April 20, 2026
Project Graduation April News
Project Graduation April News Celebrate your 2026 Bacon graduate with a graduation lawn sign! The signs are $20 (personalization available for $5 more) and can be ordered online here through Monday...
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Alumni Spotlight
Bacon Academy's April Alumni Spotlight:
Cayce Strachan
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BACON ACADEMY CORE VALUES & BELIEFS
With its proud history and rich traditions, Bacon Academy promotes a family-like partnership of students, staff, parents, and community.
- Students effectively communicate (by verbal, non-verbal, written and visual means) independently and collaboratively according to their audience and purpose.
- Students collaborate by being active participants in the school and within the community.
- Students contribute to their community through participation in service learning.
- Students explore, choose, and engage in new and diverse experiences.
- Students recognize and examine perspectives of global themes
- Students actively engage in the inquiry process in order to articulate individualized educational and post-secondary goals.
- Students solve problems using academic, technical, social, and creative skills.
- Students analyze and evaluate sources in order to synthesize information and reach relevant conclusions.
- Students take a position and substantiate claims using a variety of sources.
- Students use technology ethically and responsibly to complete tasks and achieve goals
Because we value
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Achievement
- Safety
- Compassion
We have a responsibility to
- Create a cohesive and nurturing environment
- Connect, involve, and engage in learning
- Collaborate and communicate effectively
- Respect diversity and encourage individual goals
- Provide a rigorous and authentic educational experience
- Foster citizenship and community partnerships
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April 12, 2026
Weekly Update! Week of April 10th
Bacon Academy Updates for the Week of April 10th Accepted, Connected and Ready to Learn April 10, 2026 Congratulations to Liam Sweeney on signing his National Letter of Intent to attend Bucknell Un...
April 10, 2026
Digital break for April Vacation
Happy Friday!CPS Staff will be once again turning off notifications and turning on out of office responses to help them recharge their personal batteries for the final push toward the end of the 25...
April 9, 2026
AASL 2026-2027 President-Elect - Barbara Johnson!
CHICAGO - The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has announced the results of its 2026 election. Members elected Barbara Johnson, Instructional Technology Coordinator and Certified Sc...
History of Bacon Academy
Photograph: Bacon Academy from an 1896 article in Connecticut Magazine
In 1800 a prominent Colchester farmer, Pierpont Bacon, died and left an endowment of thirty-five thousand dollars. The endowment was to the inhabitants of the First Society of Colchester for the purpose of supporting and maintaining a school "... for the instruction of Youth in Reading and writing English, in Arithmetic, Mathematics, and the Languages, or such other branches of Learning".
This established the academy that bears his name. Bacon Academy's doors opened to the children of Colchester on the first of November 1803 and from that point forward, has prepared many young men and women for the life that lay ahead. (Sourced from “Bacon Academy” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
Please enjoy this NBC30 news feature that aired April 18, 2024, highlighting our proud history of Bacon Academy!
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Amy Beguè
Principal
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Mike Mal
Assistant Principal
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Jennifer Martin
Assistant Principal
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