Germantown Academy

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Germantown Academy
Address
340 Morris Road Fort Washington , Pennsylvania 19034-0287 United States
Coordinates	40°08′15″N 75°13′12″W / 40.137514°N 75.220106°W / 40.137514; -75.220106
Information
Other names	GA
Type	Private
Motto	"By persevering we shall see the fruits."[citation needed]
Established	December 6, 1759
CEEB code	393321
Head of school	Rich Schellhas
Teaching staff	250
Grades	Pre-kindergarten to 12th
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	1,189
Houses	Alcott Day, Galloway, Kershaw, Osbourn, Roberts, Truesdell, Washington
Color(s)	Red, Blue, and Black
Fight song	Alma Mater
Athletics conference	Inter-Academic League
Mascot	Patriot
Rival	William Penn Charter School
Newspaper	The Edition
Yearbook	Ye Primer
Website	www.germantownacademy.net

Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of prominent Germantown citizens in the Green Tree Tavern on the Germantown Road.^[1] Germantown Academy enrolls students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade and is located in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, having moved from its original Germantown campus in 1965. The original campus, Old Germantown Academy and Headmasters' Houses, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school shares the oldest continuous high school football rivalry with the William Penn Charter School.