Winchester Thurston School
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Type | independent, coeducational preparatory school |
| Motto |
Candide Modo Fortiter Re Gentle in manner, strong in deed |
| Established | 1887 |
| Head of school | Gary J. Niels |
| Grades | PK – 12 |
| Enrollment | approximately 650 |
| Color(s) | Purple, Black, and Yellow |
| Mascot | Bear |
| Newspaper | Voices |
| Yearbook | Thistledown |
| Website | http://www.winchesterthurston.org |
Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational preparatory school located on two campuses: one in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the other in the Allison Park neighborhood of Hampton Township. Established in 1887, Winchester Thurston offers PK–12 education in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School campuses in the city and PK–5 at the North Hills Campus school in the suburbs. The school is a member of the Pittsburgh Consortium of Independent Schools.
Winchester Thurston has its origins in the founding of the all-girls Thurston Preparatory School by Alice M. Thurston in Shadyside in 1887. The Winchester School was founded separately, also in Shadyside, as a coeducational school 1902. The two schools merged to produce the all-girls Winchester Thurston School in 1935. The school moved to its current Shadyside campus, formerly the site of Shady Side Academy, in the fall of 1967. The school added its second Lower School campus in Allison Park in 1988. Winchester Thurston became co-educational in 1991.
The Winchester Thurston School has had several new additions in the past including the Main Building in 1963, a science wing in 1987. A new turf field used during all seasons was also constructed called Garland Field. The school has plenty of notable features including three libraries, an art gallery, Mellon Gymnasium, an athletics hall of fame, a solarium, a learning garden, a dance studio, the Hillman Dining Hall, Lower, Middle, and Upper school science labs, and three computer labs.
The school's City as our Campus program provides opportunities for students to interact throughout the city of Pittsburgh as researchers, artists, communicators, and advocates in the cultural, political, and economic life of the city. This is a Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 initiative. Representative projects include:
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