Germantown Academy

Germantown Academy
Address
Map
340 Morris Road

,
Pennsylvania
19034-0287

United States
Coordinates40°08′15″N 75°13′12″W / 40.137514°N 75.220106°W / 40.137514; -75.220106
Information
Other namesGA
TypePrivate
Motto"By persevering we shall see the fruits."[citation needed]
EstablishedDecember 6, 1759
CEEB code393321
Head of schoolRich Schellhas
Teaching staff250
GradesPre-kindergarten to 12th
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,189
HousesAlcott Day, Galloway, Kershaw, Osbourn, Roberts, Truesdell, Washington
Color(s)Red, Blue, and Black
Fight songAlma Mater
Athletics conferenceInter-Academic League
MascotPatriot
RivalWilliam Penn Charter School
NewspaperThe Edition
YearbookYe Primer
Websitewww.germantownacademy.net
A view of the Administration Building, an exact replica of the original schoolhouse in Germantown

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.

  1. ^ William Travis (1882). History of the Germantown Academy: Comp. from the Minutes of the Trustees. From 1760 to 1877. Ferguson Bros. & Company.