- Affiliated schools offering New Church Education
Quote of the Month
"Love consists in desiring to give what is one's own to another. To feel the joy of another as joy in oneself -- that is loving."
Emanuel Swedenborg,
Divine Love and Wisdom
no. 47
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Reasons to Attend
The Boys School mission is to instruct students in the doctrines of the New Church and to encourage a life according to these doctrines, through the authority of the Word of God. More...
The Girls School mission is to prepare girls for a full life of use in this world and the world to come, through an individualized, high-quality education built on New Church theology. More...
Students attend the Academy Secondary Schools because they can...
- learn more about the New Church through academic instruction, religious services, personal discussion, and daily life in the Boys School and Girls School.
- develop moral virtues and qualities of leadership.
- learn and be encouraged to think rationally, creatively and independently.
- meet, study, work and socialize with other young people who share common values.
- gain lifetime friendships.
- receive personalized attention on a beautiful campus with outstanding facilities.
- experience the educational "best of both worlds": in single-sex and co-ed classes.
- learn within a balanced program of academics, arts and athletics from a dedicated faculty, administration and staff.
- serve others through on- and off-campus community service opportunities.
- experience truly unusual cultural opportunities, both within the Academy's Glencairn Museum with its outstanding collections, concerts and programs, and among the many rich historical and cultural sites in the surrounding Philadelphia area.