Pembroke Academy is a public secondary school in Pembroke, New Hampshire.HistoryPembroke Academy was incorporated on June 25, 1818, and the first building dedicated May 25, 1819. The academy opened with 48 students on May 26, 1819. The first headmaster of Pembroke Academy was the Reverend Amos Burnham. In its early years Pembroke Academy prepared many students for attendance at Dartmouth College.School profileThe school today is public and takes students from Pembroke and from the neighboring towns of Allenstown, Epsom, Chichester, and historically, Deerfield. Students from several other towns are accepted on an application and tuition basis. With approximately 1,000 students, the school is ranked Division II in athletics by the NHIAA for most sports. The mascot of the school is the Spartan.Notable alumni William E. Chandler, U.S. senator, Secretary of the Navy Charles Carleton Coffin, journalist, author David M. Cote, CEO, Honeywell International Byron M. Cutcheon, Civil War general, U.S. congressman Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science denomination Oscar Lapham, U.S. congressman Henry F. C. Nichols, Wisconsin assemblyman John B. Sanborn, Civil War general
