Since our founding, we have continually offered an unparalleled academic environment. Loeb Performing Arts Center 11. The faculty and administration have developed an environment that is intentionally stimulating, supportive, collaborative, and challenging in ways that equip students with the skills and knowledge to mature into thoughtful, motivated individuals. The 26-0 mark between the boys and girls programs over the last two seasonsis not only a product of the work put in by Head Coach Jeff Thompson, his staff, and the student-athletes, but also credit to the school, according to Thompson. After the World Wars, GA was led by headmaster Donald Miller who was instrumental in the move from Germantown to the current Fort Washington campus. [4], The Middle School as a separate department was established in 1976. I struggle with what happened between us, I struggle with other issues in my life.". Students are billed monthly for individual charges they incur, such as school supplies, snacks and spirit wear from the School Store, school dance admission, private music lessons, student fundraisers, and Lower School after school programs. Voyager: The Upper School's Modern Language Journal features articles on world cultures and language. / CBS Philadelphia. Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. Germantown Academy Photo #6 - The Belfry Club, the nation's oldest continuously run high school dramatic club, performing Sweet Charity. Annually, 375+ students from all three divisions play an instrument, from lessons on campus to performing in bands and orchestras. Germantown Academy is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school located on a beautiful 126-acre campus in the Fort Washington suburbs near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Each house is run by a House Head and two student prefects (one boy, one girl). Serve as a conduit of information regarding the Girls Basketball program for all appropriate media sites, including working with the sports information assistant to report game results and promote the team. By the 1960s, more and more lower income minority families moved into Germantown and GA families left Germantown for the nearby suburbs. While some faculty and staff travel to GA from as far as Doylestown and Exton, a large majority arrive daily from Ambler, Fort Washington, Glenside, Lansdale, Norristown, North Wales, and Oreland, as well as sections of Philadelphia, including Mount Airy, Chestnut Hill, Germantown, and Roxborough. An enrollment deposit is required by late winter, and payments for tuition begin each May. This is a 10-month position. Communicate well, both in writing and verbally, with colleagues, students, and families. Washington sent his adopted step-grandson George Washington Parke Custis to the Academy during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Other responsibilities including attending regular faculty meetings, professional learning communities, in-service days, and other supervision duties as assigned. Schools . Your web browser does not support the