房子

2007年，前校长James W. Connor 1760 announced the establishment of the "House System" in the 上学校 at 十大体育外围平台排名. 该系统由七座房屋组成, each with approximately 70 students from 9th through 12th grades and led by a House Head, 八个顾问和两个学生级长. The 房子 were named for several prominent figures in 十大体育外围平台排名 history.

A. 布朗森·奥尔科特, 谁成为了美国先验论者的领军人物, 搬到日耳曼敦, PA in 1830 when he was invited to serve as headmaster of 十大体育外围平台排名 (1831-34) and oversaw GA's new co-educational "较低的学校,学生年龄从3岁到9岁不等. It was during his years in Germantown that his daughter Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832, 谁因她的小说而声名远扬, 小妇人.

查尔斯·戈弗雷·利兰(Charles Godfrey Leland)最好地讲述了奥尔科特的任期, 十九世纪备受尊敬的作家, who wrote the following observations about his kindergarten times: "He declared that I had a marvelous imagination and encouraged my passion for reading anything … all of which sunk into my very soul, 教育我确实是“理想的”，因为我不是男孩, 也许在费城受过教育."

在周五, 6月3日, 2016, 在2016年颁奖典礼上, Head of 上学校 Rich Schellhas announced that Alcott House was to be officially renamed to 奥尔科特日舍 to honor the late 弗吉尼亚百丽日1760年她是GA历史上第一位女子学院院长.

Ms. Day, who taught at GA from 1963-1994, was an indomitable force with which to be reckoned. While GA consistently had female students in the early childhood grades throughout its history, 直到1963年，她才被任命为总统. 女学生最终被允许在所有年级参加GA的日子. Ms. Day served GA in many ways over the years; she was a teacher of English, 大学辅导员, 学院俱乐部的名誉会员, 也是1760届杰出荣誉校友的一员.

约瑟夫·加洛韦 是创始董事会的财务主管，也是唯一被任命的官员吗. Galloway, a wealthy, political operative in colonial times, served as Benjamin Franklin's lawyer. It can be implied from various sources that Galloway smoothed the way for the founding of the school with the political/financial community in Philadelphia and the colony. Elected in 1756 to the Pennsylvania Assembly, he served as speaker from 1766–1774. A loyalist, he called for an American "Grand Council" similar to the House of Commons. The plan was rejected by the Continental Congress by only one vote and was later removed from the record.

威廉·W. Kershaw 1877年被任命为校长，1915年退休, granting him the distinct honor of being the longest tenured headmaster in GA's history. His leadership helped to establish GA as a preeminent boy's prep school in Philadelphia, 并发展校际联盟. His wife Eleanor refined the lower grades, providing the basis for the present 较低的学校.

"Pap," as Kershaw was known, was an extraordinary teacher with a charismatic personality. 此外, 他与“他的孩子们”建立了终生的友谊,，后来发展成了GA校友会. 爸爸经常向协会寻求经济支持, 和校友堂的建设, 后来成为教堂的体育馆, 第一个主要项目是由小组实现的吗. 每年, he is remembered during the awarding of The Class of 1891 Kershaw Medals in the Lower and 中学.

塞缪尔·E. Osbourn 1915年至1948年担任十大体育外围平台排名校长, 崇拜他的学生称他为“博士”. 作为管理员, 他是个有远见的人, prioritizing the improvement of school buildings and the revision of school curriculum to provide the best education possible and meet the changing needs of an evolving GA community.

Osbourn personally oversaw the renovation of the main schoolhouse and the gymnasium and the construction of a new elementary school building. He strongly believed in opening independent school education to a broader base of students, 这导致他发起了一项既定的学校捐赠, 坚定地承认资金提供教育机会. GA计划的捐赠协会的认可协会就是以他的名字命名的, 还有奥斯本纪念章和奥斯本道德奖.

欧文J. 罗伯茨, GA 1891届的一员, 16岁时进入宾夕法尼亚大学, 1895年毕业, 然后去了法学院.

In 1924, “战斗的威尔士人,罗伯茨就是这样出名的, was selected by President Calvin Coolidge to investigate the corruption and illegal land deals in the oil industry that occurred during the Harding administration. 这就是臭名昭著的蒂波特山丑闻. “蒂波特山”这个词代表了政府的腐败. 罗伯茨的名字代表着体面.

In 1930, President Herbert Hoover nominated 罗伯茨 to the United States Supreme Court and took his seat as the youngest among the "Nine Old Men.在他的15年任期内，富兰克林·D·罗斯福的许多自由主义改革. 罗斯福的新政最终在最高法院结束. 罗伯茨通常是决定性的一票，被认为是摇摆票.

在偷袭珍珠港之后, 罗斯福找罗伯茨调查这场灾难是如何发生的. 他的工作促成了陆海军的统一. 早些时候，罗伯茨也表现出对种族关系的浓厚兴趣. 他与霍勒斯·曼·邦德密切合作, 林肯大学的校长, 并于1948年领导了费城地区联合黑人学院基金. 在十大体育外围平台排名，欧文J. 罗伯茨协会的讨论小组和一年一度的欧文J. 罗伯茨纪念奖.

华莱士年代. Truesdell was a teacher of the classics at the Academy (1891–1925) and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In addition to his role at GA, he also taught Latin at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Truesdell was one of the creators, and later the advisor, to the GA Academy Club.

詹姆斯塔吉克族 是十大体育外围平台排名的老师吗, 被认为是18世纪最伟大的英语教学大师. 塔吉克族, 然而, 被召入乔治·华盛顿的战时幕僚, 并立即离开加入了新的美国军队.

邓根从军队回来后, 华盛顿就他收养的继子的教育问题找到了他, 谁不是一个对教育不感兴趣的男孩, 华盛顿想让邓根好好教育他. 邓根的工作显然做得很好, and George Washington Parke Custis is listed proudly among the early alumni of the school.

The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 made it necessary for President George Washington and his cabinet to leave Philadelphia for the higher altitude of Germantown. 在他居住期间, his cabinet met in a nearby home that later was assumed by 十大体育外围平台排名 and named Washington-Kershaw Hall.