Moravian Academy
{{Short description|School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US}}
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| motto = More to Explore
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1971
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| type = Independent, Coeducational, and College Preparatory School
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| campus_director = Merle-Smith Campus - Rachel Wright
Downtown Campus - Abby Mahone
Swain Campus - Megan Franzyshen
| head of school = Adrianne Finley Odell
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| founder = Benigna Zinzendorf
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| faculty = 173 {{FTE}}
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| enrollment = 910
| enrollment_as_of = 2022–23
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| streetaddress = Merle-Smith Campus: 4313 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18020
Downtown Campus: 7 E. Market Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
Swain Campus: 1100 S 24th St, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103
| city = Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania
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| conference = Colonial League
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Moravian Academy is a preschool through 12th-grade independent, co-educational, college preparatory school in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Moravian Academy is the ninth oldest independent school in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Moravian Academy {{!}} Our History |url=https://www.moravianacademy.org/about-us/our-history |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.moravianacademy.org}}
The school has more than 900 students and 200 employees from across the region located on three campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Allentown, Pennsylvania.
History
The history of Moravian Academy dates back to 1742, and includes the following highlights:
=18th century=
- 1742: Countess Benigna Von Zinzendorf opens Moravian Seminary for Girls.{{Cite web |date=2001-01-19 |title=Service marks Moravian celebration ** Yearlong event ended Wednesday with a chapel service that told of the founding of the school by a countess. ** Bethlehem |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2001-01-19-3348969-story.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}
=20th century=
- 1971: Moravian Preparatory School and Moravian Seminary for Girls merged to create Moravian Academy. Each spring, this merger is celebrated during the school Birthday Love Feast.{{Cite web |title=Moravian Academy {{!}} About Us |url=https://www.moravianacademy.org/about-us |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.moravianacademy.org}}
- June 10, 1972: First joint graduation ceremony with thirty nine graduating students.
- 1987: The first issue of the Moravian Academy Journal was published.{{Cite web |title=Explore Moravian Academy |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/moravian-academy-bethlehem-pa/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Niche |language=en}}
- 1991: Moravian Academy publishes “Mind, Body, and Spirit: Moravian Academy 1742-1992.” {{Cite web |date=1991-09-29 |title=MORAVIAN ACADEMY RECORDS ITS HISTORY |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1991-09-29-2806468-story.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}
- 1992: 250th Anniversary Celebration of the forming of Moravian Academy.
The History of the Swain School
- 1929: D.Esther Swain opens the Swain School. The opening of the school is celebrated annually on Founder's Day. Dogwood trees are planted in honor of D.Esther Swain.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-06 |title=Swain School celebrates its anniversary |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-swain-school-founders-day-20141106-story.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}
- 1990: The Swain School celebrates 60 years
=21st century=
- 2020: Moravian Academy and the Swain School Merge to form a three campus school, Moravian Academy. Each campus is named: Merle-Smith Campus, Downtown Campus, and Swain Campus.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Swain School, Moravian Academy announce partnership {{!}} Lehigh Valley Press |url=https://www.lvpnews.com/20200909/the-swain-school-moravian-academy-announce-partnership/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.lvpnews.com |language=en-US}}
- 2022: Moravian Academy installs the first women head of school, Adrianne Finley Odell.{{Cite web |title=Adrianne Finley Odell new Head of School at Moravian Academy {{!}} Lehigh Valley Press |url=https://www.lvpnews.com/20221011/adrianne-finley-odell-new-head-of-school-at-moravian-academy/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.lvpnews.com |language=en-US}}
Schools
=Beginning School=
The Beginning School includes preschool and kindergarten classes on the Downtown and Swain Campuses.
=Lower School=
The Lower School serves students in first through fifth grades on the Downtown and Swain Campuses.
=Upper School=
The Upper School serves ninth through 12th grade students on the Merle-Smith Campus.
Administration
Henrietta Benigna Justina von Zinzendorf, founded the school in 1742. Since then, the heads of the school have been:
- Reverend Edwin Sawyer, president (1971-1973)
- David J Devey, head master (1973-1988)
- Peter Sipple, head master (1988-1998){{Cite book |last=Swasta |first=Susan |title=Mind, Body, and Spirit: Moravian Academy 1742-1992 |year=1991 |edition=1st |location=Bethlehem, Pennsylvania}}
- Barnaby Roberts, head master (1998-2007){{Cite web |date=1997-12-18 |title=MORAVIAN ACADEMY NAMES NEW HEADMASTER * BARNABY ROBERTS TO REPLACE PETER W. SIPPLE ON JULY 1. |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1997-12-18-3167752-story.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}
- George King, head master (2007-2016)
- Jeffrey M. Zemsky, head of school (2016-2022){{Cite web |last=lehighvalleylive.com |first=Sara K. Satullo {{!}} For |date=2016-08-14 |title=Moravian Academy's new headmaster modern Moravian embodiment |url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/2016/08/new_moravian_academy_headmaste.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=lehighvalleylive |language=en}}
- Adrianne Finley Odell, head of school (2022–present)
Notable alumni
- Sally Kohn, liberal political commentator
- Santo Loquasto, actor and Tony Award winner
- Gilmer McCormick, actress
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.moravianacademy.org}}
- [https://www.moravianacademy.org/athletics Moravian Academy athletics] official website
- [https://www.niche.com/k12/moravian-academy-bethlehem-pa/ Moravian Academy profile] at Niche
- [https://highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com/school/bethlehem-township-moravian-academy Moravian Academy sports coverage] at The Express-Times
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Category:1742 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Category:Educational institutions established in 1742
Category:Educational institutions established in 1971
Category:Educational institutions of the American (North) Province of the Moravian Church
Category:Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania
Category:Private elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Category:Private high schools in the Lehigh Valley