Westtown School
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Westtown Township, PA USA |
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| Type | Private |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Quaker |
| Established | 1799 C.E. |
| Head of school | John Baird |
| Faculty | 80 |
| Enrollment | 638 |
| Average class size | 15 students |
| Campus size | 600 acres |
| Color(s) | Brown and white |
| Athletics | 21 Varsity Teams |
| Mascot | Moose |
| Rival | George School |
| Publication | Westonian |
| Newspaper | Brown and White |
| Website | www.westtown.edu |
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Westtown School is a Quaker, coeducational, college preparatory day and boarding school for students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, located in eastern Pennsylvania.
Founded in 1799 by the Religious Society of Friends, Westtown’s Campus is located in Chester County, PA, 25 miles west of Philadelphia.
Westtown is a Quaker school affiliated with the Friends General Conference branch of the Religious Society of Friends. All students are required to attend Meeting for Worship together with adults in the community who voluntarily attend (boarding students are required to attend Westtown Monthly Meeting on Sundays as well). Westtown uses the traditional Quaker practice of coming to unity in making some high-level decisions.
Westtown has been a coeducational school since its founding in 1799. Students come from many states and foreign countries.
Westtown School first opened in May 1799. It was founded by Philadelphia Quakers who raised the money to build a boarding school and purchased land a full day’s carriage ride from Philadelphia—where they could provide a “guarded education in a healthy environment" away from the secular influences of the city. For many years, Westtown was nearly self-sufficient, with the campus providing raw materials used in the construction of its buildings and food for the people who lived and worked at the school.
Boys and girls had separate classes until about 1870. Boys learned useful skills such as woodshop, surveying, and bookkeeping, and girls had classes like sewing. However, Westtown eventually recognized that students of both genders should know basic academic subjects such as reading, penmanship, grammar, mathematics, geography, and science.
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