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You can read about Springside, or better yet experience Springside. “As

soon as I came to campus, I knew I wanted to go here.” — Erica, Grade 10

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IngredIents

650 Excited Girls 14 Grades, Pre-K–122 Teams* (one Blue; one Gold)

1 Pep Rally1 Day of Games1 Senior Class Tug of WarFall Athletic Teams1 All-School BBQ1 Cheer Competition1 Homecoming Dance

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Preheat day to 70°F. Decorate entire school and your face

and your hair in blue or gold. Combine first 6 ingredients.

Gather fall sports teams to play in the late afternoon. Go

home to change. Come back to campus for an all-school

BBQ followed by the Cheer Competition. Perform your

original cheer for alumnae judges. Blend with

families watching, supporting, and enjoying.

Mix in one Homecoming dance.

Celebrate your victory. Console your friends.

Be sure entire Springside community goes home

satisfied. Remove and let cool.

Springside is a girls’ school. This means everything here is for girls. Every teacher, everybuilding, every leadership role, every piece of furniture, every course, every sport, everyassembly, every food, every EvERYTHING is here for GIRLS.

When a girl speaks, everyone listens. At Springside, a girl has the answer in class, an ideafor a new club, a suggestion for welcoming a new girl, a different way to do something, away to change a rule...a way to change the world.

GIRLS ARE HEARD AT SPRINGSIDE.

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rroBooBoticS teamticS teamMr. d.: “it’s 9 pM... Long before American Idol existed, the annualtradition of “Song Night” had a huge fan club atSpringside. Each class in Upper School performsoriginal songs for their peers and faculty and are judged by an alumnae panel for their whole group effort and originality.

in Good CoMpAnYIf you, like Shakespeare, think “the play’s the thing,” then Players could be your thing. Players is our Springside-CHA coed theater company. Act, sing,or work on set construction, light, sound, makeup,props, costumes, or business and publicity. Players is open to all. We have two productions a year, each with a three-night run. Whether you’re interested in being onstage or backstage, you’ll be in good company here.

REcENT PLAYS AND MUSIcALS:

Much Ado About Nothing•

The Sound of Music•

The Laramie Project•

High School Musical•

Our Town•

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Becca: “it’s 9 pM...Had lacrosse practice. Quick dinnerwith the family. Rushed out to see little brother’s spring recital. Just getting to my homework. Realize I don’t know the science assignment. No worries. Log ontoMr. D.’s blog and there it is! Also see videos of the class in action, missing handouts, and links to cool science stuff. It’s awesometo have access to teachers and my class 24/7.”

Toddler is asleep. Dishes are clean. Time for some online work. Respondto seven student emails. Hear aboutan amazing video through one of my favorite teacher online networks. Embed a video on our class website. Update my class Moodle site with two new online documents and four terrific links. See that three students have already postedcomments on the video and commentedback to each other. Smile: tomorrow’s class discussion has started today.”Springside’s 1:1

Laptop program rocks!

*New girls are assigned a team when they first enroll. If you have ever had a relative at Springside, you’ll automatically be on the same team.

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The cafeteria at Springside is where everyone in the school gathers for lunch...without going outside to change buildings. The entire school, from the wee ones to the seniors, is all under one roof. Sure, there are separate sections for Lower, Middle, and Upper School. But when it’s time for

lunch, the Springside community becomes closer as we all eat at the family table.

Every new Springside girl designs her own plate that will be put into the cafeteria plate collection for the entire school to use every day. It’s so fun when you’re in line and grab the next plate. You might get to “meet” a girl you didn’t know, or get your BFF’s plate, or even get your own. And tradition has it that on the first day of school, when you see your plate in the lunch line, you’re no longer a new girl! The other cool things about Springside plates? They’re environmentally friendly and they show off Springside creativity. Can’t wait to see your plate design!

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hiShiSttorory of a y of a citcity Bly Blocockk

Most adults would say history is fascinating. Many students wouldnot. That’s because it can be boringjust reading about history.

