Brewster students represent a dynamic mix of learners and thinkers. Athletes. Artists. Musicians. Math wizards. Lovers of science and poetry. Lovers of nature. Our 350 students come from two dozen states and more than 20 countries.
Brewster's vision is an approach to learning that has the exponential power to transform education, communities, and the lives of students. We cultivate competencies and qualities of character that will serve our students in the world and shape them into self-aware, capable adults.
We believe that "Brewster will be better because of me, and I will be better because of Brewster"—a principle that forms the foundation of our community core values: Respect, Responsibility, Independence, and Interdependence.
Live and learn in a location like no other—where you’re at the center of your learning experience and where you’ll discover your passions, your people, and your purpose.
Welcome to Brewster! We will help you discover your passions, unlock your potential, and prepare for a life you'll love—a life of purpose.
Inspire your creativity in the spectacular Rogers Building and Grayson Student Center, with professional-level facilities for theater, dance, music, and visual arts.
Explore the four-season beauty of Northern New England in our charming historic town of Wolfeboro, N.H., beside Lake Winnipesaukee, close to hiking, skiing, climbing, and more!
Connect with your interests, build lifelong friendships, and take advantage of 25+ clubs—plus opportunities in athletics, arts, community service, leadership, and more.
Engage in real-world learning and immerse yourself in different perspectives through your classes, Interim Studies, and Global Immersion opportunities.
There are 350 students in our student body.
Brewster is home to day and boarding students from 29 states and 23 countries, all bringing unique perspectives shaped by our shared community values.
We have more than 25 clubs and organizations on campus.
It's easy to start a new club with your passion and a faculty advisor. Each fall we hold an Activities Fair to promote existing clubs and introduce new ones—the hard part will be choosing!
Slices of pizza served each week from our wood-fired brick oven!
The Brewster Dining staff goes above and beyond to bring the community special meals. From Friday night pizza and wings to Tomlettes on Sunday to a variety of gluten-free options, there really is something for everyone.
The number of attendees at each Coffee House event.
Coffee Houses are a Brewster tradition where students perform in a warm, welcoming setting. Held in Faith Theater or the Grayson Student Center, these nights bring together performers, fans, and friends.
There are 1,082 holds in Brewster's indoor Climbing Barn!
Built in 1997, the Climbing Barn was one of the first indoor facilities of its kind in northern New England. It remains a favorite spot for beginners and seasoned climbers alike.
There are six ice cream shops in Wolfeboro.
Wolfeboro is known as the oldest summer resort in America, and its six ice cream shops are part of the charm. Students often stroll into town for a cone or dish in the warmer months.
Pets reside on campus.
Students benefit from living with and learning from the many faculty families that live on campus, and that includes their pets! Students can often be seen walking dogs around campus to help if they’re missing furry friends from back home.
We source ingredients from over 50 different local providers.
The Dining Services team works with local providers from New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts to obtain and serve sustainable, nutritious, and locally-sourced food for our students.
1/2-mile shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee
Brewster boasts an expansive shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee, home to the boathouse and dock for our crew and sailing programs. Brewster Beach is also a favorite spot for student activities during the warmer months.
There are 350 students in our student body.
Brewster is home to day and boarding students from 29 states and 23 countries, all bringing unique perspectives shaped by our shared community values.
We have more than 25 clubs and organizations on campus.
It's easy to start a new club with your passion and a faculty advisor. Each fall we hold an Activities Fair to promote existing clubs and introduce new ones—the hard part will be choosing!
Slices of pizza served each week from our wood-fired brick oven!
The Brewster Dining staff goes above and beyond to bring the community special meals. From Friday night pizza and wings to Tomlettes on Sunday to a variety of gluten-free options, there really is something for everyone.
The number of attendees at each Coffee House event.
Coffee Houses are a Brewster tradition where students perform in a warm, welcoming setting. Held in Faith Theater or the Grayson Student Center, these nights bring together performers, fans, and friends.
There are 1,082 holds in Brewster's indoor Climbing Barn!
Built in 1997, the Climbing Barn was one of the first indoor facilities of its kind in northern New England. It remains a favorite spot for beginners and seasoned climbers alike.
There are six ice cream shops in Wolfeboro.
Wolfeboro is known as the oldest summer resort in America, and its six ice cream shops are part of the charm. Students often stroll into town for a cone or dish in the warmer months.
Pets reside on campus.
Students benefit from living with and learning from the many faculty families that live on campus, and that includes their pets! Students can often be seen walking dogs around campus to help if they’re missing furry friends from back home.
