Miscellaneous
The school's Rorer Center for Science and Technology, completed in 2009, is the first LEED-certified school building in the Philadelphia area. The center, which houses the school's science and robotics programs, offers working demonstrations of some of the latest environmental technologies and practices (e.g., pervious parking lot, graywater system) as well as visible connections to the local habitat through its native species arboretum and a full-size mural of the Wissahickon watershed that features local flora and fauna.
Within months of the building's opening, the FIRST Robotics Team took a first place at the Pittsburgh Regional and went on to finish third in the World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The team also took first place at the Philadelphia Regional in its first year, and a second place finish at the 2004 FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston, Texas.
The school's 19th-century main building was one of the filming locations for the motion picture Stealing Home. The film's director, Steven Kampmann, is a graduate of the School, and the film featured then-student Thacher Goodwin as the young version of Mark Harmon's character.
Read more about this topic: Chestnut Hill Academy