Philadelphia Mennonite High School was a private

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radic ...

high school in the Fairmount neighborhood of

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. The school had approximately 100 students in 9th through 12th grades, and focused on college preparation. The school merged with, The City School - another Mennonite school, in 2014.

History

The school was founded in 1997, and opened for classes in the former St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School building in the fall of 1998, with 45 students. The first graduating class was in 2000, with 10 students, all of whom were accepted for college admission. The 24 students in the class of 2009 graduated on June 14, 2009.

Accreditation

The school is accredited with two agencies, which did their evaluation process together. The agencies are the Commission on Secondary Schools of the

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, and the Mennonite Accreditation Agency of the Mennonite Education Agency.

Community

The Fairmount Civic Association meets in the PMHS building, and the basement is used as a polling place for the 15th Ward, 18th Division. The Liberti Church (Fairmount) formerly met at PMHS, and now meets at the Berean Institute.

References

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