Cheshire Academy is a college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades 9-12 and postgraduate. With 320 students from 15 states and 25 countries, Cheshire Academy takes a flexible and tailored approach, allowing students to combine a variety of academic and extracurricular offerings optimal to their individual needs, strengths, and interests. Instilled in each student are the guiding principles of the Eight Pillars of Bowden: Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Civility, Citizenship, Morality, Fairness, and Trustworthiness. These core values and basic beliefs are reflected through everything and everywhere on campus, including the classrooms, on the athletic fields, and on stage.
Unique Characteristics
Cheshire Academy is one of the oldest boarding schools in the United States, and has a rich history of educating students from around the world.