Bacon Academy

Bacon Academy is a public high school in Colchester, Connecticut.

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High school - Colchester, Connecticut

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In the dawn of the 19th century, the death of a prominent Colchester farmer set forth an institution that would forever alter the landscape of the New England village he once lived. The year was 1800 and the farmer, Pierpont Bacon, had recently passed away. In doing so he left an endowment of thirty-five thousand dollars (about four-hundred thousand today) to the ?inhabitants of the First Society of Colchester for the purpose of supporting and maintaining a school?for the instruction of Youth in Reading and writing English, in Artithmetic, Mathimaticks, and the Languages, or such other branches of Learning,? thus the formation of an academy that bears his name. Bacon Academy?s doors opened to the children of Colchester on the first of November 1803 and from that point forward, prepared many young men and women for the life that lied ahead.

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19th century - 1800 - 1803

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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! I moved from Colchester 3-4 years ago, and I played trumpet for the middle school band. I would like to contact Mr. Hart, if he is still there, but the WJJMS website does not have an email for him. Please send me an email at the_ed17@hotmail.com if you can help me. Thank you!!

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