Chase Collegiate School

Chase Collegiate School was a nonsectarian private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school was on a campus in Waterbury, Connecticut. On October 2, 2017, the school announced that it had been purchased by York Education Group, a for-profit entity which owns multiple schools. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced its closure on August 13, 2020. , 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 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, until being renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005. Notable alumni 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