Marvelwood School

The Marvelwood School is a college preparatory private boarding school located in Kent, Connecticut, United States.

The Marvelwood School
Location
476 Skiff Mountain Rd New England Kent , Litchfield, Connecticut , Connecticut 06757-1112 United States
Coordinates	41°46′57″N 73°27′35″W
Information
School type	Non-Profit, High School
Motto	Latin: Aeterna lux scientiae
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian[1]
Established	1956 (69 years ago) (1956)
Founders	Robert Bodkin & Ian Hanna
CEEB code	070117
NCES School ID	00232734[1]
Dean	Heather Brand
Head of school	Blythe Everett
Faculty	26 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	125[1] (2023–2024)
International students	15%
Average class size	10
Student to teacher ratio	3:1[1]
Classes offered	>100
Hours in school day	6.8[1]
Campuses	Skiff Mountain
Campus size	86 acres
Campus type	Rural[1]
Houses	Summit Dorm, Sterling Dorm, Star Dorm, Lake Dorm, Sundt House
Color(s)	Blue and white
Athletics	Soccer, Volleyball, Cross Country, Wrestling, Basketball, Skiing/Snowboarding, Tennis, Softball, Lacrosse, Equestrian
Athletics conference	HVAL (Hudson Valley Athletic League)
Sports	Lacrosse
Mascot	Terry the Pterodactyl
Nickname	Pterodactyls
Newspaper	Pterodactyl Times
Yearbook	Prism
Endowment	$4.4 million[2]
Annual tuition	$66,200 boarding, $41,400 day[3]
Revenue	$8.7 million[2]
Affiliation	NAIS
Website	marvelwood.org

History

Marvelwood was founded in 1956 by Robert A. Bodkin and Ian Hanna in Cornwall, Connecticut, on a campus previously occupied by Rumsey Hall School. Ian Hanna named the school after his relative, Donald Grant Mitchell, an American novelist who owned an estate in New Haven, Connecticut, also called Marvelwood.^[4]

Bodkin remained headmaster until 1981. He was succeeded by Peter B. Tacy until 1989, H. Mark Johnson until 1997, Anne Davidson Scott until 2005, Scott E. Pottbecker until 2011, and Arthur F. Goodearl until 2018. Blythe Everett, parents of 2014–16, is the current head of the school.^{[until when?]}

In 1995, Marvelwood moved from its campus in Cornwall to the former Kent School girls' campus about 10 miles (16 km) away on Skiff Mountain in Kent, Connecticut.

Admissions

The Marvelwood student body consists primarily of boarding students, with about 20% commuting from home. Of those boarding students, about 24% are international. The school offers a three-level ESL program for foreign speakers.^[5]

Demographics

Enrollment by race or ethnicity, 2019–2020^[1]

White	Asian	Black	Hispanic
65	24	9	4

Curriculum

Students participate in weekly community service, competitive athletics, creative arts programs, and film studies programs. Marvelwood works locally with the Audubon Sharon and Institute for Bird Populations.

Notable alumni

• Jake Burton Carpenter – founder of Burton Snowboards^[6]
• John P. Hammond – blues singer and guitarist
• Arthur Levering – classical composer^[7]