is the hired Town Treasurer. Education Students from grades Kindergarten through 8 are zoned to the Canterbury School District. The district has two schools: Canterbury Elementary School Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School The local elementary school for kindergarten through fourth grades is Canterbury Elementary School, whose mascot is the Kitt Fox. The local middle school for fifth through eighth grades is Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School, whose mascot is the bulldog. As Canterbury has no high school of its own, Canterbury students have the option of attending H.H. Ellis Technical High School, Griswold High School, Killingly High School, Norwich Technical High School, Norwich Free Academy, or Woodstock Academy. Notable people John Adams, (1772–1863), born in Canterbury, noted educator and organizer of several hundred Sunday schools Horace Austin (1831–1905), the sixth governor of Minnesota (1870–1874), was born in town Margaret Wise Brown (1919–1952), author of children's literature Moses Cleaveland (1754–1806), a surveyor and namesake of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in town Prudence Crandall (1803–1890), a schoolteacher who set up a school for black girls in town despite local resistance Sarah Harris Fayerweather (1812–1878), first black student in Prudence Crandall's school Luther Jewett (1772–1860), United States Representative from Vermont, was born in town Ephraim Paine (1730–1785) delegate for New York to the Continental Congress in 1784, was born in town Charles Rocket, born Charles Adams Claverie (1949–2005), actor and former resident, who died in town Jeptha Root Simms (1807–1883) historian and geologist, born in Canterbury Loren P. Waldo (1802–1881), U.S. Representative Joseph Williamson, born in Canterbury and President of Maine Senate William Durkee Williamson (1779–1846) a governor of Maine (1821) was born in town References External links Town government Web site Connecticut Genealogy: Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut History ePodunk: Profile for Canterbury Connecticut Towns in Windham County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut