Chase Collegiate School
| Chase Collegiate School | |
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| Address | |
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565 Chase Parkway Waterbury, Connecticut 06708 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°32′51″N 73°03′59″W / 41.54755°N 73.0664°WCoordinates: 41°32′51″N 73°03′59″W / 41.54755°N 73.0664°W |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Private |
| Motto | Cease not to learn until thou cease to live |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian |
| Founded | 1865 (Collegiate); 1912 (McTernan) |
| Locale | Midsize suburb |
| CEEB code | 070850 |
| NCES School ID | 00233283[1] |
| Headmistress | Polly Peterson |
| Teaching staff | 45.3 (FTE) |
| Grades | Pre-K – 12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 402 (2013-2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.6 |
| Campus size | 47 acres (190,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Green and white |
| Nickname | Highlanders |
| Yearbook | Salmagundi |
| Endowment | $13,340,132.33 |
| Tuition | $6,400–$16,900 (Pre-K); $19,900–$35,900 (K–12) (as of 2014) |
| Website |
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Chase Collegiate School is a nonsectarian private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school is on a 47-acre (190,000 m2) campus[3] in Waterbury, Connecticut.
As of 2015, the enrollment was 276 students: 61 Lower School (age 3 pre-kindergarten through 5th grade), 75 Middle School (6th through 8th grades), and 140 Upper School (high school).
History
Chase is a co-educational school formed by the merger of two single-sex schools. The first was a girls' school established in 1865 as Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, later St. Margaret's School for Girls. The second was a boys' school established in 1912 as the McTernan School for Boys. Upon merging in 1972, the combined school was called St. Margaret's-McTernan, until being renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005.[2]
Notable alumni
Politics
- Porter J. Goss ’51 - former Florida Congressman and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Elizabeth Ritter ’69 - Connecticut State Representative[4]
Media
- Christopher A. Licht ’89 - author, co-creator and former executive producer of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, current Vice President of News Programming at CBS
- Grant M. Goodeve ’67 - television actor
- Steven J. Erlanger '66 - journalist
- Joan Bennett '26 - actress
- Lucia Chase 1913 - founding patron of the American Ballet Theatre
- Jane Meadows Allan ’37 - stage, film, and television actress
- Gene Tierney ’38 - actress
Business
- James C. Smith ’63 - President, Webster Bank
References
- ↑ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Chase Collegiate School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- 1 2 "History and Origins". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- 1 2 "Quick Facts". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ↑ Jacqueline Rabe Thomas (5 November 2014). "GOP gains, but Democrats control CT General Assembly". The CT Mirror. Retrieved 4 May 2016.