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}}Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational preparatory school located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Established in 1887, Winchester Thurston offers PK–12 education in Lower, Middle, and Upper School. The school is a member of the Pittsburgh Consortium of Independent Schools.WEB,weblink Pittsburgh: Center of Education, 2009, www.pittsburghmetroguide.com, 2009-05-03,

History

Winchester Thurston has its origins in the founding of the all-girls Thurston Preparatory School by Alice M. Thurston in Shadyside in 1887.BOOK, The Story of Pittsburgh, Vol. 1, Pittsburgh First National Bank, Pittsburgh First National Bank, 1919, The Winchester School was founded separately, also in Shadyside, as a coeducational school 1902. The two schools merged to produce the all-girls Winchester Thurston School in 1935. The school moved to its current Shadyside campus, formerly the site of Shady Side Academy, in the fall of 1967.BOOK, Pittsburgh's Shadyside, Donald, Doherty, Arcadia Publishing, 2008, 75, The school added its second Lower School campus in Allison Park in 1988;NEWS, School's construction outpacing enrollment,weblink The Pittsburgh Press, August 24, 1988, May 9, 2012, this campus permanently closed in June 2020.NEWS, Panizzi, Tawnya, April 2, 2020, Winchester Thurston closing North Campus, merging to Shadyside, TribLive,weblink July 8, 2020, Winchester Thurston became co-educational in 1991.BOOK, Jenn, Phillips, Loriann H., Oberlin, Evan M., Pattak, Insiders' Guide to Pittsburgh, 2nd Ed., Insiders' Guide, 2004, 390, The school has constructed several facilities, including the Main Building in 1963, a science wing in 1987, and a new turf field called Garland Field. The school has three libraries, an art gallery, Mellon Gymnasium, an athletics hall of fame, a solarium, a learning garden, a dance studio, the Hillman Dining Hall, Lower, Middle, and Upper school science labs, and three computer labs.WEB,weblink Independent Day School in Pittsburgh | Winchester Thurston,

Curriculum

Arts

Winchester Thurston has received Gene Kelly Awards and nominations for their theater performances.NEWS,weblink Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Kelly Awards: Pine-Richland, North Allegheny and Winchester Thurston receive top honors, Philip A., Stephenson, 2006-06-04,

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The interscholastic sports program allows Middle and Upper School students to represent WT on the Pittsburgh area's courts, tracks, and fields. WT fields athletes in crew, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, tennis, basketball, fencing, squash, lacrosse, and track. In 2021, the Boys' Soccer team won the WPIAL and PIAA State Championships and recorded a 24–0 undefeated season.

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External links

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