Connecticut Independent Co-ed School

We're Ready for Tomorrow

Greens Farms Academy engages students as partners in an innovative, inclusive, and globally minded community to prepare them for lives of purpose.

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Each for All

Partnership

is at the heart of everything we do. The bonds we form strengthen, enrich, and inspire our community.

On the athletic field, in the lab, on stage, or at the Harkness table, discover hidden talents and explore new worlds.

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Inspiring Lives of Purpose

Unparalleled Faculty

We cultivate a lifelong love of learning and encourage students to create their own academic path. Learn about our Signature Programs.

Our world-class faculty are dedicated to their craft, working in true partnership with students.

Empathy

We ask our students to consider the world from the perspective of others. Empathy is a priority at all times.

Integrity

Excellence

Our commitment to excellence — in academics, in character, and in life — is unparalleled. All our students have the potential for greatness.

GFA strives to create a diverse community that values the identities, perspectives, and experiences of all its members.

Globally Minded

We empower our students to discover their place in the world and help them to become globally competent citizens engaged in building a sustainable future.

Latest Headlines

Class of 2022!

To see photos and videos from Commencement and all our end of year events, click here.

Yensen Lambert Named Connecticut COLT Language Teacher of the Year

McDaniels — AKA DMC — is Commencement Speaker

Quiz Team Qualifies for Nationals

The foundation is deep

Bob Whelan Head of School

"If you want to see how tall a building is going to be, look at how deep the foundation is. We provide students with a sense of connection, a foundation of trust and respect, that allows them to embrace challenges, to stretch themselves, to go out into the world with wonder, courage, and compassion. We know that our work is effective. Our graduates go on to make a meaningful impact. They are balanced and curious. They're grounded. The foundation is deep."

Above and Beyond

Our College Guidance process is simple: we want to help our students discover the possibilities that await them outside these walls.

3 Diploma Concentrations

Inspired, Original Inquiry-Based Projects

$4.8M in scholarship offers

Shealeigh Crombie

Shealeigh Crombie '22

Harvard University

Living with purpose isn't about following one trajectory or being one thing in life. It is about all of the wonderful ways we affect the world around us along the way. GFA has always taught us to ask the right questions, not assert that we have the right answers. To see the ways that our stories are interconnected and the ways that we can use our own stories to influence others. All of these little aspects of our time here at GFA that we might not have even noticed have allowed us … to explore the different facets of our own purpose and cultivate the different types of genius that exist inside each and every one of us.

GFA has always taught us to ask the right questions, not assert that we have the right answers. To see the ways that our stories are interconnected and the ways that we can use our own stories to influence others.

Carolyn Hale

Director of Athletics and Physical Education

Eric Lee

GFA is a place where people do what they say — they set aspirational goals, and then do the hard work to achieve them. That is something I badly want to be a part of. Working with student-athletes of all ages to make the connection between mind and body, between dedication and success keeps me ticking. Our program and students thrive because of the strength of the relationships between our athletes and the adults in their lives — on and off the field. We never stop innovating.

GFA is a place where people do what they say — they set aspirational goals, and then do the hard work to achieve them.We never stop innovating.

Jane Doe

Olivia Marshall '20

Indiana University

I had attended only one school before I came to GFA. The thought of leaving a place that felt like home was, to be honest, terrifying. But GFA is such a welcoming place. There are smiles everywhere. My friends gave me the motivation to reach higher. That’s how it works here.

My friends gave me the motivation to reach higher.

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Grade 5

Alex

We take STEAM class in our homeroom. You start sitting at the rug. The teacher explains what project we will work on that day—like designing snowflakes and printing them on the 3D printer. Or building a tower using paper and tape. Then we go to our tables and talk with our teammates and make a plan. We get to work together and be creative. There’s a lot of excitement in the room.

We get to work together and be creative. There's a lot of excitement in the room.

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Ace Patterson '07

His world is an open songbook. From the formative years at GFA to a job at Facebook, music weaves in and out of his life, tying each experience to the next. Rapper, marketer, family man, volunteer, mentor, Patterson sees music as a way not just to fuse together the different facets of his life, but to share them with others.

Being able to push myself academically, as well as being provided with resources, GFA really became a training ground for where I am now.