Harpeth Hall School

at , Nashville , 37215 United States

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Harpeth Hall School is an all-girls private college preparatory school for grades 5-12 in Nashville, Tennessee. Known around the United States as one of the most prestigious all-girls schools, it serves to educate young women and foster these ideals: to Think Critically, Lead Confidently, and Live Honorably. Harpeth Hall is recognized even at the global scale for the scholarship and leadership embedded in the young women who graduate from this most intellectually challenging and stimulating college preparatory school.Harpeth Hall has a collaborative partnership with the all-boys Montgomery Bell Academy located nearby. The two schools participate in joint drama productions and other co-curricular activities.HistoryWard-BelmontHarpeth Hall’s history dates back to 1865 with the founding of Ward Seminary for Young Ladies. The school eventually merged with Belmont College for Young Women in 1913 and formed Ward-Belmont College.In the spring of 1951, Ward-Belmont was forced to close when the board of directors transferred ownership of the school to the Tennessee Baptist Convention. A group of concerned citizens organized to see that a quality educational opportunity for girls continued locally. This group purchased the 26acre Estes estate at the corner of Hobbs and Estes Roads. One of the founders suggested the name of the new school be Harpeth Hall, because an early settler in Middle Tennessee had given the name Harpeth to the sloping hills and little river valley to the south of the campus.The original home on the property, now called Souby Hall, served as Harpeth Hall’s first school building. In the fall of 1951, the new school opened with 161 students in grades nine through twelve, almost all of whom transferred from Ward-Belmont. The first head of school, Mrs. Susan S. Souby, had previously headed the high school department at Ward-Belmont. Additionally, the first administrators and all but two members of the faculty were former members of the Ward-Belmont staff. By the next year, in December 1952, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredited Harpeth Hall. Early in its history, Harpeth Hall also gained membership in the National Association of Independent Schools, the Southern Association of Independent Schools, and the Mid-South Association of Independent Schools.

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Harpeth Hall School is Nashville based place and this enity listed in Middle School category. 37215.