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There are some Norwich Free Academy alumni who went on to achieve greater fame and fortune after graduation than Raymond V. "Pop" Congdon, Jr., Class of 1937, but it would be hard to find any one of them who had a closer bond with NFA and loved it more ... except maybe his father, "Pop, Sr.," Class of 1904.
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What is NFA? Ask some random person at your local grocery store and you’ll probably hear something like, “Great high school. My kids go there.” Which is all most people may need to know. But what makes NFA different ― and what if you want to know more?
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It all began in 1984. Norwich Free Academy’s Slater Memorial Museum received what would be the first major acquisition of a work of art by Norwich artist Ellis Ruley. The tranquil scene, bequeathed from a private collection was referred to as Lions, but also took on a new title, Daydreaming.
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The NFA Foundation is excited to announce the establishment of a new scholarship fund made possible by a gift of $100,000 from NFA alumnus Jared Dillian ‘92.