Athletics
Students are almost always required to play a competitive sport or participate in a physical education program. Starting in the 1996/97 school year, certain fully scheduled students have been permitted to take one trimester with no athletics. Still, underclassmen must play two interscholastic competitive sports and juniors and seniors must play one:
- Fall: cross country, equestrian, field hockey, football, cheerleading, soccer (football), and tennis (girls)
- Winter: basketball, cheerleading (basketball), swimming, winter track, volleyball, and wrestling
- Spring: baseball, equestrian, golf, lacrosse, tennis (boys), and track and field
Where possible, George School competes in the Friends School League, but in certain sports, such as equestrian, football, and swimming, this is not possible due to the small number of league members that also participate. There is an annual competition with Westtown which results in the awarding of the Patterson Cup, which most students and faculty refer to as "The Moose." The scores are based on the results of all varsity and junior varsity competitions between the two schools.
The School once had a swimming competency requirement for graduation.
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