Harpeth Hall School
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3801 Hobbs Road Nashville, Tennessee United States |
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| Type | Private all-girls college preparatory |
| Motto |
Mentem spiritumque tollamus Let us lift up the mind and spirit |
| Established | 1951 (Ward Seminary 1865) |
| Head of school | Stephanie Balmer |
| Grades | 5-12 |
| Enrollment | 690 |
| Color(s) | Green and gray |
| Mascot | Honeybear |
| Newspaper | Logos |
| Yearbook | Milestones |
| Tuition | $25,380 |
| Website | http://www.harpethhall.org |
Harpeth Hall School is a private college preparatory school for girls and young women in Nashville, Tennessee. The campus consists of a middle school and high school situated on a 40-acre site in Green Hills, a residential area southwest of the city. The school's beginning dates back to 1865 as a seminary for young ladies. After various mergers and name changes, the antecedent school closed in 1951, leading to the founding of the Harpeth Hall School. Its enrollment was 690 students for the school year 2015-16. One hundred percent of Harpeth Hall graduates matriculate to 4-year colleges and universities. Harpeth Hall's stated goals are to educate young women and foster these ideals: "Think Critically, Lead Confidently, and Live Honorably".
Notable Harpeth Hall alumnae include Reese Witherspoon, Willa Fitzgerald, Tracy Caulkins and Amy Grant.
Harpeth Hall’s lineage dates back to 1865, with the founding of Nashville's "Ward Seminary for Young Ladies" by a Presbyterian minister, Dr. William E. Ward, and his wife, Eliza Hudson Ward. This school eventually merged with "Belmont College for Young Women" in 1913 to form Ward-Belmont School. The school had three divisions: college preparatory, music conservatory, and junior college. The latter was the first in the southern U.S. to receive full accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (1935).
In 1951, Ward-Belmont effectively closed following the sale of the school's campus to the Tennessee Baptist Convention. By the fall of 1951, Ward-Belmont had transitioned into a coeducational four-year school named Belmont College. The new board of trustees chose not to reopen the college preparatory division or the music conservatory. In its final academic year, the Ward-Belmont student population included 550 boarding students and about 350 day students.
Notable Ward-Belmont alumnae are Mary Martin,Claire Boothe Luce,Grace Moore,Minnie Pearl (Sarah Cannon),Phila Hach, and Mildred Stahlman.
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