St. Edmund's Academy is an

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and middle day school located in the

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neighborhood of

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. Established in 1947, St. Edmund's offers programs from

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through

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. Although founded as an all-boys

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school in association with the

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, St. Edmund's no longer maintains a religious affiliation and accepts students of either sex and any religious background. The school is named after ninth-century king and martyr Edmund of East Anglia.

History

St. Edmund's was founded as an all-boys diocesan school in 1947 by a group of parents associated with th
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
in Squirrel Hill. The school came to occupy its current location in 1954 when Pauline Mudge, widow of prominent Pittsburgh industrialist Edmund W. Mudge, donated a plot of land adjacent to the parish house of the Church of the Redeemer. Though the school is in present-day no longer religiously affiliated, students still attend a weekly non-spiritual Chapel service in the Church of the Redeemer, in which they celebrate the secular community values of the school community.

Academics

St. Edmund's curriculum offers preschool, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first through eighth grade programs. All students wear a traditional

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including a white shirt, a tie for boys, and a traditional crimson blazer. The course of study at St. Edmund's is designed such that, by the time students finish the eighth grade, they are prepared to continue in a rigorous four-year

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program. After graduating, St. Edmund's alumni commonly enroll in nearby independent Pittsburgh

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s—popular destinations include Shady Side Academy,

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, and

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Facilities

St. Edmund's Upper and Lower schools inhabit a three-level building connected by two skywalks. In addition to classrooms, St. Edmund's Academy contains two science labs, an auditorium, two art studios, a music room, a field house, two athletic fields, and a 12,000 volume library.

Notable alumni

* Christian Borle,

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and

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-nominated actor who has starred in the NBC drama '' Smash'' *

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, distinguished theatre director

References

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