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A More Human Kind of School

Founded in 1894, Pomfret is a private high school for boarding and day students located in Connecticut. We are consistently ranked one of the top independent schools in the country for our expert faculty, challenging curriculum, competitive athletics, deep human relationships, and stunning hilltop views. Our students routinely attend the world's most selective colleges and universities. And beyond college, our alumni are quite literally changing the world.

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Signature Experiences

Remarkable Griffins

Malik Ducard ’91

Chief Content Officer at Pinterest
Former Vice President at Google (YouTube)

Be the signal in the noise. Champion feelings like pride, empathy, passion, nostalgia, and love that are swirling here today and values like fairness, opportunity, and community that can never be automated. Be heroes for humanity.

Chelsea Cutler ’15

Singer, Songwriter, and Producer
Forbes 30 under 30.

When I was first getting my bearings out in the industry, I definitely was intimidated. I was scared to ask to be the producer in the room for sessions. I was nervous to assert my vision. bow, with experience and success, I feel more confident in navigating those situations.

Jim Rothman ’67

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist
Sterling Professor of Cell Biology at Yale

Everybody told me it was nuts to go and try to reproduce the mysterious complexities that occur in a cell-free extract. I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

Sarah Vaillancourt ’04

Professional Hockey Player
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist

Enjoy the process. Trust the process. Live in the moment and enjoy every game. Embrace the setbacks because they prepare you for life.

Alex Gibney ’71

Oscar-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

On Taxi to the Dark Side, I needed to go to Afghanistan. I basically had two choices. One was to hire a huge security detail. Armed guards. Or go extremely bare bones. One person with a camera in a bag. So I put a camera in a bag and I went to Afghanistan alone.

Matt Scanlan ’07

Entrepreneur
Chief Executive Officer of Naadam Cashmere

When you start a company in an industry you don't know anything about at 24 with no degree, the only way to get by is to act like you’ve been there before. You need to believe in yourself when no one else does. You need to believe in what you’re doing when no one else cares.