But what if you were the historian?At Springside, through an amazing

yearlong project called “The History of a CityBlock,” you are. Pairs of 10th grade girls researchone block along Market, Chestnut, Spruce, Walnut, and Locust Streets in Center City. They interviewshopkeepers and residents, delving into what theirblock was like from 1880 to 1920. Students pore overinformation gathered from taxes, deeds, maps, the buildings themselves, census results, oral histories, andphotographs to uncover the history of that one block.

Using their source materials, girls discover how andwhy their block changed by answering questionssuch as: What was the socio-economic class of yourblock? Its ethnic, racial, gender makeup? What kindof transportation did the people use? How did they dress? What kind of jobs did they have? Workingconditions? What changed and why?

Most couldn’t help but wonder if, 100 years from now, future Springside girls might be studying howwe live. Hmmm.

Here’s your very own Girl’s Guide to springside,

written with the help of GIRLSGIRLS LILIkkEEYYOUOU. What’s

it like to go to school here? Why do springside

girls girls feel feel like like sisterssisters? Why does this girls’ school

have coed coed classesclasses in high school? the answers

are here.plus we’ll tell you about making lifelong

frfriendsiends; trying different things (and loving it);

being excited about going to school every day;

stepping up to be a leaderleader, or a starter, or a teamteam

member, or a guide, or a friend.You’ll learn a lot

about springside in these pages, but even better,

ccOMEOME f fOROR AA vvISITISIT! !

We look forward to meeting you.

Welcome toto SpriNgSide.

UNiform, not UNiformity

When it comes to social justice, ourvision is not limited by what is, butis fueled by the possibilities of whatcould be. We do this through service.

While there are many CommunityService opportunities, a favorite for Springside girls is reading to younger students at Pastorius Schoolin Germantown, a public school forgrades K-5.

“ Reading at Pastorius is truly one of the highlights of my week. Recently, I started reading with a boy who asks for books about black history every week. When we exhausted Pastorius’ supply, I brought him books from Springside’s Lower School and together we read about school integration, the first black polar ice explorer, and Martin Luther King Jr. Seeing the kids’ excitement and curiosity about reading and the world issues that reading raises is very rewarding.”

—Zoe

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“ I believe one of the strongest loves you can feel is the bond that is found between friends. The connection that needs no explanation. A silent promise of dedication to the other. The simplicity in a mutual comfort between people who love nothing more than spending time together. A comfort that comes when one hits the lowest of the low and the way the others can lift them back up and just understand.”

—Victoria at Commencement

frieNdShipS that laSt a lifetime

springside affirms its choice to be a school for girls and young women.Here students develop the power to think, the confidence to act, and a sense of responsibility for one another. in our diverse community,students learn to honor their differences and to seek common ground so that they will live productively and justly in the worlds they inhabit.

All college preparatory schools expect their students to excel in a rigorous academic program. springside asks more: that girls discover how they learn, that they take intellectual delight in their education, and

that they gain the courage and integrity to negotiate the breadth of their complex futures. in every way, springside school educates girls and young women to develop their capacities for leadership in the 21st century.

SpriNgSide miSSioN StatemeNt

Wearing a uniform doesn’t mean you can’t customize your look. Springside girls wear their own footwear,ribbons, hair clips, belts, and jewelry to make ittheir own.

THE SPRINGSIDE BASIcS:

Navy or khaki pants or shorts

Navy, khaki, or Springside plaid skort

Navy, white, or yellow shirt

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cOED DramaServiceDances & ActivitiesJoint speakers

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(English, history, math,science)

Interscholastic SportsTrip ProgramLeadership DevelopmentServiceStudent GovernmentclubsAdvising Program

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(art, foreign languages,music)

Social ActivitiesServiceRoboticsclubsMock Trial

ALL GIRLSInterscholastic Sportscollege counselingSenior ProjectsLeadership DevelopmentServiceStudent GovernmentclubsAdvising Program

cOEDAcademicsLeadership DevelopmentDramaMulticultural ProgramsSocial ActivitiesServiceRoboticsclubsMock Trial

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How to be an environmental steward? first stop: your ccAMPUSAMPUS, a RIvER, and the WOODS. Next stop: the WORLD.

