Chase Collegiate School

School in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Chase Collegiate School

Address

565 Chase Parkway

Waterbury

Connecticut

06708

United States

Coordinates| 41°32′51″N 73°03′59″W﻿ / ﻿41.54755°N 73.0664°W﻿ / 41.54755; -73.0664
Information
Funding type| Private
Motto| Cease not to learn until thou cease to live
Religious affiliation(s)| Nonsectarian
Founded| 1865 (1865) (Collegiate); 1912 (1912) (McTernan), 1972 (1972) (unified school)
Closed| 2020
Locale| Midsize suburb
CEEB code| 070850
NCES School ID| 00233283[1]
Teaching staff| 45.3 (FTE)
Grades| Pre-K - 12
Gender| Co-educational
Enrollment| 402 (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio| 8.6
Campus size| 47 acres (190,000 m2)
Color(s)| Green and white
Nickname| Highlanders
Yearbook| Salmagundi
Endowment| $13,340,132.33
Tuition| $6,400-$16,900 (Pre-K); $19,900-$35,900 (K-12) (as of 2014[update])
Website| www.chasecollegiate.org
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Chase Collegiate School was a nonsectarian private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school was on a 47-acre (190,000 m2) campus[3] in Waterbury, Connecticut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced its closure on August 13, 2020.[4]

As of 2015[update], the enrollment was 276 students: 61 Lower School (age 3 pre-kindergarten through 5th grade), 75 Middle School (6th through 8th grades), and 140 Upper School (high school).

## History

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Chase was a co-educational school formed by the merger of two single-sex schools. The first was a girls' school established in 1865 as Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, later St. Margaret's School for Girls. The second was a boys' school established in 1912 as the McTernan School for Boys. Upon merging in 1972, the combined school was called St. Margaret's-McTernan.[2] The unified name was meant to appeal to both school communities.[5]

Circa 2004-2005 a "School Name Committee" was determining whether to and how to change the school's name.[6] The school leadership wanted a name that showed secularism as the school was at that point secular.[5] The institution was renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005.[2] All members of the school's board of trustees had voted to rename the school.[5]

On October 2, 2017, the school announced that it had been purchased by York Education Group, a for-profit entity which owns multiple schools.[7]

The school closed in August 2020 before the 2020-2021 school year could begin, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut. The school stated that the pandemic caused the closure.[8] By 2021 the campus was sold to Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), an organization that operates magnet schools

.[9] ACES operates "ACES at Chase" at the former Chase Collegiate campus.[10]

## Notable alumni

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* Grant Goodeve \- television actor
* Steven Erlanger \- journalist
* Joan Bennett \- actress
* Lucia Chase \- founding patron of the American Ballet Theatre
* Jayne Meadows \- stage, film, and television actress
* Gene Tierney \- actress
* Michaela Petit - victim of the Cheshire murders

## References

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1. ^ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Chase Collegiate School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
2. ^ a b c "History and Origins". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
3. ^ a b "Quick Facts". Waterbury, Connecticut: Chase Collegiate School. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
4. ^ "Chase Collegiate School to Close". August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
5. ^ a b c "Waterbury school plans to change its name July 1". The News-Times. Danbury, Connecticut. April 14, 2005. Retrieved June 13, 2024. \- See alternate version at Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
6. ^ "St. Margaret's-McTernan School to be Chase Collegiate School". Town Times. Southbury, Connecticut: Prime Publishers, Inc. April 7, 2005. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
7. ^ "Chase Collegiate now owned by private school chain". Republican-American. October 3, 2017. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
8. ^ "Waterbury private school abruptly closes its doors weeks before fall semester set to begin". WTNH. August 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
9. ^ "Sale of Chase Collegiate School location nearly complete". Republican American. May 11, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
10. ^ "Home". ACES at Chase. Retrieved June 13, 2024. "565 Chase Parkway Waterbury, CT 06708" \- Same address as former Chase Collegiate.

## External links

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* Connecticut portal
* Schools portal

* Chase Collegiate School

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Waterbury, Connecticut

Areas|

* Brooklyn
* Bunker Hill
* Downtown Waterbury Historic District
* East End
* Hillside Historic District
* North End
* South End
* Town Plot Hill
* Waterville

Landmarks|

* Waterbury Union Station

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* George S. Abbott Building
* Bank Street Historic District
* Benedict-Miller House
* Beth El Synagogue
* Bishop School
* Downtown Waterbury Historic District
* Elton Hotel
* Enoch Hibbard House and George Granniss House
* Hamilton Park
* Lewis Fulton Memorial Park
* Riverside Cemetery

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Transportation|

* Waterbury station (Train Service)
* Northeast Transportation Company (Waterbury Local Bus Service)
* Waterbury–Oxford Airport (in Oxford)
* Waterbury Airport (in Plymouth)

Education|

* Waterbury Public Schools
* Crosby HS
* John F. Kennedy HS
* Waterbury Career Academy
* Waterbury Arts Magnet School
* Holy Cross HS
* Post University

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* Chase Collegiate School
* Sacred Heart HS
* Waterbury Catholic HS

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* Republican-American

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