Gwynedd Mercy Academy Elementary
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| Gwynedd Mercy Academy |
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| Established | 1861 |
| Type | Private Elementary |
| Principal | Sr. Anne Crampsie |
| Faculty | 57 |
| Students | 480 |
| Grades | K-8 |
| Location | 816 Norristown Rd. Spring House, Pennsylvania USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | [1] |
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy, is an elementary school in Spring House, Pennsylvania. Originally known as the Academy of the Sisters of Mercy.
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[edit] History
Most notable for Mother Catherine McAuley founder of the Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland, on December 12, 1831.
Mother M. Patricia Joseph Waldron brought the Sisters of Mercy to Philadelphia in August of 1861. The Academy of the Sisters of Mercy officially opened on Spring Garden Street in the parish of the Assumption. Two years later the school was moved to a private residence at the corner of Broad Street and Columbia Avenue.
In 1947, the Sisters of Mercy bought the Taylor Estate on Sumneytown Pike in Gwynedd Valley. The Academy then moved from Philadelphia and occupied various buildings on the campus until a new Academy building was finished in 1955. [1]
[edit] Academics
The student body of the Elementary Division is composed of approximately 480 boys and girls from kindergarten through grade 8. The faculty includes Sisters of Mercy and lay faculty members.
[edit] References
[edit] External link
Gwynedd Mercy Academy Elementary webpage
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