Hill School
| The Hill School | |
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Pottstown, PA United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Independent, College-prep, Day & Boarding |
| Motto | Whatsoever things are true. |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian Christian |
| Established | 1851 |
| Headmaster | Zachary G. Lehman |
| Faculty | 74 |
| Grades | 9-12 (Post-graduate year offered) |
| Gender | Coeducational as of class of 1999 |
| Enrollment | 522; 75% boarding, all students must board for one year |
| Average class size | 14 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus | 200+ acres |
| Color(s) | Confederate Gray, Union Blue |
| Athletics | 29 Interscholastic |
| Athletics conference |
MAPL NEPSAC |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Nickname | Blues |
| Rival | The Lawrenceville School |
| Endowment | $148 million (as of July 2016) |
| Affiliations | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools TSAO |
| Website | Official website |
The Hill School (commonly known as "The Hill") is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Philadelphia. The Hill is part of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization (TSAO).
The Hill School was founded in 1851 by the Rev. Matthew Meigs as the Family Boarding School for Boys and Young Men. However, it has been know as the Hill School since at least 1874.
The school opened on May 1, 1851, enrolling 25 boys for the first year. According to Paul Chancellor’s The History of The Hill School: 1851-1976, “He [Meigs] wanted to stress that he was not founding still another academy, but a type of school quite new and rare in America. There is a tendency to think that the boys’ boarding school as we know it existed as long as there have been private schools. It has not.... The Hill was the first to be founded as a "family boarding school" (a school where the students lived on campus), as opposed to boarding with families in the town.
In 1998, the school became coeducational, enrolling 88 girls in its first year.
Each grade at The Hill is known as a form, which is consistent with the English schooling term. Ninth grade is called third form, tenth grade is called fourth form, and so forth. The school’s academic year is divided into trimesters.
The Hill maintains a formal academic dress code that requires boys to wear a coat and tie and conservative trousers and girls to wear a blazer and appropriate collared dress shirt with trousers or skirt, or a conservative dress during the school day and for special events and activities. Casual academic dress and casual dress codes apply at other times.
Two required nondenominational chapel services are held during the school week. Voluntary worship services are offered each weekend during the school year.
The pipe club used to be a club for 5th and 6th formers for the purpose of smoking tobacco during leisure time. Playing cards was permitted in the Pipe club on Tuesdays and Thursdays only at the club. The pipe club no longer operates today, and students may not be in possession of or use tobacco or nicotine products.
The Hill is one of the only private schools in the U.S. to have a DECA club, which was founded in 2011. Unlike most school, this is an extracurricular activity, as The Hill does not offer vocational courses in marketing. Despite this, several students advance to the international level annually.
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