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Haverford School
450 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041

Private/Independent School
Coed Day pre-k 12 1012 students

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School Composition Nonsectarian college preparatory day school for boys Grades preschool - 12 Campus & Facilities 30 acres, suburban 10 buildings, including our LEED Gold-certified Upper School building constructed in 2008 4 athletic fields (three field turf, one grass) Details: 80 classrooms 2 libraries with more than 40,000 combined volumes 11 science labs 5 computer labs 2 auditoriums 2 theaters 10 art studios 9 music studios 3 gymnasiums 4 athletic fields (three field turf, one grass) 4 tennis courts 25-meter pool 4 international-size squash courts 1 full quarter-mile outdoor rubberized athletic track Full fitness and weight training center Wrestling room Transportation Haverford is easily accessible to public transportation, including SEPTA regional rail (Paoli/Thorndale), bus (#105), and trolley (#100), as well as buses from 20 districts, and many roadways including I-76 and 476 Date of Establishment Founded 1884, as The Haverford College Grammar School; moved to current location in 1903, at which time the School’s name was changed to The Haverford School Accreditation and Memberships National Association of Independent Schools Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools National Association for the Education of Young Children Independent Boys' Schools Coalition Multicultural Resource Center Coalition for Youth of Lower Merion and Narberth Headmaster Joseph T. Cox B.A., Lafayette College M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Enrollment Lower School (JrK-grade 5) ............ 350 Middle School (grades 6-8) ............ 225 Upper School (grades 9-12) ........... 437 Total ........................................... 1,012 Faculty Total: 118 full-time (60 men, 58 women) Degrees Held by Faculty: Doctorates: 8 Masters: 63 Average Class Size, Upper School 16 Advanced-Level Courses, Upper School 34 Student Profile 23.0 percent students of color Students come from 96 different ZIP codes Tuition $20,500-$33,500 Tuition Assistance $5.5 million granted in need-based tuition 28 percent of families receive aid Average grant: $19,000 Total Number of Graduates 2008: 86 2009: 88 2010: 96 2011: 96 2012: 87 Most Graduates in the Last Five Years University of Pennsylvania (28) Penn State (17) Georgetown (14) Bucknell (13) Wake Forest (13) Princeton (12) View Full Matriculation > Graduates Admitted to Four-Year Colleges and Universities 100 percent Academic Achievement Six Rhodes Scholars National Merit Scholarship Competition, Classes 2008-12: 46 Commended; 37 Semifinalists, 31 Finalists recognized Average SAT Scores, Classes 2008-12: Critical Reading: 623 Math: 638 Writing: 637 Combined: 1898 Technology More than 400 computers provide access to a high-speed network and the Internet; the Middle School is piloting a netbook program; the Lower School is piloting an iPad program Varsity Athletics Haverford is a member of the historic boys' Inter-Academic League, or Inter-Ac, formed in 1887 as the Inter-Academic Athletic Association. This is the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference and consists of Haverford, Chestnut Hill Academy, Episcopal Academy, Germantown Academy, Malvern Prep, and William Penn Charter School. Haverford fields 16 interscholastic sports. In the past six years, Haverford has won championships in cross-country, soccer, football, squash, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, tennis, crew, wrestling, and golf. In 2012, the varsity tennis team achieved a perfect 21-0 season, and were Inter-Ac League champions for the third consecutive year. The Fords have won the Heyward Cup (awarded each year to the Inter-Ac school with the best overall record) 13 times, more than any other Inter-Ac school, including 1975-78, 1980, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2006, and 2009-11. Varsity Athletics Teams Fall: cross-country, football, golf, soccer, water polo Winter: basketball, ice hockey, squash, swimming & diving, winter track, wrestling Spring: baseball, crew, lacrosse, tennis, track & field The Arts The arts program at Haverford is thriving. Our visual arts program includes 10 dedicated art studio spaces and several gallery/exhibition spaces; our acclaimed drama program stages several productions each year; and our choral ensembles have sung at The White House, Carnegie Hall, the Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, and on tour in Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, France, and Bermuda and earned honors as members of the regional and national honor boy choirs, children’s choirs, and men’s choirs of the American Choral Directors’ Association. Haverford boasts an outstanding lower school music curriculum and also a full-fledged voice and instrumental conservatory.

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