Swarthmore High School
| Swarthmore High School | |
|---|---|
| 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.
After Pennsylvania state officials determined that Swarthmore was too small for its own secondary schools, Swarthmore High School merged with Nether Providence High School in Wallingford to form Strath Haven High School in the fall of 1983. The merged school was and still is based at the former Nether Providence campus.
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)
- 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
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