A college-preparatory day school for girls Pre-K through 12
From our Interim Head of School
Welcome to the Greenwich Academy community!
For 200 years, Greenwich Academy has nurtured curiosity, confidence, and strength of character in our students. Our motto, Toward the Building of Character, celebrates the everyday choices and achievements of our girls and young women as they navigate a rigorous academic curriculum within a welcoming, supportive community. Character is woven into all that we do, and the notion of building is intrinsic to the GA experience in each division and across every discipline:
- GA Lower Schoolers build friendship and connection as they explore the natural world and open spaces that are central to the curriculum. The Lower School is a place of growth and discovery, building the foundations upon which all future learning and character development rests. The “Greater Gators” character curriculum similarly celebrates students as they learn to be generous and compassionate members of their community.
- GA Middle Schoolers get to work building in the Robotics and Engineering & Design Labs, just as they build community and leadership skills through team sports, service learning, club involvement, and student government. In the Middle School, girls deepen their academic skills, developing the self-knowledge, self-confidence, and self-advocacy skills to thrive in Upper School and beyond.
- GA Upper Schoolers continue this growth, building bridges between disciplines and across campuses as they immerse themselves in rich curricular and co-curricular options at both GA and through our coordinate program with nearby all-boys Brunswick School. The Upper School offers big-school opportunities within a small-school environment and the culture, strengthened by the Honor Code, celebrates character and leadership, preparing our students for purposeful lives beyond GA.
At GA, we believe that meaningful relationships are the bedrock on which young people build all else. Our students cherish their connections with each other, with our remarkable faculty, and with our community as a whole. These relationships transcend our classrooms and campuses, and they last forever.
It’s a special place. Come and visit us.
Reed W. Minor
Interim Head of School
Mission & Values
Greenwich Academy is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls and young women that seeks to foster excellence. We endeavor to provide a challenging, comprehensive educational experience grounded in a rigorous liberal arts curriculum within an inclusive, diverse community. Our mission is to develop girls and young women of exceptional character and achievement who demonstrate independence, resilience, courage, integrity, and compassion. We strive, above all, to honor our school motto, Ad Ingenium Faciendum: Toward the Building of Character.
Our Guiding Principles
Greenwich Academy’s students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumnae form a community with a shared commitment to:
- Encourage all students to achieve excellence in their academic and personal pursuits.
- Promote the highest ethical and moral values.
- Provide an environment that celebrates the joy of discovery in academics, the arts, athletics, and community service within the context of a rigorous liberal arts curriculum.
- Sustain a richly diverse community in which every individual is respected and affirmed.
- Recognize the profound benefits of single-sex education in the lower and middle school years, and support coordination with Brunswick School as integral and enriching to the Upper School experience.
- Develop self-confidence and exceptional character in girls and young women as a foundation for decision-making that is healthy, balanced, and respectful.
- Encourage intelligent, responsible citizenship and leadership through meaningful service to the life of the school and the broader community.
- Attract and retain outstanding teachers who inspire a passion for learning, demonstrate excellence, and serve as exemplary role models.
- Honor GA’s history and traditions in order to create a lifelong connection to the school community.
She thinks.
She asks big questions, seeking both knowledge and understanding. She communicates clearly, and her problem solving reflects creative, independent reasoning.
She commits.
Resilient and courageous, she is an active citizen who leads with empathy and has the confidence to voice her ideas while honoring the perspectives of others.
She explores.
She is reflective and self-aware. She embraces curiosity and creativity as she navigates the journey of her life.