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Phone
  
+1 717-763-7811

Founder
  
John Harris Jr.

Harrisburg Academy

Address
  
10 Erford Rd, Lemoyne, PA 17043, USA

Similar
  
Cedar Cliff High School, West Shore Christian Academy, Trinity High School, Londond School, Camp Hill High School

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Harrisburg Academy is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a diverse student body in nursery through 12th grade. The school was established in 1784 by John Harris, Jr., the founder of Harrisburg. Harrisburg Academy was originally located at the John Harris Mansion, but is now located on a 24-acre (9.6 ha) campus about one mile (1.6 km) west of the Susquehanna River in Wormleysburg, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1992-93, the school was nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education for its academic excellence. It is now known as an IB school The school has a combined enrollment of 420 students, has 53 full-time faculty, and has an annual budget (in 2005) of $6.5M.

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Athletic program

The academy offers a variety of athletic programs. Athletic teams compete actively against other independent, parochial and smaller public schools.

In 2008, a two-year commitment between the academy and Trinity High School allows students to play for each other's designated athletic teams.

The Academy offers athletic programs for tennis, basketball, and swimming.

Notable alumni

  • John C. Kunkel – a prominent American politician and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • Vance C. McCormick – an American politician and prominent businessman; appointed chair by President Woodrow Wilson of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
  • Arthur Ringwalt Rupley – Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • Matthias Loy - American Lutheran theologian in the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio.
  • David A. Randall Book dealer, librarian and Professor of Bibliography at Indiana University.
  • References

    Harrisburg Academy Wikipedia