Winchester Thurston School

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Location
Winchester Thurston School
555 Morewood Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Coordinates: 40.451496° N 79.942466° W
Information
Head of school	Gary J. Niels
Enrollment	High School- 696 Middle School- 499 Lower School- City: 399 North: 612
Type	Private, Coeducational
Grades	Pre-K–12
Athletics	for Middle School boys: soccer, basketball, and lax, for MS Girls: soccer, field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse
Motto	Candide Modo Fortiter Re (Gentle in manner, strong in deed)^[1]
Mascot	"The Winchester Thurston Bear"
Color(s)	Purple, Black, and Yellow
Established	1887
Information	(412) 578-7500
Homepage	[1]

Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The school was created by a merger in 1935 of the Winchester School (established in 1887) and Thurston School (established in 1902). Originally an all-girls school, it became co-educational in 1991.

It has two campuses: a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 City Campus in Shadyside, and since 1988 a suburban, pre-kindergarten through grade five North Hills Campus in Hampton Township, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]} The city campus expanded in 2006 with a new upper school building across from the lower school building.^{[citation needed]}

The school offers clubs such as Foundations of Language, Asian Studies, Ethics in American Society, Leadership, Robotics, Pop Culture Dance, and MTV Dance at the Middle School. In the Upper School, clubs include How Things Work, Amnesty International, People of Color, and Becca's Closet, and more.^{[citations needed]} It offers training in drama, dance, and voice beginning in grade six.^{[citation needed]}

1 Sports
2 Performing Arts
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Sports

Winchester Thurston offers sports such as cross country running, lacrosse, tennis, field hockey, swimming, fencing, basketball, table soccer, table tennis, rowing, soccer, curling, and golfing.

Boys Lacrosse
2006 WPSLA DII Semi-Finalists
2007 WPSLA DII Champions

Men's Rowing
2006 1st place Midwest Junior Rowing Championships (2X)
2006 3rd place Midwest Junior Rowing Championships (4x)
2007 1st place Midwest Junior Rowing Championships (2x)
2007 3rd place Midwest Junior Rowing Championships (1x)

Women's Rowing
2006 3rd place Midwest Junior Rowing Championships (N1x)

[edit] Performing Arts

Winchester Thurston also has a strong performing arts department, with the Middle School musical in the fall and the Upper School in the Spring. Winchester Thurston often wins Gene Kelly Awards for Upper School Musicals.