Celebrate

Celebrate!

You’ve been accepted to Pomfret.

Thor Brødreskift /Nordiske Mediedager

CAROLINE WATERLOW ’91 Actress and Producer As applause rained down from inside Dolby Theater, Caroline Waterlow hugged the people around her and began moving toward the movie world’s biggest stage. An actress and producer, Caroline is best known for her film OJ: Made in America, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. “You can do it,” she says. “You just need the confidence to know you will figure things out. You can take on a lot more than you think.”

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T O K E E P S T RIV IN G A N D GROWING, AND TO KEEP DO I N G T H E T HIN GS YOU LOV E.

Our motto comes from the Latin certa viriliter — to strive valiantly. Here, those words mean something.

By engaging in the difficult, messy, wonderful, rewarding work of figuring out who you are and who you want to be, you’ll discover a more experienced and confident version of yourself.

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A RE L I V E LY, EN GA GIN G, A N D CHAL L ENGING. A strong focus on interdisciplinary studies and learning

learning and a better pace to the school day, with four

by doing means that you will make connections

classes per day instead of the six classes standard at

between different areas of study while discovering how

many schools. Classrooms equipped with walls and

your skills can have an impact. Our broad curriculum

tabletops that are whiteboards make for active learning

offers a wide range of advanced courses and unique

and sharing. Students and teachers at Pomfret are

electives. Long block scheduling allows for in-depth

partners in an exciting journey.

BESENIA RODRIGUEZ ’96 Intellectual and Scholar Originally from the South Bronx, of Spanish-speaking Caribbean parents, Besenia Rodriguez was the first in her family to attend college.

Today she is the senior associate dean of curriculum at Brown University, where she oversees course proposal and concentration reviews, global experiential learning, and curriculum development and assessment. “At Pomfret I learned to ask questions, to make mistakes, to ask for help, and to listen to my own voice,” she says.

Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA

BRIAN FLYNN ’07 Pro Hockey Player After a standout career as the captain of the University of Maine Black Bears, Brian Flynn made his NHL debut on March 1, 2013. Six days later, he scored his first NHL goal, besting goaltender Johan Hedberg of the New Jersey Devils. A native of Boston, Mass., Brian has played for several NHL clubs, including the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens. “Once the puck is dropped, I want to win.

Everything I do on the ice is to help the guys win.”

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I S RI C H W I TH A C T IV IT IES A N D MEANINGFUL FR IENDSHIPS. In athletics, you will experience the thrill of serious

leadership and learning about everything from

competition and camaraderie with your teammates.

conservation to robotics. And on the weekends, you

Our arts program gives every student exposure to

don’t need to leave our hilltop campus to find fun and

a variety of art forms and includes more than 50

relaxation, though if you want to, there are regular

advanced and elective courses in visual and performing

trips to East Coast cities, nearby shopping centers, and

arts and music. Activities offer opportunities for

outdoor recreation centers.

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YOU AR E CHOOSING TO B E HEAR D. Join us for a Revisit Day. You’ll spend time on campus — meeting with students and teachers, attending classes, visiting dorms, and seeing what being heard is all about. We can’t wait to welcome you to campus.

MATT SCANLAN ’07 Social Entrepreneur In 2015, Matt Scanlan packed $2.5 million into 32 plastic bags, piled them into the back of a rented Land Cruiser, and headed for the Gobi Desert.

Named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list last year, Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Naadam Cashmere, a sociallyconscious brand that has transformed the cashmere supply chain. “We’re disrupting a thousand-year-old business model by purchasing wool directly from herders at fair prices,” he says. Today, Naadam Cashmere is earning more than $20 million in annual revenue.

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