The Haverford School

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The Haverford School

Established	1884
School type	Private
Religious affiliation	None
Headmaster	Dr. Joe Cox
Location	Haverford, PA, USA
Campus	Suburban
Enrollment	948 total 331 Upper School 215 Middle School 402 Junior Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Lower School
Average class size	15 students (Upper School) 17 Students (Lower and Middle School)
Student:teacher ratio	8:1
Average SAT scores (2006)	670 verbal 630 math
Color(s)	Maroon and Gold
Mascot	Ford
Homepage	http://www.haverford.org

The Haverford School is a private, non-sectarian, all-boys collegiate preparatory day school, junior kindergarten through grade twelve.

It is a member of the Inter Academic Athletic Association, which also includes Episcopal Academy, Germantown Academy, Penn Charter, Malvern Preparatory School, and Chestnut Hill Academy.

The Haverford School is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, nine miles outside of Philadelphia, and was founded in 1884 as The Haverford College Grammar School.

The Haverford School lacrosse team won the 2005 Pennsylvania State Lacrosse Association Championships, and its golf team has won Inter-Ac titles 6 times from 2000 to 2006.

The school a cappella group, The Haverford School Notables recently recorded their 6th album, which was released in June of 2006.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] EA Day

There is an annual sporting event called "EA Day" by Haverford Students each fall against rivals Episcopal Academy, who call the event "EA-Haverford Day". Sports included consist of Football, Soccer, Cross Country, and Water Polo. The winner of the majority of events is presented with a hand-knitted sweater, half of which consists of an Episcopal Academy sweater (navy with white stripes on the arm), the other of a Haverford sweater (maroon with gold stripes on the arm). 2006 will be the 97th meeting of the two teams.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Notable alumni

Maxfield Parrish 1898 - Painter and illustrator
Bert Bell '14 - NFL commissioner
Thacher Longstreth '37 - Former Philadelphia, PA City Councilman
Pete Conrad '47 - Astronaut; third man to walk on the moon.
Oscar Goodman '57 - Mayor of Las Vegas
Al Hunt '60 - Managing editor of Bloomberg News
Ronald Perelman '60 - Billionaire; controlling owner of MacAndrews & Forbes and Revlon
Steve Sabol '60 - President of NFL Films
John Hickenlooper '70 - Mayor of Denver
Mike Mayock '76 - Former NFL Player and NFL Analyst
Smedley Butler - Two Time Medal of Honor Winner, United States Congressman
Alex Williamson '79 - Emmy Award winning Television Producer
Jeremiah White - Professional soccer player