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School in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Chase Collegiate School
Address
565 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, Connecticut 06708
United States
Coordinates41°32′51″N 73°03′59″W / 41.54755°N 73.0664°W / 41.54755; -73.0664
Information
Funding typePrivate
MottoCease not to learn until thou cease to live
Religious affiliation(s)Nonsectarian
Founded1865 (1865) (Collegiate); 1912 (1912) (McTernan), 1972 (1972) (unified school)
Closed2020
LocaleMidsize suburb
CEEB code070850
NCES School ID00233283
Teaching staff45.3 (FTE)
GradesPre-K – 12
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment402 (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio8.6
Campus size47 acres (190,000 m)
Color(s)Green and white   
NicknameHighlanders
YearbookSalmagundi
Endowment$13,340,132.33
Tuition$6,400–$16,900 (Pre-K); $19,900–$35,900 (K–12) (as of 2014)
Websitewww.chasecollegiate.org

Chase Collegiate School was a nonsectarian private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school was on a 47-acre (190,000 m) campus in Waterbury, Connecticut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced its closure on August 13, 2020.

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 was 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. The unified name was meant to appeal to both school communities.

Circa 2004-2005 a "School Name Committee" was determining whether to and how to change the school's name. The school leadership wanted a name that showed secularism as the school was at that point secular. The institution was renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005. All members of the school's board of trustees had voted to rename the school.

On October 2, 2017, the school announced that it had been purchased by York Education Group, a for-profit entity which owns multiple schools.

The school closed in August 2020 before the 2020-2021 school year could begin, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut. The school stated that the pandemic caused the closure. By 2021 the campus was sold to Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), an organization that operates magnet schools

. ACES operates "ACES at Chase" at the former Chase Collegiate campus.

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Chase Collegiate School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  2. ^ "History and Origins". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  3. ^ "Quick Facts". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  4. "Chase Collegiate School to Close". 14 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  5. ^ "Waterbury school plans to change its name July 1". The News-Times. Danbury, Connecticut. 2005-04-14. Retrieved 2024-06-13. - See alternate version at Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  6. "St. Margaret's-McTernan School to be Chase Collegiate School". Town Times. Southbury, Connecticut: Prime Publishers, Inc. 2005-04-07. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  7. "Chase Collegiate now owned by private school chain". Republican-American. 2017-10-03. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  8. "Waterbury private school abruptly closes its doors weeks before fall semester set to begin". WTNH. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  9. "Sale of Chase Collegiate School location nearly complete". Republican American. 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  10. "Home". ACES at Chase. Retrieved 2024-06-13. 565 Chase Parkway Waterbury, CT 06708 - Same address as former Chase Collegiate.

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