The Westminster Schools

The Westminster Schools is a private school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1951 and tracing its origins to 1878, Westminster has the largest endowment of any non-boarding school in the United States. The school's expressed mission is "to develop the whole person for college and for life through excellent education." Westminster originated in 1951 as a reorganization of Atlanta's North Avenue Presbyterian School , an affiliate of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church. Dr. William L. Pressly of Chattanooga, Tennessee's McCallie School served as Westminster's first president. The school... moved to its current campus in 1953 as the result of a land grant by trustee Fritz Orr. That same year, Washington Seminary, another local private school founded by two of George Washington's great-nieces in 1878, merged with Westminster. The resulting school was co-educational until the sixth grade, with separate schools for boys and girls continuing through the twelfth grade, a practice that continued until 1986 and provided the basis of Westminster's plural name.
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