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Our Alumni | Charter Day

Charter Day is our homecoming weekend, held in October each year to celebrate the signing of the Charter for the Academy of the New Church in 1877.

Charter Day 2012 will be on October 12. Festivities will take place from October 11-15, 2012.

Every year, traditional festivities include reunion events, our boys varsity football game, our Charter Day Banquet, and a golf outing fund-raiser for our student aid fund. The weekend begins with a visually-striking procession in which our students march from Benade Hall to a worship service in Bryn Athyn Cathedral, carrying banners that represent over a century of our alumni classes.

Thanks to all our volunteers, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends, Charter Day 2011 went off smoothly again this year. Hundreds of alumni poured into town for the weekend's flurry of events. Athletic competitions suffered some losses and brought home some victories, the Rev. Dr. Thane Glenn gave a fantastic speech at the Banquet on Saturday night, and our alumni and friends demonstrated tremendous support for our schools, both by reaffirming their pride in our schools and through generous financial contributions. Thank you to everyone who helped make the weekend a success!