Harrisburg Academy
Harrisburg Academy is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The school has a diverse student body in nursery through 12th grade. The school was established in 1784 by John Harris Jr., the founder of Harrisburg.
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Originally located at the John Harris Mansion and later in the eponymous Academy Manor section of the Riverside neighborhood along North Front Street, but is now located on a 24-acre (9.6 ha) campus about one mile (1.6 km) west of the Susquehanna River in Wormleysburg, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1992-93, the school was nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education for its academic excellence. It is now known as an IB school The school has a combined enrollment of 420 students, has 53 full-time faculty, and has an annual budget (in 2005) of $6.5M.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Harrisburg Academy • Motto — Learn Boldly • Location — 10 Erford Road, Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania • Country — United States of America • Type — Independent, day, college preparatory • Religious Affiliation — Nonsectarian • Established — 1784 • Founder — John Harris Jr. • Grades — K–12 • Gender — Coeducational • Campus Type — Large Suburban • Colors — Blue & Gold navy gold • Nickname — Spartans • Accreditation — NAIS • Website — http: www.harrisburgacademy.org/
Athletic program
Athletic program
Harrisburg Academy offers a variety of athletic programs. Athletic teams compete actively against other independent, parochial and smaller public schools. In 2008, a two-year commitment between the academy and Trinity High School allows students to play for each other's designated athletic teams. The Academy offers athletic programs for cross-country, soccer, tennis, basketball, and swimming.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• George Hough Bucher – Pennsylvania State Senator • David Fleming – Pennsylvania State Senator • George Kunkel – Pennsylvania State Senator • John C. Kunkel – a prominent American politician and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania • Sarah Longwell - Republican political strategist and publisher of the conservative news and opinion website The Bulwark. • Matthias Loy - American Lutheran theologian in the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio • Vance C. McCormick – an American politician and prominent businessman; appointed chair by President Woodrow Wilson of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. • David A. Randall Book dealer, librarian and Professor of Bibliography at Indiana University • Arthur Ringwalt Rupley – Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania • Edward J. Stackpole – Newspaper publisher, author, U.S. Army major general
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- 1.harrisburgpa.gov/. Education in the Harrisburg area. 2004.
- 2.US Department of Education. List of Blue Ribbon Schools: 1962-2002. 1996.
- 3.Private School Review. Harrisburg Academy profile. privateschoolreview.com/. 2006.
- 4.Harrisburg Academy Form 990 tax filing
- 5.Dickinson, Donald C. Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. Greenwood Press. 169. 1998. 978-0-313-26675-1.
- 6.Marquis Who's Who. Who's Who in Commerce and Industry. 9. 980. 1955.
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