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Pomfret School · Connecticut41.8847° N · 71.9643° W

Everyone who has stood on this hill.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Pomfret School, Pomfret, Connecticut · a student-built record since 1894.

Color photograph of the white-shingled Alumni House Observatory with its silver dome, on a mowed lawn against trees and a clear blue sky. No people visible.
Pin 05, as photographed for the Library of CongressCarol M. Highsmith — Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith ArchivePD — dedicated by creator

01This site keeps what the school remembers.

02Every claim links to a source.

03Every generated image says so.

A render of the real 2023 LiDAR and aerial survey: the Pomfret School campus on its hill seen from high above, playing fields and buildings among bare April woods.
2023 LiDAR + aerial survey · CT State GIS Officehero-scanFlight over the 2023 survey. Real data, not AI.CT State GIS Office. (2023). 2023 Aerial imagery. Retrieved from https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/data/flight2023/. Lidar: 2023 Connecticut Statewide Lidar, NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast, dataset 10296. Pins: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).

The six tour stops, placed on the 2023 survey

  1. 01Clark Memorial Chapel
  2. 02School House
  3. 03Centennial Gardenno sourced location
  4. 04Jahn Rink
  5. 05Olmsted Observatory
  6. 06Hard Auditorium
AI-generated atmosphere: the Pomfret School campus seen from the air on an October evening, built from a real 2023 survey of the hill.AI-generated atmosphere · not a photograph
hill-octoberAI-generated atmosphere over a real 2023 survey of the campusCT State GIS Office. (2023). 2023 Aerial imagery. Retrieved from https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/data/flight2023/. Lidar: 2023 Connecticut Statewide Lidar, NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast, dataset 10296.

01 / Take part

Programs & community spaces.

Through shared spaces and everyday learning, there are many ways to take part in community life.

  1. Connection

    Unity Groups

    Spaces for students, faculty, and staff to connect around shared identities, with guidance and support.Explore Unity Groups
  2. Learning

    Learning through QUEST

    Pomfret’s social and emotional learning curriculum, built around Character, Community, Being, and Belonging.Discover QUEST
  3. Understanding

    Multicultural Resource Center

    The Virginia S. Eaton Multicultural Resource Center supports intercultural understanding and work against prejudice and inequity.About the resource center

Program information from Pomfret’s Community and Belonging department and QUEST.

Support & connection

Find support.

If something happened, start here.

AI-generated atmosphere: morning fog over the Pomfret School playing fields, built from a real 2023 survey of the hill.AI-generated atmosphere · not a photograph
hill-fogAI-generated atmosphere over a real 2023 survey of the campusCT State GIS Office. (2023). 2023 Aerial imagery. Retrieved from https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/data/flight2023/. Lidar: 2023 Connecticut Statewide Lidar, NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast, dataset 10296.

Connect with the Community and Belonging team, or find the school’s guidance for reporting a bias incident.

This page does not collect reports. It points you to people who do.

Reporting and personal support are handled through Pomfret School’s official channels.

02 / Keep learning

Learning & reflection.

Explore questions of representation, encounter new ideas, and examine the evidence behind our history.

A generated image can be beautiful and still be wrong.

7 resources in all categories

AI-generated atmosphere: the Pomfret School campus from the north-east at blue hour, built from a real 2023 survey of the hill.AI-generated atmosphere · not a photograph
hill-blue-hourAI-generated atmosphere over a real 2023 survey of the campusCT State GIS Office. (2023). 2023 Aerial imagery. Retrieved from https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/data/flight2023/. Lidar: 2023 Connecticut Statewide Lidar, NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast, dataset 10296.

03 / The historical collection

Explore Pomfret’s history of inclusion.

