Editing Monson, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==

The town of Monson has three public schools: [[Quarry Hill Community School]] for preschool and kindergarten; [[Granite Valley Middle School]] for grades one through six; and [[Monson High School]] for grades seven through twelve.  As of the 2017–2018 school year, 929 students collectively are enrolled in the Monson Public Schools. They are a slightly below average school according to state [[Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System|MCAS]] test scores.`<ref>{{cite web |url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=01910505&orgtypecode=6 |title=Enrollment Data (2017-18) |access-date=May 3, 2018 |archive-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504011417/http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=01910505&orgtypecode=6 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The town of Monson was formerly the site of Monson Academy, a private school that was founded in 1804 and opened in 1806.  In 1847, the academy became the first American school to enroll Chinese students.  Among its graduates were abolitionist and suffragist [[Lucy Stone]], and two [[United States Supreme Court]] justices: [[William Strong (Pennsylvania judge)|William Strong]] and [[Henry Billings Brown]].  Notable faculty members included [[US Secretary of Labor]] [[Frances Perkins]], and [[Louise Taft|Louise Torrey Taft]], the mother of President [[William Howard Taft]].  In 1971, the academy merged with Wilbraham Academy to form [[Wilbraham & Monson Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Monson Academy|url=http://www.monsonhistoricalsociety.org/academy.htm|publisher=Monson Historical Society|access-date=October 12, 2013}}</ref>