Perkiomen School

Perkiomen School is a traditional and structured co-educational college preparatory boarding and day school. Founded by a descendant of a Schwenkfelder immigrant in 1875, Perkiomen School has a philosophy focused on creating an effective environment for individual growth and for the development of personal ethics.

Perkiomen is a world community. Perkiomen admits students in grades five through twelve and offers a year for postgraduate students. We embrace diversity, and actively pursue students and faculty from many neighborhoods of our own country and the world.

As a school, Perkiomen strives to develop individuals who appreciate learning and who work to acquire the skills necessary to learn. Perkiomen works to create an awareness in its students that education is a lifelong pursuit. We help our students focus on ideals which are purposeful, reasonable, consistent with traditional values, and spiritually balanced. We seek to nurture common sense, a sense of justice, a sense of honor, a sense of responsibility, and a sense of humor.

Academic and Sport Facilities

Kriebel Hall: classrooms, computer laboratory, guidance, administrative offices.

Schumo Academic Center: science laboratories, classrooms, computer laboratory, conference room, art gallery.

Kehs Hall: fine arts, art history & music classrooms, practice rooms, art studio, ceramics room, darkroom, Mac. laboratory, band & chorus rooms, theatre, art gallery, classrooms.

Carnegie Library: library stacks and circulation, computer laboratory, classrooms, small group instruction.

Hollenbach Middle School Center: media center (library & computer laboratory), classrooms, art studio, science laboratory, music room.

Hollenbach Field House: small gymnasium, large gymnasium (newly refinished/new bleachers), training room, weight room, natatorium, wrestling room, batting cages, seven locker rooms.

Outdoor Facilities: Baker field (new state of the art baseball facility with covered dugouts and aluminium bleachers), Football field (with tower and new aluminium bleachers). Softball diamond, Varsity & Junior Varsity lacrosse / Soccer field, Middle School lacrosse / soccer field, Middle School girlís field hockey / lacrosse field, Varsity & Junior Varsity field hockey field, eight tennis courts ( six of which are rubberized professional surface and lighted with new aluminium bleachers)

Dormitories and School Residences

Dormitories are segregated by gender and age, all rooms have a telephone jack and Ethernet computer hook-up, as well as a desk, bed, dresser, closet and safe (large enough for a laptop) for each student.

Starting Dates:

Application deadline mid February

Foreign Languages:

Chinese
German
Latin
Spanish
 

Arts:

Studio Art, Ceramics & Sculpture, Functional Aesthetics, Chorale, Band, Music Theory, Digital Photography and Design, Film Foundations, Introduction to Acting, Scene Study, Improvisation

AP Courses:

Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Literature and Composition
European History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Physics
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Studio Art
U.S. Government and Politics
U.S. History

Sports:

Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Wrestling

Extracurricular Activities & Clubs:

Amnesty International
Art
Band
Choir
Chorus
Debate
Diversity
Drama
Environmental
International
Math
Music
National Honor Society
Spanish Language
Student Senate
Theater

University Acceptance Rate:

100%

Partial List of College and University Acceptances:

• Adelphi University, American International College, Arcadia University, Arizona State University, Art Institute of Philadelphia, Babson College, Bard College, Boston University, Bryn Mawr College, Carnegie Mellon University, Catholic University of America, Clarkson University, Clemson University, Connecticut College, Cornell University, Dickinson College, Dowling College, Drexel University, Emory University, Franklin & Marshall College, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Indiana University at Bloomington, Ithaca College, Johnson & Wales at Miami, LaSalle University, Lock Haven University, Michigan State University, Morgan State University, New York University, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, Pace University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University, St. Johnís University, St. Josephís University, Susquehanna University, Syracuse University, Temple University, Union College, University of Wisconsin, University of Arizona, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University Of Massachusetts, University Of Miami, University of Minnesota, University Of Washington, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University, Washington State University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, York College Of Pennsylvania

Closest International and Local Airports:

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Newark, International Airport (EWR), New York (JFK)