Swarthmore High School
| Swarthmore High School | |
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| Location | |
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Swarthmore, PA United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1893 |
| Closed | 1983 |
| Locale | Wallingford-Swarthmore School District |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| School color(s) | Garnet, White |
| Mascot | Garnet |
Swarthmore High School was a four-year public high school in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania serving the Boroughs of Swarthmore and Rutledge.
Swarthmore established its own independent school district when Swarthmore Borough incorporated in 1893. The Swarthmore and Rutledge School Districts merged in 1955. In 1971 the Swarthmore-Rutledge District merged with adjacent Nether Providence School District to create the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District.
Swarthmore High School became Strath Haven High School when it merged with Nether Providence High School in the fall of 1983. Swarthmore students were moved to Nether Providence High School.
The building that was Swarthmore High School is now the Swarthmore Rutledge School, an elementary school in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District.
Notable alumni
- Edmund N. Bacon ('28), city planner (and father of actor Kevin Bacon)
- Avery F. Blake, Jr. ('49), member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- Ron Bloom ('73), Presidential advisor in the Obama administration
- Wally Butterworth ('18?), radio personality
- Carl Gersbach ('64), National Football League player, 1970–1976
- Terry Irving ('69), CNN Producer
- Bevan Sharpless ('22), planetary astronomer
- Jane L. Vache, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- Alice Putnam Willetts ('43), member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame
Further reading
- The Centennial Yearbook Committee, ed. (1993). The Swarthmore High School Centennial Yearbook. The School Action Committee of Swarthmore, II.
Coordinates: 39°54′17″N 75°20′48″W / 39.904848°N 75.346749°W