We source ingredients from over 50 different local providers.
The Dining Services team works with local providers from New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts to obtain and serve sustainable, nutritious, and locally-sourced food for our students.
1/2-mile shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee
Brewster boasts an expansive shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee, home to the boathouse and dock for our crew and sailing programs. Brewster Beach is also a favorite spot for student activities during the warmer months.
For more than 30 years, Brewster has cultivated a unique team-based, collaborative, and student-centered educational model to prepare students for lives of purpose. Based on evidence-based best practices, our approach is both challenging and transformative. The Brewster Model® is intentionally designed to ensure that every student within our global community of diverse thinkers can THRIVE.
Our supportive team environment helps you understand yourself, learn from others, and experience the joy of achieving together.
You’ll receive the optimal levels of challenge and support for your unique needs and build strategies for success at Brewster and beyond.
There are so many opportunities to explore new perspectives and interests and find your path in life at Brewster.
Learning opportunities beyond the classroom, Instructional Support, and other resources are truly integrated into your learning experience.
You can shape your studies to your interests and goals, and prepare with an expansive selection of course offerings.
Our teachers’ expertise is honed through professional development and the Brewster Summer Institute.
eventsMay 22, 2026
Join us for the Ivy Address on May 22 in Anderson Hall
eventsMay 23, 20269:00 AM
Brewster's 2026 Commencement Ceremony will be held on Brown Field at 9 a.m.
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Brewster honors spring athletes for character, grit, and achievement.
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Join us for Reunion Weekend May 29-31, 2026
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One scholarship. Five students. A legacy that keeps growing at Brewster.
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Signed and official: eight Bobcats headed to the next level.
The Ivy Address, a longstanding Brewster tradition, marks the official start of the Commencement ceremonies. The top Post Graduate student and the Salutatorian are invited to speak, and students are presented with awards from the Athletic Director, Fine and Performing Arts Chair, Dean of DEI, and Director of Community Service. The ceremony concludes with the presentation of an ivy plant from the Class of 2026 senior prefects. All members of the graduating class and their families are welcome to attend.
Visit the Class of 2026 webpage for Commencement FAQs. The event will be streamed live on our YouTube channel here.
Brewster's spring student-athletes gathered in the Smith Center on May 19 for the annual Spring Sports Awards, where the Athletics Department celebrated the season's standout competitors, presented championship banners, and awarded the Director's Prize.
Athletics Director Connor Wells opened his remarks by setting a clear tone: winning on the scoreboard tells only part of the story. How a Bobcat competes, the effort they bring, and the character they show are every bit as important as the final score.
Wells reflected on a year he described as truly tremendous, praising all 11 interscholastic spring teams for their resilience and sportsmanship in the face of a challenging season. He celebrated individual and team achievements alike, singling out girls' tennis player Alina Yu '26, who went undefeated in individual matches not just this spring, but throughout her entire three years at Brewster. He took a moment to recognize the Athletics Department's core staff, whose dedication to student-athletes covering everything from field prep to travel logistics keeps the whole operation running, and praised his coaches for weaving Brewster's Core Values into everything they do, demanding Respect, Responsibility, Independence, and Interdependence of every athlete in their charge.
The Sports Awards ceremony recognized three teams for winning the Lakes Region League Championship: Girls' Varsity Soccer, Varsity Golf, and Girls' Varsity Tennis. Soccer and golf received their Lakes Region banner, and tennis will receive theirs at the Sports Awards this fall.
The Athletic Department and members of the Tailgate Squad also took a moment to recognize faculty member TJ Palmer, who organized and led the group of students that came out to cook food and rally support for Brewster's athletes and fans this spring. Additionally, Wells thanked Palmer for two decades of coaching with the Boys' Hockey program, a program he helped build, as well as his work on the soccer pitch and softball diamond, where he helped lead Brewster Softball to a Lakes Region Championship. Most recently, Palmer has been guiding novice skiers on the hill at Gunstock as part of the Rec Ski program.
Coaches of each team took to the podium to recognize team award winners, followed by individual end-of-year athletic achievements bestowed upon graduating athletes. Congratulations to all award winners and honorees.
