Fall 2019 Academy World

“Our students are diverse—not just in where they come from, but in their perspectives, their strengths, their challenges, their priorities, their hopes, their fears, their dreams.”
—SoMMER MAHoNEy ’11

With a historic gift to endowment, William “Wilber” E. ’64W and Janet James honor Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s past and present, while paving the way for its future.

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Being an international student, Hong Linh Duong ’21 isn’t required to take a foreign language at Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

On a recent visit with Wilber ’64W and Janet James at their Rockport,
Massachusetts, home, and on receiving a compliment for the work they
have done on it, Wilber responded “none
of us actually own anything; we are simply caretakers.” I was struck in the moment by
the simplicity and truth of this statement, and thought to myself ... absolutely right. Everything we have will someday belong to someone else, one way or another.