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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy was formed by the 2011 merger between all-girls Springside School and all-boys Chestnut Hill Academy (CHA), private Pre-K–12 schools on adjacent campuses.
Founded in 1861, Chestnut Hill Academy was an all-male Pre-K-12 independent college preparatory school located in northwest Philadelphia. CHA was the oldest all-boys school in Greater Philadelphia.
Springside was founded in 1879 by Ms. Jane Bell and Ms. Walter Comegys as a French and English boarding school for young ladies and girls. The school was located on Norwood Avenue in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Springside was initially a boarding school and attracted students from across the northeast, particularly in New England, where most boarding schools were only for boys.
The school is situated on a 62-acre campus adjacent to the Wissahickon Creek watershed in Fairmount Park and includes the Wissahickon Inn, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2012, SCH Academy established the Sands Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) to complement its core curriculum and to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Philadelphia magazine named SCH one of 19 area schools rethinking education in big and small ways for its CEL program in 2018. The Center is unique in the nation in that the entrepreneurial curriculum is offered from Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12.
Founded in 1861, Chestnut Hill Academy was an all-male Pre-K-12 independent college preparatory school located in northwest Philadelphia. CHA was the oldest all-boys school in Greater Philadelphia.
Springside was founded in 1879 by Ms. Jane Bell and Ms. Walter Comegys as a French and English boarding school for young ladies and girls. The school was located on Norwood Avenue in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Springside was initially a boarding school and attracted students from across the northeast, particularly in New England, where most boarding schools were only for boys.
The school is situated on a 62-acre campus adjacent to the Wissahickon Creek watershed in Fairmount Park and includes the Wissahickon Inn, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2012, SCH Academy established the Sands Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) to complement its core curriculum and to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Philadelphia magazine named SCH one of 19 area schools rethinking education in big and small ways for its CEL program in 2018. The Center is unique in the nation in that the entrepreneurial curriculum is offered from Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12.
Member Schools
Grades
Pre School-4, Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Student Enrollment
1,233
School Gender
Coed and Single Gender
School Type
Day
Religious Affiliation
Nonsectarian
Is Special Needs?
No
Mission
Our Mission: We are an inclusive community on a mission to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought in every one of our students. In a unique educational environment that extends well beyond campus, we nurture students’ knowledge of themselves and the world, expanding their full academic and personal potential while preparing them to lead lives characterized by thoughtfulness, integrity, and a quest to effect positive change.
Accreditation
Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools
Primary Admissions Contact Name
Maggie Baker
Primary Admissions Contact Job Title
Admissions Coordinator
Primary Admissions Contact Email Address
mbaker@sch.org
Admissions Events
From our Early Childhood Center to our Upper School, SCH Academy offers a variety of admissions events to help you get to know our campus and community. We host Inside SCH open house–style events for all divisions, as well as small group tours for our Early Childhood Center and Lower School.
To register for an event, please begin by completing our inquiry form. The form will allow you to choose from the available event types for your division of interest.
If you have already submitted an inquiry form but have not yet RSVP’d for an event, please contact Maggie Baker in our Admissions Office at 215-247-7007 or mbaker@sch.org, and she will assist you with your registration.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with event details from our Admissions Office.
To register for an event, please begin by completing our inquiry form. The form will allow you to choose from the available event types for your division of interest.
If you have already submitted an inquiry form but have not yet RSVP’d for an event, please contact Maggie Baker in our Admissions Office at 215-247-7007 or mbaker@sch.org, and she will assist you with your registration.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with event details from our Admissions Office.