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Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of prominent Germantown citizens in the Green Tree Tavern on the Germantown Road. [ 1 ]
Germantown Friends School (GFS) is a coeducational independent PreK–12 school in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States under the supervision of Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is governed by a School Committee whose members are drawn from the membership of ...
From 1969 to 2015, he led the Germantown Academy men's team to two National Prep School Championships, and the Women's team to five women's Prep School Championships. He also coached and founded the prestigious Germantown Academy Aquatic age group team which merged with the Foxcatcher Swim Club from 1985-2000. [2]
Matt Dence has stepped down after 12 seasons as head football coach at Germantown Academy. He leaves as the third-winningest coach in school history.
In the longest, continuous high school football rivalry in the country, it was host Penn Charter erasing a deficit and pulling away for a 35-14 win.
Big shoes to fill at Germantown Academy. In his 12 seasons, Dence's teams went 67-46-1 with eight winning campaigns. The 67 career victories is the third-most of any coach in school history.
After the founding of Germantown Academy in 1759, the land for the campus was donated by Dr. Charles Bensell, a prominent Germantown landowner and later trustee of Germantown Academy. The first structure erected on campus was the old schoolhouse with belfry. It was built using local Wissahickon schist and was designed in the colonial style ...
This List of Germantown Academy people catalogs notable alumni of Germantown Academy, a private school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. Kyle Garland (Class of 2018), professional decathlete who competed for the United States in the 2023 World Athletics Championships