What is Thayer Academy?
'''Thayer Academy''' is a private [[school]] that prepares people for [[college]]. It is in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. People from Grades 6–12 can become students there. The school was made in 1871, at the request of [[General Sylvanus Thayer]]. Thayer Academy is one of Greater [[Boston]]'s most well respected private school's. == Thayer Academy == {| |- |Width=75|Established||1877 |- |Type||private [[coeducational]] |- |Headmaster||Ted Koskores |- |Students||451 |- |Grades||6-12 |- |Location||[[Braintree, Massachusetts]], [[United States|USA]] |- |Campus||[[Suburban]] |- |Colors||[[Black]] and [[Orange (color)|Orange]] |- |Mascot||[[Bengal Tiger]] |} == Well known students == *[[Tiffany Kelly]], Miss Massachusetts USA 2006 *[[Tony Amonte]], professional [[ice hockey|hockey]] player *[[Jeremy Roenick]], professional hockey player *[[Mike Jones]], college [[basketball]] player *[[John Cheever]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[writer]] *[[Dave Silk]], 1980 [[United States|US]] [[Olympic games|Olympic]] hockey team member (gold medal) *[[Sally Weston]], Famous interior designer *[[Brooks Orpik]], Professional ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins) == Other websites == * [http://www.thayer.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1 School Web page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020005747/http://www.thayer.org/default.asp?bhcp=1 |date=2006-10-20 }} [[Category:Schools in Massachusetts]] [[Category:1871 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1870s establishments in Massachusetts]]