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Miss Porter's School (MPS) is a private college preparatory school for girls founded in 1843 in Farmington, Connecticut. The school draws students from many of the fifty U.S. states, as well as from abroad.
In 2018 the author conducted a master of library science practicum at Miss Porter’s School, an independent girls’ school in Farmington, Connecticut, with the goal of digitizing items from the school’s physical archive related to Sarah Porter and nineteenth-century women’s education.
Miss Porter's School. It was something of a family tradition for the women in Annie Burr’s family to attend Miss Porter’s School in Farmington.
By the 1880s, Miss Porter’s was a nationally well-respected school that boasted nearly 100 young women as students. In the 19th century, Miss Porter’s School curriculum included Latin, French and German, spelling, and reading.
Miss Porter’s School educates young women to become informed, bold, resourceful and ethical global citizens. We expect our graduates to shape a changing world.
Aug 24, 2023 · Miss Porter’s School, founded in 1843 in Farmington, is an elite, female, privately funded, 40-acre, educational institution in central Connecticut. Its original mission was to train young girls to become useful Christian wives through development of their academic learning, moral values, social skills, and music and art appreciation.
Feb 18, 2015 · The educational reformer who founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would achieve. Sarah Porter was born Aug. 17, 1813, the daughter of a well-to-do Congregationalist minister and his wife in Farmington, Conn.
