| The Marvelwood School | |
| Seal Image: | Marvelwood.png |
| Motto: | Latin: Aeterna lux scientiae |
| Address: | 476 Skiff Mountain Rd |
| Region: | New England |
| County: | Litchfield, Connecticut |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Zipcode: | 06757-1112 |
| Country: | United States |
| Schooltype: | High School |
| Founders: | Robert Bodkin & Ian Hanna |
| Ceeb: | 070117 |
| Dean: | Heather Brand |
| Head Of School: | Blythe Everett |
| Faculty: | 26 |
| Nursery Years Taught: | , |
| Primary Years Taught: | , |
| Secondary Years Taught: | for additional information --> |
| Enrollment: | 125 |
| Enrollment As Of: | 2023–2024 |
| International Students: | 15% |
| Average Class Size: | 10 |
| Ratio: | 3:1 |
| Hours In Day: | 6.8 |
| Campus Type: | Rural |
| Houses: | Summit Dorm, Sterling Dorm, Star Dorm, Lake Dorm, Sundt House |
| Student Union Label: | to override the default label --> |
| Colors: | Blue and white |
| Athletics Conference: | HVAL |
| Mascot: | Pterodactyl |
| Newspaper: | Pterodactyl Times |
| Endowment: | $4.4 million[1] |
| Annual Tuition: | $66,200 boarding, $41,400 day[2] |
| Revenue: | $8.7 million |
The Marvelwood School is a college preparatory private boarding school located in Kent, Connecticut, United States.
Marvelwood was founded in 1956 by Robert A. Bodkin and Ian Hanna in Cornwall, Connecticut, on a campus previously occupied by Rumsey Hall School. Ian Hanna named the school after his relative, Donald Grant Mitchell, an American novelist who owned an estate in New Haven, Connecticut, also called Marvelwood.[3]
Bodkin remained headmaster until 1981. He was succeeded by Peter B. Tacy until 1989, H. Mark Johnson until 1997, Anne Davidson Scott until 2005, Scott E. Pottbecker until 2011, and Arthur F. Goodearl until 2018. Blythe Everett, parents of 2014–16, is the current head of the school.
In 1995, Marvelwood moved from its campus in Cornwall to the former Kent School girls' campus about 10miles away on Skiff Mountain in Kent, Connecticut.
The Marvelwood student body consists primarily of boarding students, with about 20% commuting from home. Of those boarding students, about 24% are international. The school offers a three-level ESL program for foreign speakers.[4]
Students sometimes participate in weekly community service, competitive athletics, creative arts programs, and film studies programs. Marvelwood works locally with the Audubon Sharon and Institute for Bird Populations.