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 m2) campus[3] in Waterbury, Connecticut. On October 2, 2017, the school announced that it had been purchased by York Education Group, a for-profit entity which owns multiple schools.[4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced its closure on August 13, 2020.[5]
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, until being renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005.[2]
Notable alumni
- Grant Goodeve - television actor
- Steven Erlanger - journalist
- Joan Bennett - actress
- Lucia Chase - founding patron of the American Ballet Theatre
- Jayne Meadows - stage, film, and television actress
- Gene Tierney - actress
References
- ^ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Chase Collegiate School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ a b "History and Origins". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ a b "Quick Facts". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chase Collegiate School to Close". 14 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
