1965), band member of [[Pixies (band)|the Pixies]] * [[Pote Sarasin]], Prime Minister of Thailand (1957) secretary-general of [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization|SEATO]] (1958–1964) * [[Lucy Stone]], orator, abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights advocate * [[William Strong (Pennsylvania judge)|William Strong]], lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court * [[Mark Warburton (gymnast)|Mark Warburton]], gymnast * [[Yung Wing]], first Chinese graduate of an American university ([[Yale University|Yale]]) - 1854
==See also== * [[Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{citation |title= Annual Report...1875-76 |year=1877 |author1= Massachusetts Board of Education |author-link= Massachusetts Board of Education |location=Boston |via= Internet Archive |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo7576mass#page/264/mode/2up |chapter=Report on Academies: Monson Academy |author2=George A. Walton }}
==External links== *[http://www.wma.us/ Wilbraham & Monson Academy Website]
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