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This year, six Honors musicians have qualified for District 11 Band and three also qualified for Orchestra!
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Twenty-seven GA students won silver, bronze, and honorable mention medals. Congratulations to the following students!
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GA science research students won 22 special awards, including $1,125 worth of prize money and $173,000 in scholarship money.
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Sixteen students were inducted into their respective language's honor society by the faculty, who spoke almost entirely in French, Spanish, and Chinese during the ceremony.
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Meet GA's new Maintenance Supervisor, John Pax. While he appreciates the kindness he has been afforded so far by the good people of GA, he can't wait to see what his team really looks like beneath the mask!
Thirty-eight percent of GA's Class of 2021 have enrolled in their college or university of choice.
Two-sport standout Jerry Griffen-Batchler '21 tells us about the biggest changes he has encountered on campus as a senior and what professional team he would NEVER cheer for in our next edition of 8 GreAt Questions.
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.
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.