School publications, personal stories, and places offer a way to examine the history of inclusion at Pomfret.

records
60
chapters
6
profiles
17
citations
76

Record titles from the timeline

  • 1894Pomfret School Founded
  • 1896Plessy v. Ferguson
  • 1898Pomfret School Incorporates
  • 192019th Amendment Certified
  • 1930Halleck Lefferts Becomes Third Headmaster
  • 1930New-Boy Segregation Ends
  • 1935Neutrality Act of 1935
  • 1935Italy Invades Ethiopia
  • 1936Race and Empire Debated in The Pontefract
  • 1940Refugee Children Question Comes to the Board
  • 1941Executive Order 8802
  • 1942"Double V" Campaign
  • 1942Paul Robeson Sings at Pomfret
  • 1945First Female in the Pomfret Classroom
  • 1948Geographic Diversification
  • 1949Pontefract Editor Calls for Integration
  • 1954A Lone Voice in Manuscripts
  • 1954Brown v. Board of Education
  • 1955Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins
  • 1956Second Female Faculty Member Hired
  • 1957Little Rock Nine
  • 1957First Coeducation Proposal
  • 1961First Black Diploma on the Hilltop
  • 1962Faculty Diversifies: Shamil Utuner Joins
  • 1963A Better Chance Charter Membership
  • 1963Matt Hobbs '64 Visits Wilkinson High
  • 1963March on Washington
  • 1964Civil Rights Act Signed
  • 1964First African American Student Enrolls
  • 1964The First Four African Americans
  • 1964Outreach Program Founded
  • 1965First African American Graduate
  • 1965Hart–Celler Immigration Act
  • 1967SPHERE Program Launched
  • 1968Board Votes for Coeducation
  • 1968Afro-Latin Society Formed
  • 1968First Female Students Arrive
  • 1968Girls' Soccer Introduced
  • 1968Shirley Chisholm Elected to Congress
  • 1969First Female Graduate
  • 1970First Female Trustee
  • 1972SPHERE Consortium Founded
  • 1972First True Coeducational Class Graduates
  • 1972Title IX Signed
  • 1972First Female Boarders + Minority Enrollment Milestone
  • 1972First Female Editor-in-Chief of The Pontefract
  • 1973Girls Ice Hockey Club Formed
  • 1973The Survival Mandate
  • 1975First Institutional Financial Aid Package
  • 1975Girls Varsity Hockey Established
  • 1975AFS Foreign Exchange Resumes
  • 1977First Female Recipient of the Pomfret Bowl
  • 1980Michael Gary '82 Attends via ABC
  • 1981First Annual Afro-Latin Day
  • 1984VOICE Founded
  • 1988Schwartz Visiting Fellows Program Founded
  • 1989First Dean of Women Appointed
  • 1991Multicultural Awareness Program & "Unity Amidst Diversity"
  • 1992Full Coeducation Achieved
  • 1995First Director of Multicultural Affairs
  • 2008Barack Obama Elected
  • 2012First Director of Diversity Hired
  • 2013"The Pomfret Purpose" Strategic Plan
  • 2013ABC Legacy Award
  • 2014Ferguson
  • 2015Virginia S. Eaton Multicultural Resource Center
  • 2015QUEST Program Launched
  • 2018Certificate Program with Social Justice Track
  • 2019DEI Role Elevated to Dean Level
  • 2020@BlackAtPomfret Launched
  • 2020Alumni Petition for Change
  • 2020Bias Incident Reporting System
  • 2022Strategic Plan 2022–2027
  • 2024First Female Head of School Appointed
  • 2025Heather Willis Daly Installed
  • 2026"A Day On for Justice" — MLK Day
Color photograph of the white-shingled Alumni House Observatory with its silver dome, on a mowed lawn against trees and a clear blue sky. No people visible.
Carol M. Highsmith — Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith ArchivePD — dedicated by creator
AI-generated atmosphere: the white shingled observatory on its lawn, animated from a 2011 public-domain photograph.AI-generated atmosphere · not a photograph
observatory-riseAI-animated from a public-domain photograph
This is a photograph. This is not.The photograph is shown whole and unaltered. Beside it, rise off the hill: an AI film started from that photograph. What it invents: the camera rise; everything outside the original photograph’s frame that the rise reveals; leaf and cloud movement.

The DEI timeline

Six chapters. Begin with a period that interests you.