Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | |
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500 West Willow Grove Avenue , 19118 | |
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| Type | Private, Day, College-prep |
| Established | 1861 (Chestnut Hill) 1879 (Springside) |
| Head of school | Dr. Stephen Druggan |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1,432 (combined from Chestnut Hill and Springside) (2017) |
| Campus size | 63 acres |
| Athletics conference | Inter-Academic League |
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| Website | www |
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is an independent, non-sectarian high school located in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, approximately 8 miles from Center City Philadelphia. It serves as the unified coeducational upper school for the all-boys Chestnut Hill Academy and all-girls Springside School.
History
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy was formed by the 2010 merger between all-girls Springside School and all-boys Chestnut Hill Academy, private Pre-K–12 schools on adjacent campuses.[1]
The school—also known as SCH Academy and SCH—has a unique educational model, stemming from its history as two independent, single-sex institutions. The Lower and Middle Schools, grades Pre-K to 8, continue to be single-sex and follow many of their traditions such as May Day (girls) and Blue and Blue Day (boys), and the Upper School is coeducational.
In 2012, SCH Academy established the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) to complement its core curriculum and to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset.[2] The school is situated on a 62-acre campus and serves 1,100 boys and girls from more than 90 zip codes and internationally.[3]
Campus
SCH Academy is situated on a 62-acre campus adjacent to the Wissahickon Creek watershed in Fairmount Park. Its sports facilities include nine playing fields including two turf fields, the longest continuously used baseball diamond in the U.S., ten squash courts, and an indoor rowing tank. The campus also features the largest school solar array in the City of Philadelphia (a half acre of solar panels supplying electricity to the Cherokee Campus), a Gold LEED-certified Rorer Center for Science and Technology building, a customized, 1,600-square-foot, state-of-the-art Robotics and Engineering Lab, and two video production labs.
References
- ^ Paula M., Riley (15 September 2011). "SCH Academy combines resources of two long established schools". Chestnut Hill Local. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "SCH board member seeds innovative curriculum with $5 million gift". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Springside Chestnut Hill Academy". Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS). Retrieved 11 October 2013.