Spring Athletic Award Honorees
Team Award Winners
Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse
Will Baldwin (Coaches Award, MTEE Coaches Award)
Jacob Booth (Most Improved Player)
Mikey Anger (Most Valuable Player)
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Maia Pasco (Coaches Award)
Maddie Nichols (Most Improved Player)
Harper Dolce (Most Valuable Player)
Boys’ Varsity Tennis
Dylan Haycock (Coaches Award)
Rowan Driscoll (Most Improved Player)
Dylan Barkley (Most Valuable Player)
Girls’ Varsity Tennis
Katherine Twombly (Coaches Award)
Fredelle Mizrahi Kalach (Most Improved Player)
Alina Yu (Most Valuable Player)
Softball
Caitlin Jezowsi (Coaches Award)
Charlotte Rosenthal (Coaches Award)
Astor Bransfield Schmeiding (Coaches Award)
Baseball
Luke Smolan (Coaches Award)
Kei Hayashida (Most Improved Player)
Benton Welker (Most Valuable Player)
Crew
Anna Turner (Coaches Award)
Finn Holliday (Coaches Award)
Emery Condon (Most Valuable Player)
Atticus Baden (Most Valuable Player)
Boys’ JV Lacrosse
Tommy Larsen (Coaches Award)
Turner Flood (Most Improved Player)
Cullen Tierney (Most Valuable Player)
Girls’ JV Lacrosse
Madison Barrett (Coaches Award)
Ava Lincender (Most Improved Player)
Alyssa Biteman (Most Valuable Player)
Boys’ JV Tennis
Jason Feng (Coaches Award)
Jacob Troubh (Most Improved Player)
Mark Wallace (Most Valuable Player)
Girls’ JV Tennis
Hannah Ruegg (Coaches Award)
Yunon Naito (Most Improved Player)
Rose Sheerin (Most Valuable Player)
302 Club
This designation is awarded to Brewster seniors who have played at least two interscholastic sports for three years of their Brewster career.
Mikey Anger
William Brochu
Jackson Day
Victoria Donahue
Estelle Good
Augustina McGillion
Callie Pilkington
Luke Smolan
Hanna Taylor
Greeley Ward
Brayden Weaver
Logan Wood
402 Club
Awarded to the Brewster Lifers who have played at least two interscholastic sports each school year for their entire four-year career.
Owen Arndt
Atticus Baden
William Baldwin
Bradyn Connell
Jonathan Dion
Harper Dolce
Turner Flood
Travis Gillen
Victoria Hayden
William Hunter
Sylvia Mickels
Grace Rizzitano
Sophia Rock
Clara Small
Reika Ueno
Perfect Interscholastic Career Achievement
This next group of exceptional individuals have competed interscholastically every single season throughout the entirety of their Brewster career. For these student-athletes, there is truly no off-season.
1-Year Career
CJ Clarke — Crew, Robotics, Crew
Ryo Fujishima — Soccer, Snowboard, Baseball
Anna Turner — Crew, Hockey, Crew
2-Year Career
Thomas Larsen — MTB, Snowboard, Lacrosse
Maia Pasco — Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse
3-Year Career
Augustina McGillion — Soccer, Hockey/Alpine Ski, Lacrosse
4-Year Career — Our Brewster Lifers
Victoria Hayden — Soccer, Hockey, Lacrosse
William Hunter — Golf, Basketball, Lacrosse
Grace Rizzitano — Soccer, Hockey, Tennis/Lacrosse
Sophia Rock — Soccer, Hockey, Softball/Lacrosse
The Athletic Director’s Prize
The Athletic Director's Prize is awarded at the end of each school year to the best overall Brewster interscholastic team, based on a combination of factors: season record and league success, character on and off the field, and team GPA. This year's recipients posted a team GPA of 3.82, strong Recognition Scores across the board, and what can only be described as one of the biggest league and winning-season turnarounds in Brewster Athletics history. The 2025–2026 Athletic Director's Prize went to the Boys' Varsity Soccer Team.
Learn more about Brewster Athletics at athletics.brewsteracademy.org.
May 29-May 31, 2026. Be sure to mark your calendar for the last week in May to return to Wolfeboro and reconnect with the Brewster community.
By Kara McDuffee
Luke Smolan '26 will carry something significant with him to college next year: a scholarship that represents not just financial support, but a legacy of belief in what students can do when given the opportunity.
Smolan has been named the next Brewster recipient of the Curvey Scholarship at Villanova University, joining a growing group of Bobcats who have walked that path before him. He will follow Levi Brekke '22, Rylee Rizzitano '24, and Randall Preston '25, who are currently enrolled at Villanova as Curvey Scholars.
"I want to show my appreciation for this scholarship by making the most of this opportunity both academically and personally," Luke says. "I plan to work hard and get involved in the Villanova community the same way I did at Brewster. It really is an unbelievable opportunity, and one that I cannot be more excited about."
