Armenian Sisters Academy

Armenian Sisters Academy
Location
Map
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States (Radnor postal address)
Coordinates40°03′41″N 75°21′13″W / 40.06139°N 75.35361°W / 40.06139; -75.35361
Information
TypePrivate
MottoHye Qyooreroo Varjaran
Established1967
Head of schoolSr. Emma Moussayan
Faculty20 full-time
Enrollment180 students
Color(s)   Blue and Gold
Websitehttps://asaphila.org/

The Armenian Sisters Academy (ASA; Armenian: Հայ քույրերի վարժարան) is a Pre-K through eighth grade institution located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, with a Radnor postal address.[1][2] It is in proximity to Radnor Township.[3] Its campus is a former estate.[4]

The name is also shared by two sister schools founded later in Boston and Los Angeles. The Armenian Sisters Academy is run by Sister Emma and Sister Hovanna who teach Armenian and religion classes, while a mostly American faculty teach homeroom classes.

  1. ^ "Home". Armenian Sisters Academy. Retrieved 2019-09-01. 440 Upper Gulph Road | Radnor, PA 19087
  2. ^ "Township Zoning Map". Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2019-09-01. - Also see: Township Street Map and Map of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
  3. ^ Panosian, Sevana (2019-07-04). "The Battle Cry for Armenian Schools in the Diaspora". Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2019-09-01. (Opinion article) - The article describes it as being in Radnor Township, but an analysis of maps shows that it is in Upper Merion.
  4. ^ Holmes, Kristin E. (2012-04-04). "An Armenian school in Philadelphia fights to survive". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2019-09-01.