Western Reserve Academy (WRA or simply Reserve) is a private, mid-sized, coeducationalboarding and day college preparatory school located in Hudson, Ohio. A boarding school, Western Reserve Academy is largely a residential campus, with 280 of 400 students living on campus and the remainder attending the day program as day students. In that population, students matriculated from 21 states and 15 countries. 87% of the faculty hold advanced degrees. Approximately 90% of the faculty members reside on campus in either faculty homes or dormitory apartments. Reserve also participates in an annual exchange program with the Caterham School in Surrey, England.
History
Western Reserve Academy was established on February 7, 1826 as the Western Reserve College and Preparatory School in Hudson, Ohio, on a 190-acre (768,930 m²) plot of land set aside via charter by the Ohio legislature. The institution’s name comes from the area in which it was built, the Connecticut Western Reserve, as it was the first of its kind in Northern Ohio. The settlers from Connecticut wanted to build a school of the same caliber as Yale University and the same design, with brick buildings and the same motto, Lux Et Veritas. People called it “the Yale of the West.” The first class of the school included eleven students at the college level and eight at the preparatory level. In 1882, the college section moved north to Cleveland, Ohio, and became Western Reserve University, later merging with the Case Institute of Technology to become Case Western Reserve University. Reserve is the 27th oldest preparatory boarding school in the United States, and the oldest outside of the Northeast.
The Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of Connecticut in what is now mostly part of northeastern region of the U.S. state of Ohio. The Reserve had been granted to the Colony by King Charles II. Following the American Revolutionary War, Connecticut gave up claim to some of its western lands, but initially sold the Western Reserve to developers. It finally ceded control of this portion to the United States and the area was organized under the Northwest Territory until Ohio was admitted as a state. "Western Reserve" is referred to in numerous institutional names.
Although forced to surrender the Pennsylvania portion (Westmoreland County) of its sea-to-sea land grant following the Yankee-Pennamite Wars and the intercession of the federal government, Connecticut held fast to its claim to the lands between the 41st and 42nd-and-2-minutes parallels that lay west of the Pennsylvania border.
Western Reserve Land Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust in Northeast Ohio
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1826 as Western Reserve College and later named Western Reserve University; merged with Case Institute of Technology in 1967
Western Reserve Academy Musical | Your Second Home
Founded in 1826, Western Reserve Academy is top-ranked nationally among boarding and day schools. 100% of our graduates attend the country's best colleges and our campus is named The Most Beautiful Private High School in Ohio by Architectural Digest. Learn more at www.WRA.net
Video created by The Film Guys
Mixing, Mastering and Audio Postproduction by Dave Anson at Glass Sound Studios.
published: 20 Sep 2018
Brick By Brick | The WRA Lacrosse Story
published: 06 Jul 2023
Western Reserve Academy Musical | Reserve Moments
No one sings the praises of Western Reserve Academy better than our own community, starring our students. So, we couldn’t wait for the sequel to last year's "Second Home" video. The new “Reserve Moments” musical is the second chapter in our video story. Our film partners like to say the first musical kicked the door open, and this one welcomes everyone inside. We invite you to watch "Reserve Moments."
Very special thanks to our incredible film partners, The Film Guys.
published: 19 Oct 2019
We Are Pioneers
At Western Reserve Academy, we are Pioneers. Find out why our welcoming and diverse community is right for you.
published: 27 Oct 2016
Boarding at Western Reserve Academy
Learn what it is like to go to boarding school at one of the nation's top-ranked private schools.
published: 30 Jan 2020
WRA: Not Your Typical Boarding School - Episode One
Four Teams. Four Grades. One Oddly Specific Mission. Join us for "The Hudson Mile" where four teams compete to race through Western Reserve Academy's campus and our amazing neighboring town of Hudson, Ohio, for bragging rights and glory!