Why do all Lower School students keep a pair of boots at school?

Does it rain that much at Springside? Nope. You’ll need them forexploring your environment. Learning about environmental issuesis a school-wide commitment, both in and out of science classes. In Lower School, you become a steward of the Springside campus and Wissahickon woods by planting native flowers and seedlings,fencing the trails, composting cafeteria salad bar scraps, and

studying forest and wetlands soils, animals, and plants.

In Middle School, you plant native species to attract birds and insects through a partnership with the Audubon Society. You can adopt an environmental cause, like working at a local organic farm,volunteering at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Mill Creek Farm, or tackling invasive plant species along the trails of Fairmount Park. You connect your study of energy, heat, and electricity to home energy audits and to the design and construction of solar model

homes and solar-powered race cars. You study energy alternatives and design action plans to make a positive impact on the environment.

In Upper School, you can study the Wissahickon Creek’s biotic and abiotic factors in biology andthen use aerial and satellite images and GIS data to evaluate how land use in the watershedimpacts stream health. And in environmental science, you track air pollution through long-termlichen studies around campus.

From Lower School boots to Upper School biology, the environment is an important teaching toolfor every Springside girl who learns how to be a steward for a lifetime.

“Trust me! It’s great. There are lots of options! The combinations are ∞.”

Peer into the oversized window of the ViDCAST Studio andyou’re likely to see 4 or 5 girls huddled around a monitor, collaborating on a video they are producing. The studio is a 700-square-foot innovative professional-level digital video classroomthat will get you excited about technology in a hands-on way.

Creativity and self-expression accelerate as you contribute ideasfrom story line to cast, music to location. Everyone contributes according to their interests: videography, editing, sound, on-screen talent, music, writing, and promotion.

BoArds,CluBs,AndACTiviTiesArts BoardAssembly BoardAthletic AssociationCultural Awareness for

Everyone (CAFE)Community Service BoardCooking ClubDebate ClubDoujinshi ClubEco ClubFashion DesignGay-Straight AllianceGirls for Change

“ “ Through mThrough my Vy Video Proideo Produduction ction and Broadcasting course, I and Broadcasting course, I ffound a vound a voioice, a crce, a creatieativve e outlet, and an opportunity outlet, and an opportunity tto try something wo try something with ith a fa faaculty mentculty mentor who or who beliebelievveed in me. The d in me. The VViDCiDCAST Studio AST Studio alloallows students tws students to o experiment wexperiment with ith innoinnovvatiativve mee media and shardia and share e their sutheir succesccess ws with the rith the rest oest of the f the school and cyber community.”school and cyber community.”

— Jillian— Jillian

“Because the studio “Because the studio unleashes a girl’unleashes a girl’s s creacreatitivve me muse,use, there is there is a tremendous buzz thaa tremendous buzz that t starts here and then starts here and then explodes threxplodes through the halls ough the halls as kids was kids waatctch student wh student work ork on the plasma screens.on the plasma screens.” ”

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BOOTS,THE WISSAHIckON,AND THE WORLD

Hip-Hop ClubInvestment ClubLanguage Clubs:

French, Latin, Spanish, Italian,

Chinese, Japanese

Laurelei/a cappella groupLiterary Magazine Mock TrialModel United NationsMusic ClubNewspaperPerforming Arts BoardPlayersRoboticsScience OutreachStudent ActivitiesStudent GovernmentStudent GuidesTech Leaders/iSITEYearbook

“The greatest gift I received from Springside can be found in a stanza from the school song: ‘the friendships formed within these walls, the love that holds us true….’ Don’t get me wrong, Springside gave me an excellent education, wonderful adventures, and life-changing experiences, but the greatest gift I got from my alma mater were lifelong friendships. These are human connections that have sustained me over the past 50 years. No intellectual brilliance or career accomplishments could match the power, nurturing, or satisfaction that I have derived from my Springside friends. For them and Springside, I am profoundly grateful.” —50th reunion

alumna

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