Sonoma Academy

Sonoma Academy is a nonprofit, private co-ed college preparatory high school located in Santa Rosa, California in the United States.

Founding Head of School Janet Durgin won a 2015 North Bay Business Journal Nonprofit Leadership Award.

In June 2020, seven alumni of Sonoma Academy publicly accused the school of neglecting to address student reports that a long-time faculty member, Marco Morrone, had sexually harassed and groomed them.

Their report[8] concluded that “Morrone engaged in inappropriate boundary crossing with at least 34 students between the classes of 2005 and 2021 while he was employed by SA.” The report also stated, "Debevoise concludes that SA administrators showed a pattern of dismissing students’ concerns, at least in some circumstances implicitly blaming them for the uncomfortable interactions they reported, and often accepting Morrone’s version of events without any challenge.” After over a year of engagement with Sonoma Academy's representatives through a restorative justice process, the Athena Project announced in December 2022 that they planned to file a lawsuit against the school to avoid the statute of limitations barring their potential claims.

[citation needed] There is Reba, a black Labrador retriever who is an emotional therapy dog; Josie, a yellow Labrador retriever; Bento, a fawn pug; Jojo, a mixed-breed terrier; Freckles, a Pomeranian; Maggie, a goldendoodle; Jasper, a Havanese mix; Panxho, a miniature poodle; Moby, a Boston terrier; Charlotte, a miniature poodle mix; Panda, a black lab; and Champ, the unofficial "Head of School."