The Agnes Irwin School is a non-sectarian college preparatory day school for girls from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. It was founded in 1869 by Agnes Irwin in

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. Irwin, a great-great-granddaughter of

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, later became the first dean of

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. In 1933, the campus moved to

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, and then to its present location in Rosemont in 1961.

Location and campus

The campus in Rosemont, is west of Philadelphia. It is in Radnor Township. The campus sits on eighteen-acres.

Extracurricular

Fourteen varsity sports including basketball, crew, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, track, and volleyball. Performing arts include dance, choral and instrumental groups and dramatic and musical productions. Visual arts include studio art, ceramics, photography and media arts. There is a Community Service program and a number of clubs.

Accreditation and associations

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (1934), Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools, National Coalition of Girls’ Schools,

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(1991), National Association of Independent Schools.

Notable alumnae

* Tory Burch (1984), fashion designer * Eleanor Stuart Childs, novelist and short story writer * Dorothy Harrison Eustis (1904), established The Seeing Eye, an organization dedicated to training guide dogs to help the blind * Caroline Furness Jayne, ethnologist * Lindy Li, political analyst * Mary Patterson McPherson (1953), executive officer of the

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, former vice president of the

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, former president of

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* Kara Ross (1984), jewelry designer

References

External links

Official site
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