Lawrence Academy at Groton, Groton

Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded in 1792 by a group of fifty residents of Groton and Pepperell, Massachusetts as Groton Academy, and chartered in 1793 by Governor John Hancock, Lawrence is the tenth oldest boarding school in the United States, and the third in Massachusetts, following Governor Dummer Academy and Phillips Academy at Andover. The phrase on Lawrence Academy's seal is "Omnibus Lucet": in Latin, "Let light shine upon all." ()