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Middle School History Teacher Mark Stephens 1760 will retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.
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GA alum Kent Griswold ’76 has launched a new television program, which will premiere on Amazon Prime on January 12.
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Sarah Rojas '21 has been named a Top 300 Scholar in the 80th Regeneron Science Talent Search for her science research project, Inducing Dysbiosis in Brown Planaria with Single Strain Probiotics Clostridium butyricum, E.coli Nissle 1917, and Lactobacillus acidophilus.
Senior Maddie Gamburg '21 and her new online student newspaper, The Rocky, were featured on 6abc's Philly Proud segment.
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As children grow as readers and writers at Germantown Academy, we seek to make it a joyful and rewarding process. Across their time in Lower School, students build skills as readers, writers, listeners and speakers through a variety of literacy experiences.
Head of School Rich Schellhas 1760 kicks off our new series, 8 GreAt Questions, with his look at the last few months of school during the pandemic, and how many bow ties does he really own.
While many teachers have had to adjust to new teaching routines this year, the art department has had to practically re-imagine its curriculum from the ground up.
The mental health of the Germantown Academy community may be more important that one realizes, especially during the unprecedented times we are currently experiencing in our world. Fortunately, GA has an experienced team of counselors that provide guidance and support to those in our community who may need help.
The 501 members of the Classes of 2014 – 2017 elected to attend 165 different college and universities throughout the United States and abroad.
GA's four all-weather turf fields make us a leader among regional schools.
The Parents' Committee is an active body of GA parents that friend-raise and fundraise throughout the school year.
GA's Middle School hosts more than 20 different clubs, including student government, Art Club, Green Ambassadors, Karaoke, and Coding.
Germantown Academy was originally founded in the Germantown section of Philadelphia in 1759. GA's current campus in Fort Washington opened in 1964.
GA hosts international exchange programs for Upper School students and faculty with the countries of China, Poland, England, Spain, France and Germany.
Annually, 375+ students from all three divisions play an instrument, from lessons on campus to performing in bands and orchestras.