Learn more about Western Reserve Academy: https://www.wra.net/
Apply Today: https://www.wra.net/admission/apply
published: 05 Nov 2021
Reserve Ties: The Roommate Game
We saved some of the most meaningful relationships for last: friendship! Every student at WRA is unique, as you’ll see with Nana '24, Mya '24, Ty '23 and Zach '23. But the special bonds that each student forms during their four years here are part of what makes Reserve a very special collective.
To showcase these four, we organized a game similar to the “Newlywed Game” to see who knows their roommate best.
published: 03 Apr 2023
The WRAp Episode 2: Campus Cribs
Through episodes of The WRAp — based on WRA’s student-led late-night talk show — we’ll introduce you to some of the people and places that make Reserve different and special. In Episode 2, Campus Cribs, meet Suraj D. '20 as he shows you around his room in Bicknell House.
published: 03 Dec 2019
Did you see that?! - Athletics at WRA
published: 10 Dec 2021
Take a Student Guided Tour of Western Reserve Academy!
Founded in 1826, Western Reserve Academy is top-ranked nationally among boarding and day schools. 100% of our graduates attend the country's best colleges and o...
Founded in 1826, Western Reserve Academy is top-ranked nationally among boarding and day schools. 100% of our graduates attend the country's best colleges and our campus is named The Most Beautiful Private High School in Ohio by Architectural Digest. Learn more at www.WRA.net
Video created by The Film Guys
Mixing, Mastering and Audio Postproduction by Dave Anson at Glass Sound Studios.
Founded in 1826, Western Reserve Academy is top-ranked nationally among boarding and day schools. 100% of our graduates attend the country's best colleges and our campus is named The Most Beautiful Private High School in Ohio by Architectural Digest. Learn more at www.WRA.net
Video created by The Film Guys
Mixing, Mastering and Audio Postproduction by Dave Anson at Glass Sound Studios.
No one sings the praises of Western Reserve Academy better than our own community, starring our students. So, we couldn’t wait for the sequel to last year's "Se...
No one sings the praises of Western Reserve Academy better than our own community, starring our students. So, we couldn’t wait for the sequel to last year's "Second Home" video. The new “Reserve Moments” musical is the second chapter in our video story. Our film partners like to say the first musical kicked the door open, and this one welcomes everyone inside. We invite you to watch "Reserve Moments."
Very special thanks to our incredible film partners, The Film Guys.
No one sings the praises of Western Reserve Academy better than our own community, starring our students. So, we couldn’t wait for the sequel to last year's "Second Home" video. The new “Reserve Moments” musical is the second chapter in our video story. Our film partners like to say the first musical kicked the door open, and this one welcomes everyone inside. We invite you to watch "Reserve Moments."
Very special thanks to our incredible film partners, The Film Guys.
Four Teams. Four Grades. One Oddly Specific Mission. Join us for "The Hudson Mile" where four teams compete to race through Western Reserve Academy's campus and...
Four Teams. Four Grades. One Oddly Specific Mission. Join us for "The Hudson Mile" where four teams compete to race through Western Reserve Academy's campus and our amazing neighboring town of Hudson, Ohio, for bragging rights and glory!
Learn more about Western Reserve Academy: https://www.wra.net/
Apply Today: https://www.wra.net/admission/apply
Four Teams. Four Grades. One Oddly Specific Mission. Join us for "The Hudson Mile" where four teams compete to race through Western Reserve Academy's campus and our amazing neighboring town of Hudson, Ohio, for bragging rights and glory!
Learn more about Western Reserve Academy: https://www.wra.net/
Apply Today: https://www.wra.net/admission/apply
We saved some of the most meaningful relationships for last: friendship! Every student at WRA is unique, as you’ll see with Nana '24, Mya '24, Ty '23 and Zach '...
We saved some of the most meaningful relationships for last: friendship! Every student at WRA is unique, as you’ll see with Nana '24, Mya '24, Ty '23 and Zach '23. But the special bonds that each student forms during their four years here are part of what makes Reserve a very special collective.
To showcase these four, we organized a game similar to the “Newlywed Game” to see who knows their roommate best.
