Falmouth Academy will host an information session for Martha’s Vineyard families on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
Stephen A. Duffy has been named the next head of school at Falmouth Academy by a unanimous vote of the school’s board of trustees. Currently, Mr. Duffy is upper school principal of Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, N.J. He will assume the Falmouth Academy position on July 1, 2014.
The parents and students of the Vineyard contingent of eighth graders attending Falmouth Academy held a graduation party for themselves at the Chilmark Community Center on Friday night, June 7. As perhaps the largest class ever of students commuting to the mainland for two school years, they gained a reputation among fellow commuters for their pleasant demeanor, high spirits and generally good behavior.
David C. Faus, headmaster of Falmouth Academy, has announced the headmaster’s list for the first trimester of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Class of 2015 honors go to: Aidan Huntington of West Tisbury.
On Saturday, Jan. 26, Falmouth Academy will host its annual scholarship exam. The top four scorers on the exam will receive $3,000 scholarships for their first year at Falmouth Academy.
The day will also include a student panel discussion and faculty forum. Guests will have the chance to discuss the academic, social and extracurricular life of the school with students.
The scholarship exam is optional. Falmouth Academy also has an extensive need-based financial aid program that is independent of the exam.
Falmouth Academy Standouts
David C. Faus, headmaster of Falmouth Academy, announced that nine Vineyard students were named to the academy headmaster’s list for the second trimester. They are: seniors Emelia Armstead of Edgartown and Kinsman Maynard of Chilmark; eighth graders Caley Bennett, Alec Cobban and Quinn Cobban of Edgartown, Eli Hanschka of Vineyard Haven and Aidan Huntington of West Tisbury; and seventh graders Zachary Bresnick and Nathan D’Angelo of West Tisbury.