New York Military Academy
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| New York Military Academy | |
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| Motto: Toujours Pret (Always Ready) | |
| Established | 1889 |
| School type | Private, Boarding |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Superintendent | Robert D. Watts, CAPT, USN (Ret.) |
| Location | Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, USA |
| Campus | 500 acres (2 km²) 51 buildings |
| Enrollment | ~250 |
| Faculty | ~22 |
| Average class size | 10 |
| Student:Teacher ratio | 12:1 |
| Average SAT scores (2006) | Unknown |
| Athletics | 18 Interscholastic Sports |
| Color(s) | Maroon |
| Mascot | Knights |
| Homepage | [www.nyma.org] |
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Overview
New York Military Academy was founded in 1889 by Charles Jefferson Wright, a Civil War veteran and former school teacher from New Hampshire who believed that a military structure provided the best environment for academic achievement, a philosophy to which the school still adheres.Wright's successor, Sebastian Jones, presided over the Academy from 1894-1922, guiding it during its most critical period of growth from a young and small institution of 48 cadets, through a disastrous fire in 1910, and throughout an extensive reconstruction program. NYMA developed into one of the best known military schools for young men in the United States.
Successive superintendents continued the groundwork laid by Wright and Jones in the early years with the construction of additional facilities, the expansion of the student body, and an emphasis on teaching the principles of leadership through the Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).
In 1975, the Academy became a coeducational institution, admitting young women for the first time in the school's history.
New York Military Academy (NYMA) is located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, nestled in the Hudson Highlands 60 miles north of New York City. NYMA has a proud 117 year history as a leading college preparatory school with a military tradition that enrolls students from the tri-state metro New York area as well as from around the country and the world; the mix is diverse and cosmopolitan.
The Academy's mission is to develop cadets with academic, athletic, character and leadership skills that prepare them not only for college, but also for life as effective leaders and responsible citizens. Academic excellence is NYMA's highest priority and is achieved because of the structured, orderly and well-disciplined environment that the cadets help maintain. Through participation in JROTC, cadets develop character and leadership: cadets learn leadership is getting people to do things they don't necessarily want to do; they also learn "it is a privilege to lead."
NYMA’s convenient location, just one hour north of New York in the Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley, and near the major NY airports, makes it easily accessible by airplane as well as train and automobile. The campus is at the foot of the Storm King Mountain, and poised just above the Hudson River, affording it a spectacularly beautiful location while remaining within reach of the cultural offerings of Manhattan.
With a corps of cadets (the student body) in grades 7-12, NYMA offers a comprehensive education on a personal level: cadets enjoy small classes (12: 1 student/teacher ratio), a devoted faculty and an education that is reinforced by a special mentoring program that keeps parents involved.
An intensive college placement program administered by NYMA's guidance department has ensured that in recent years, NYMA graduates have been accepted to some of the nation’s most selective schools including: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Boston College, Lehigh University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy.
New York Military Academy graduates tend to excel in every walk of life and can be found leading major corporations in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Caracas, Venezuela; working for The Pentagon in Washington D.C., practicing anesthesiology in Grand Rapids, piloting commercial planes out of Atlanta, as restaurant owners in Tucson or racetrack owners in Florida, or running investment banks in Zürich, Switzerland.
NYMA is accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges and chartered, registered, and approved by the New York State Department of Education.
The academy is a member of:
- AMSCUS - Association of Military Schools and Colleges in the United States
- TABS - The Association of Boarding Schools
- NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools
- NYSAIS - New York State Association of Independent Schools
Organization
The Corps of Cadets has the following organization:
- 1 Battalion, consisting of:
- Command Staff
- Headquarters Company
- Band Company
- D Troop (Mounted)
- 3 Line Companies (currently A, B, and G)
Famous Alumni
- Robert (Tex) Allen (actor)
- Les Brown (big band leader whose Band of Renown provided music for comedian Bob Hope's shows)
- Francis Ford Coppola (attended, did not graduate)
- Troy Donahue (Merle Johnson)
- John Gotti, Class of 1964
- William Larkin, incumbent state senator for the 39th District of New York.
- Johnny Mandel
- Stephen Sondheim
- Donald Trump, Class of 1964
Notable Buildings
- Davis Chapel (Contains the second-largest theater pipe organ in New York State, built by M.P. Moller
- Jones Barracks
- Booth Library
NYMA Athletics
The school's mascot is the Knights. Teams are fielded in the following sports:- Football
- Basketball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Swimming
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
- Cross-country
- Riflery
- Drill Team
- Ice Hockey
- Wrestling
- Raiders
- Golf
- Tennis
- Equestrian
External links
- [NYMA Home page]
- [Superintendents of the Academy]
- [Sample collection of digitized archives]
- [Satellite image of the campus on Google Maps]
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