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| Germantown Academy | |
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340 Morris Road , Pennsylvania 19034-0287 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°08′15″N 75°13′12″W / 40.137514°N 75.220106°W |
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| Other names | GA |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | "By persevering we shall see the fruits."[citation needed] |
| Established | December 6, 1759 |
| CEEB code | 393321 |
| Head of school | Rich Schellhas |
| Teaching staff | 250 |
| Grades | Pre-kindergarten to 12th |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1,189 |
| Houses | Alcott Day, Galloway, Kershaw, Osbourn, Roberts, Truesdell, Washington |
| Color(s) | Red, Blue, and Black |
| Fight song | Alma Mater |
| Athletics conference | Inter-Academic League |
| Mascot | Patriot |
| Rival | William Penn Charter School |
| Newspaper | The Edition |
| Yearbook | Ye Primer |
| Website | www |
Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of prominent Germantown citizens in the Green Tree Tavern on the Germantown Road.[1] Germantown Academy enrolls students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade and is located in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, having moved from its original Germantown campus in 1965. The original campus, Old Germantown Academy and Headmasters' Houses, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school shares the oldest continuous high school football rivalry with the William Penn Charter School.
- ^ William Travis (1882). History of the Germantown Academy: Comp. from the Minutes of the Trustees. From 1760 to 1877. Ferguson Bros. & Company.