The Shipley School is an independent pre-K–12 college preparatory school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 10 miles west-northwest of Philadelphia.
| The Shipley School | |
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| Address | |
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814 Yarrow Street , 19010 | |
| Coordinates | 40°01′29″N 75°18′54″W / 40.0248°N 75.3150°W |
| Information | |
| Former name | The Misses Shipley’s School Preparatory to Bryn Mawr College |
| Type | Independent college-preparatory school |
| Motto | Latin: Fortiter in Re; Leniter in Modo (Courage for the deed; Grace for the doing) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian[1] |
| Established | 1894 |
| Founders | Hannah, Elizabeth, and Katharine Shipley |
| Status | Open[1] |
| CEEB code | 390485 |
| NCES School ID | 01197377[1] |
| Head of school | Michael G. Turner[2] |
| Faculty | 130.8 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 814[1] (2019–2020) |
| • Pre-kindergarten | 13 |
| • Kindergarten | 25 |
| • Grade 1 | 28 |
| • Grade 2 | 36 |
| • Grade 3 | 34 |
| • Grade 4 | 38 |
| • Grade 5 | 42 |
| • Grade 6 | 39 |
| • Grade 7 | 65 |
| • Grade 8 | 70 |
| • Grade 9 | 111 |
| • Grade 10 | 105 |
| • Grade 11 | 98 |
| • Grade 12 | 103 |
| Average class size | 14[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6.2[1] |
| Campus type | Suburban[1] |
| Color(s) | Green & Blue |
| Athletics conference | Friends' Schools League |
| Mascot | Gator |
| Accreditation | ASN[1] |
| Newspaper | The Beacon |
| Endowment | $31.60 million[4] |
| Annual tuition | $41,975[5] |
| Revenue | $36.44 million[4] |
| Website | www |
History
editHannah Shipley, Elizabeth Shipley, and Katharine Shipley, all sisters, founded The Shipley School in 1888 as a preparatory school for Bryn Mawr College, a women's college located directly across the street.[6] The Shipley sisters were strong-willed, highly educated Quaker women who created the school to pass on their values to similarly minded young women.[6] The school opened in the fall of 1894 with six students and nine faculty members.[6]
By the 1940s, Shipley had expanded the student body to 341 students.[6] At this time, about half of all Upper School students were boarders hailing from all over the country and from Europe, Asia, Russia, the Middle East, and Latin America.[6]
During the 1970s and 1980s, Shipley discontinued its boarding department and began to admit male students.[6] The last boarders graduated in 1982, and by 1984 the school was fully coeducational with equal numbers of girls and boys.[6]
Campus
editThe Shipley School has three divisions: Lower School (pre-kindergarten through grade 5), Middle School (grades 6 through 8), and Upper School (grades 9 through 12).
Notable alumni
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (January 2023) |
- Robb Armstrong, author of Jump Start comic strip[7]
- Gavin Becker, American singer, songwriter and actor[8]
- David Corenswet, American actor, screenwriter, and producer[9]
- Alice Elliot Dark, American writer[10]
- Lydia Denworth, award-winning science writer and contributing editor for Scientific American[11][12]
- Helen Fisher, anthropologist[13]
- Tad Friend, journalist[citation needed]
- Jessica Knoll, author[14][15]
- Victoria Legrand, of the dream pop duo Beach House[16]
- Dave Lieberman, chef and physician[citation needed]
- Marshmello, American electronic music producer/DJ[17]
- Madeline Miller, author[18]
- Pamela Miller, American politician, first woman mayor of Lexington, Kentucky[19]
- Vinton Liddell Pickens, American county planner and artist[20]
- Roxana Robinson, American novelist and biographer[21]
- Happy Rockefeller, Second Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
- Nancy Schwartzman, documentary filmmaker and author[22]
- Nancy Talbot, American businesswoman
- Sarah Megan Thomas, American actor, writer, and film maker[23]
- Dana Veraldi, artist[citation needed]
- Alicia Roth Weigel, intersex activist and writer[24]
- Beatrice Wood, artist and studio potter[citation needed]
- Hannah, Elizabeth, and Katharine Shipley, 1894–1916
- Alice Howland and Eleanor Brownell, 1916–1941
- Mildred and J. Russell Lynes, 1941–1944
- Margaret Bailey Speer, 1944–1965
- Isota Tucker Epes ’36, 1965–1972
- Nancy E. Lauber, 1972–1979
- Frederic L. Chase III, 1979–1985
- Gary R. Gruber, 1985–1992
- Steve Piltch, 1992–2019
- Michael G. Turner, 2019–2024
- Steve Lisk, 2024-2025 (interim)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for The Shipley School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Welcome from the Head of School". Admissions. The Shipley School. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Stats at a Glance". About. The Shipley School. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Form 990" (PDF). Internal Revenue Service. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Tuition 2022-2023". Affording Shipley. The Shipley School. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Shipley's History". About. The Shipley School. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Shipley School honors alumni, continues 125th Anniversary Celebration with special programming this spring". Main Line Media News (Press release). Lower Merion. May 21, 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Stein, Linda (3 December 2013). "Young Villanova singer to perform at World Cafe Live". Main Line Media News. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
"I started writing my own music when I was 6," he said. "That really ignited my passion for music," said the Villanova native who is in ninth grade at The Shipley School.
- ^ Gray, Ellen (2020-05-29). "Philly's David Corenswet is making it in Netflix's 'Hollywood'". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "July Book Releases from Shipley Alumnae Authors". The Shipley School. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Episode 02 - The Science of Friendship with Lydia Denworth '84". The Shipley School. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Stories by Lydia Denworth". Scientific American. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Presented to Helen Fisher '63, PhD". The Shipley School. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Gensler, Howard (28 March 2016). "Shipley alumna Jessica Knoll says gang rape in her best-selling novel was real". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
Jessica Knoll, author of the best-selling novel Luckiest Girl Alive revealed Tuesday that the harrowing gang rape she depicted in her book wasn't fiction at all. It had happened to her, when she was a student at the prestigious Shipley School in Bryn Mawr.
- ^ Anton, John. "School". Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Beach House - Victoria Legrand - LSQ Podcast on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Wisehart, Morgan. "The Death of the High School Band". Radnorite. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
You know a kid who's released a few songs, your friend has some locked diss tracks posted, not forgetting the mash-ups created by your next door neighbor, Chris Comstock, A.K.A Marshmello (Shipley; class of 2010).
- ^ "Alumni Spotlight on Madeline (Emmy) Miller '96: Rewriting Homer's Iliad". The Shipley School. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Death Comes to Vinton Liddell". The Charlotte News. 1915-05-15. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Roxana Barry Robinson '64: High Praise for Latest Novel". The Shipley School. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Nancy Schwartzman '93: 2023 Sundance Film Festival Selection". The Shipley School. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Sarah Megan Thomas '97: Filming—and Playing—Strong, Ambitious Women". The Shipley School. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "2023 Young Alumni Award Presented to Alicia Roth Weigel '08". The Shipley School. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Shipley's History Shipley School". www.shipleyschool.org. Retrieved 2024-01-17.