The Hill School
| The Hill School | |
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Whatsoever things are true.
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Pottstown, PA United States |
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| Type | Independent, College-prep, Day & Boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian |
| 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 | Mid-Atlantic Prep League |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Rival | The Lawrenceville School |
| Endowment | $148 million (as of July 2016) |
| Affiliations | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, TSAO |
| Website | www.thehill.org |
The Hill School (commonly known as "The Hill") is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles 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. 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. Most of the 12 to 15 schools generally considered the “core” group were established in the last half of the nineteenth century. Of this whole group of schools, 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. Because of this, around 30 percent of today's Hill students have a legacy connection.
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 Hill School offers classes in each of its nine academic departments and offers 28 Advanced Placement courses. The School recently instituted a number of new courses including a team-taught AP Physics 1 with Pre-calculus Honors course; Arabic; and pilot STEM initiatives.
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