Nether Providence High School was a four-year public high school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, United States, serving

Nether Providence Township Nether Providence Township is a first class township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Many residents refer to the township by the name of its largest community, Wallingford, because the Wallingford postal code is used for most o ...

and the boroughs of Rose Valley and

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. The school merged with Swarthmore High School in 1983 to form

Strath Haven High School Strath Haven High School (also abbreviated as SHHS) is a four-year public high school in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, enrolling about 1,200 students. SHHS is the only high school in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. The ...

, based at the second Nether Providence campus. Nether Providence High School was a part of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. Nether Providence High School was founded as a small, rural high school in 1924. However, population grew throughout the 1950s and 1960s, leading to additions in 1952 and 1963. The building was shared with Nether Providence Junior High School. In 1970, a new building was built right across the street. That building is currently home to the

. After the 1983 SHS-NPHS merger, forming SHHS, the stone building became home to the Nether Providence Junior High School. In 1991, the building became home to the Strath Haven Middle School, housing 6th-8th grade students in the township, Rose Valley, Rutledge and Swarthmore. The 1970 building was renovated and expanded during the 1999-2000 school year, and from 2007-2010, the stone building underwent a series of renovations and additions. For the 2010-11 school year, the 1924 and 1963 buildings were demolished, the 1952 building was fully renovated, and a new addition was added housing classrooms.

Famous graduates

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, Oregon politician and businessman * Ingrid Croce (née Jacobson), singer, author, restaurateur and widow to singer Jim Croce * J. Gordon Holt, writer and publisher * Marsha Ivins, astronaut and engineer

External links

Nether Providence High School Reunions

Nether Providence High School Class Reunion Websites

Nether Providence Class of 1972 and 1973 40th Reunion - Sept. 2012
{{authority control Public high schools in Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1924 Defunct schools in Pennsylvania Schools in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1924 establishments in Pennsylvania Educational institutions disestablished in 1983 1983 disestablishments in Pennsylvania