Frederick Gunn School

Washington
, CT
Location
Post-Graduate (Grades 9-12; PG)
Age
College Prep
Focus
Co-Ed
Gender
315
Students
75%
Boarding
Casual
Dress Code From most to least formal:
Uniform, Formal, Casual, Informal.
35
Sports
1850
Year Founded

Description

The Frederick Gunn School, a co-ed boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 as well as a post-graduate year, was founded in 1850 by Frederick Gunn. Mr. Gunn took a principled stand against slavery and spurred students (and the town at large) to examine their beliefs. He also had a deep appreciation for the natural world, believing that in nature students understand themselves as humans and their place in the world. In addition to the habits and skills students will need in college and life beyond, we teach them to follow Mr. Gunn’s example: to cultivate wisdom, to be trailblazers, to act with conviction, and to value character as highly as intellect and achievement.

Unique Characteristics

Gunn’s innovative learning ecosystem is built around four distinctive pillars: risk-taking and innovation, learning yourself and how to learn, public character and active citizenship, and a sense of rootedness and place. These four pillars inform all that we do on campus with the following programs serving as examples of putting our pillars into action. The Center for Citizenship and Just Democracy is a four-year curriculum central to each student’s development where we put the focus on reasoned dialogue and rational debate. In the classroom, our Innovation, Design, Engineering and Applied Scholarship program is a collaborative curriculum that crosses the boundaries of engineering, science, math and business. Through our Center for Entrepreneurship, students develop skills that we know matter for life itself – self-awareness, creativity, ability to assess risk, team orientation, resilience and being proactive. Away from the classroom and inspired by our pillars, Gunn Outdoors is a cornerstone experience on our campus promoting outdoor life and allowing students further opportunities to take risks, problem solve and lead in a world that won’t conform to their every desire. 

College Matriculation These are the handful of schools or colleges where students have most frequently matriculated.

  • Cornell University
  • Middlebury College
  • Northeastern University
  • Tufts University

Academics

Trimesters
Schedule
No ESL Programs
Summer Programs
No Saturday Classes

Admissions

No SSAT Required
January Application Deadline
Preferred Application Platform
SSAT SAO

Student Body

315
Students
Co-Ed
Gender
Boarding
0%
International
0%
Students
of Color
0%
International Students From The countries with the largest number of students at the school.
Canada, China, Italy, Mexico, U.K., Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Location

Address99 Green Hill Road, Washington, CT 06793
Nearby Airports

Hartford, CT

New York City airports

Campus Size220 Acres

Contact Information

Suzanne Day, Chief Enrollment Officer
Admissions Director
Emily Raudenbush Gum
Head of School
860-868-7334
Phone