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.^[1]

Harrisburg Academy
Harrisburg Academy entrance
Location
10 Erford Road, Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania United States of America
Information
Type	Independent, day, college preparatory
Motto	Learn Boldly
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian
Established	1784
Founder	John Harris Jr.
Grades	K–12
Gender	Coeducational
Campus type	Large Suburban
Color(s)	Blue & Gold
Nickname	Spartans
Accreditation	NAIS
Website	www.harrisburgacademy.org

Harrisburg Academy was 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 ^[2]

The school has a combined enrollment of 420 students, has 53 full-time faculty, and has an annual budget (in 2005) of $6.5M.^[3][4]

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.^{[citation needed]}

The Academy offers athletic programs for cross-country, soccer, tennis, basketball, and swimming.

Notable alumni

• George Hough Bucher – 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^[5]
• 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^[6]

References

1. "Education in the Harrisburg area". harrisburgpa.gov/. 2004. Archived from the original on 2006-10-29. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
2. "List of Blue Ribbon Schools: 1962-2002". US Department of Education. 1996. Archived from the original on 2004-02-13. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
3. Private School Review (2006). "Harrisburg Academy profile". privateschoolreview.com/. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
4. Harrisburg Academy Form 990 tax filing
5. "RANDALL, David A." in Dickinson, Donald C. (1998). Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-313-26675-1.
6. Who's Who in Commerce and Industry. Vol. 9. Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who. 1955. p. 980 – via Google Books.

External links

• Harrisburg Academy website