The scholarship was established in 2019 by James C. Curvey, former longtime executive and Vice Chairman of Fidelity Investments and Trustee Emeritus at Brewster Academy. A Villanova alumnus himself, Mr. Curvey created the four-year, $15,000 scholarship out of a belief that Brewster and Villanova share something essential: a student-centered approach and a genuine commitment to community. He has watched that partnership deepen with each scholar selected, and he is now taking it further.
Beginning with the Class of 2027, Mr. Curvey is expanding the Villanova scholarship to support two Brewster students annually. He’s also increasing the award to $20,000 for each Villanova Curvey Scholar, current and future. It is a meaningful step forward for a program that has already changed the trajectory of five Brewster students' lives.
“The level of commitment and engagement that James Curvey has given to students and our communities is extraordinary,” says Lynne Palmer, the James C. Curvey Endowed Program Director. “Mr. Curvey cares deeply about making an impact on a meaningful level and continues to be actively involved in how this program can expand in value and service.”
The Villanova scholarship is one part of a broader relationship between Mr. Curvey and Brewster that stretches back years. In 2009, he established the Curvey Scholar Program for local students from the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, modeled after the Villanova program. It is the kind of community-rooted investment that distinguishes New Hampshire boarding schools committed to expanding access and opportunity beyond their campuses. To date, 46 students have participated. In 2017, the Curvey Family deepened that commitment further by creating a Fellowship opportunity, offering scholars a $10,000 stipend to travel across the United States and Canada, with the goal of pushing students beyond their comfort zones and into new experiences.
The numbers tell part of that story. Curvey Scholars have visited more than 30 states, explored 14 National Parks, summited mountains, and collectively logged over 49,000 miles by airplane, train, boat, and foot.
In 2021, Mr. Curvey's investment in Brewster took another meaningful form with the establishment of the James C. Curvey Endowed Staff Position, the first endowed staff position in Brewster's history.
Smolan, a senior prefect, will be the next to carry that legacy forward, heading to Villanova in the fall as the latest example of what this partnership between two schools and one committed supporter can make possible.
By Kara McDuffee
The Grayson Student Center filled with pride on Tuesday, May 12th, as the Brewster community, including students, families, coaches, faculty, and staff, came together for our Spring 2026 uniball Commitment Day, celebrating eight outstanding student-athletes who will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. It is the kind of milestone moment that defines the boarding school experience in New England, and at Brewster, it is one the whole community shows up for.
Family members stood alongside coaches and teammates as names were called one by one. Commitments spanned Division I, II, and III programs across the country in Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Rowing, and Men's Soccer, with student-athletes hailing from New Hampshire to Texas to Bermuda.
"Today is a moment of public recognition and congratulations from Bobcat Nation for these student-athletes' years of hard work, and our well wishes for their next meaningful journeys," said Athletic Director Connor Wells. "Athletes, this ceremony is about you and your commitment to your craft. You have earned tremendous opportunities to continue your athletic careers in college, and we are thrilled to take part in this celebration with you."
Brewster's partner uniball awarded two $1,000 uniball Grant Scholarships to Lindsay Goetz '26 of Salem, NH (Curry College women's basketball) and Parth Miglani '26 of Hollis, NH (University of New Hampshire men's basketball), recognizing not only their athletic accomplishments but the character and leadership they bring to the Brewster community every day.
Congratulations to all of our Spring 2026 Bobcat signees, who join the 19 student-athletes who signed their commitments at our fall ceremony. Your hard work, resilience, and commitment have brought you to this moment, and we cannot wait to see you thrive at the next level. Watch the ceremony here and view photos here.
BREWSTER'S SPRING 2026 COMMITMENT DAY ROSTER:
MEN'S BASKETBALL Parth Miglani* of Hollis, NH: University of New Hampshire (D1) Eren Ozcelik of Houston, TX: Trinity University (D3) Sean Taylor of Newton, MA: Wentworth Institute of Technology (D3)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Bridget Emery of Greenland, NH: Southern New Hampshire University (D2) Lindsay Goetz* of Salem, NH: Curry College (D3)
MEN'S ROWING Atticus Baden of Andover, MA: Marietta College (D3) Finn Holliday of Brunswick, ME: Skidmore College (D3)
MEN'S SOCCER Tucker Curtis of Sandy's, Bermuda: Salve Regina University (D3)
*uniball Grant Scholarship honoree
Learn more about Brewster Athletics at athletics.brewsteracademy.org.
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