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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 | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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814 Yarrow Street , 19010 | |
| Coordinates | 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 |
Hannah 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]
The 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).
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (January 2023) |
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- 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)
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