We saved some of the most meaningful relationships for last: friendship! Every student at WRA is unique, as you’ll see with Nana '24, Mya '24, Ty '23 and Zach '23. But the special bonds that each student forms during their four years here are part of what makes Reserve a very special collective.
To showcase these four, we organized a game similar to the “Newlywed Game” to see who knows their roommate best.
Through episodes of The WRAp — based on WRA’s student-led late-night talk show — we’ll introduce you to some of the people and places that make Reserve differen...
Through episodes of The WRAp — based on WRA’s student-led late-night talk show — we’ll introduce you to some of the people and places that make Reserve different and special. In Episode 2, Campus Cribs, meet Suraj D. '20 as he shows you around his room in Bicknell House.
Through episodes of The WRAp — based on WRA’s student-led late-night talk show — we’ll introduce you to some of the people and places that make Reserve different and special. In Episode 2, Campus Cribs, meet Suraj D. '20 as he shows you around his room in Bicknell House.
Founded in 1826, Western Reserve Academy is top-ranked nationally among boarding and day schools. 100% of our graduates attend the country's best colleges and our campus is named The Most Beautiful Private High School in Ohio by Architectural Digest. Learn more at www.WRA.net
Video created by The Film Guys
Mixing, Mastering and Audio Postproduction by Dave Anson at Glass Sound Studios.
No one sings the praises of Western Reserve Academy better than our own community, starring our students. So, we couldn’t wait for the sequel to last year's "Second Home" video. The new “Reserve Moments” musical is the second chapter in our video story. Our film partners like to say the first musical kicked the door open, and this one welcomes everyone inside. We invite you to watch "Reserve Moments."
Very special thanks to our incredible film partners, The Film Guys.
Four Teams. Four Grades. One Oddly Specific Mission. Join us for "The Hudson Mile" where four teams compete to race through Western Reserve Academy's campus and our amazing neighboring town of Hudson, Ohio, for bragging rights and glory!
Learn more about Western Reserve Academy: https://www.wra.net/
Apply Today: https://www.wra.net/admission/apply
We saved some of the most meaningful relationships for last: friendship! Every student at WRA is unique, as you’ll see with Nana '24, Mya '24, Ty '23 and Zach '23. But the special bonds that each student forms during their four years here are part of what makes Reserve a very special collective.
To showcase these four, we organized a game similar to the “Newlywed Game” to see who knows their roommate best.
Through episodes of The WRAp — based on WRA’s student-led late-night talk show — we’ll introduce you to some of the people and places that make Reserve different and special. In Episode 2, Campus Cribs, meet Suraj D. '20 as he shows you around his room in Bicknell House.
Western Reserve Academy (WRA or simply Reserve) is a private, mid-sized, coeducationalboarding and day college preparatory school located in Hudson, Ohio. A boarding school, Western Reserve Academy is largely a residential campus, with 280 of 400 students living on campus and the remainder attending the day program as day students. In that population, students matriculated from 21 states and 15 countries. 87% of the faculty hold advanced degrees. Approximately 90% of the faculty members reside on campus in either faculty homes or dormitory apartments. Reserve also participates in an annual exchange program with the Caterham School in Surrey, England.
History
Western Reserve Academy was established on February 7, 1826 as the Western Reserve College and Preparatory School in Hudson, Ohio, on a 190-acre (768,930 m²) plot of land set aside via charter by the Ohio legislature. The institution’s name comes from the area in which it was built, the Connecticut Western Reserve, as it was the first of its kind in Northern Ohio. The settlers from Connecticut wanted to build a school of the same caliber as Yale University and the same design, with brick buildings and the same motto, Lux Et Veritas. People called it “the Yale of the West.” The first class of the school included eleven students at the college level and eight at the preparatory level. In 1882, the college section moved north to Cleveland, Ohio, and became Western Reserve University, later merging with the Case Institute of Technology to become Case Western Reserve University. Reserve is the 27th oldest preparatory boarding school in the United States, and the oldest outside of the Northeast.