Perkiomen School
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Perkiomen School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory, boarding and day school located in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Perkiomen admits students in grades 6–12 and offers a one year educational option for post-graduate students.
Perkiomen School was founded in 1875 by a Schwenkfelder descendant and immigrant.[1] In 2019, it enrolled 330 students.[2]
Admissions
| White | Asian | Black | Two or more races | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | 112 | 20 | 18 | 7 |
Campus
Perkiomen School's campus covers Script error: No such module "convert". and is located in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, a small suburb within the Lehigh Valley and Metropolitan Philadelphia areas.[3]
The campus has six dormitories. These include a dining hall, health center, and faculty housing. Athletic facilities include an athletic center with a swimming pool, two gymnasiums, weight, and wrestling rooms, a weight room, a wrestling room, eight tennis courts, multiple athletic fields, an indoor batting cage, and an outdoor batting cage.
The campus includes six academic buildings. The original main school building, Kriebel Hall, was renovated in 1995 after being extensively damaged in a fire. In 2007, Perkiomen opened The Robert M. Schumo Academic Center, which includes science and computer laboratories, a conference room, and new classrooms.[4]
Motto
The school's motto is Solvitur vivendo, "it is solved by living".[5] Alternative translations include "experience is the best teacher", "we learn through experience", or "the learning is in the doing".
Notable alumni
- John Cecil Holm (1923), actor
- Ryan Dunn (2022), NBA player[6]
- Xaivian Lee (2022), basketball player for the Princeton Tigers[7]
- Thomas Haugh (2023), basketball player for the Florida Gators[8]
References
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External links
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- Boarding School Review profile
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