Canandaigua Academy is a high school (grades 9-12) in Canandaigua, New York, United States. It is part of the Canandaigua City School District. The school was named a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education in 1996. Jamie Farr is the Superintendent of Schools. Marissa Logue is the principal of Canandaigua Academy. There were 129 professional staff members and 1,105 students as of 2019. In 2009 and 2010, Newsweek magazine named it one of the top 1,500 U.S. public high schools. History Canandaigua Academy was founded in 1791 as a private boys' school. In its early years it was a key point for education in the general region and the majority of its students were boarding students. It became a public high school in 1900, but retained "Academy" in its name. The current Canandaigua Academy is the fourth academy since its founding in 1791. The first was located on Saltonstall Street (the site no longer exists); the second was on Main Street, now Fort Hill Apartments; the third was on Granger Street, and is now Canandaigua Middle School. The current building was built in 1991, and suits the needs of all departments. On March 14, 2006, President George W. Bush visited Canandaigua Academy to inform the public about Medicare. In 2007, renovations were made on the southwestern wing of the building. The building's music wing was expanded to host additional classroom space, to be used by the Hochstein School of Music. Additionally, an expansive field house was appended to the gym on the southern side of the building to meet the needs of the Physical Education department. On May 5, 2009, a student named Tom Kane killed himself with a shotgun in a bathroom stall at Canandaigua Academy. No additional casualties were caused. In the summer of 2015, the boys' locker room was renovated for the 2015-2016 school year. The school began construction in 2016 on a new sports complex which was completed in 2017. Among the new facilities are a new stadium-style track, additional facilities, new parking areas, and concession stand facilities on the soccer field below the track. The school also installed turf fields. Notable alumni Frank C. Ball, cofounder of Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company Alfred E. Bates, U.S. Army major general John Mason Clarke, paleontologist Stephen A. Douglas, an American politician from Illinois known for his famous political rivalry with Abraham