| Chase Collegiate School | |
| Motto: | Cease not to learn until thou cease to live |
| Streetaddress: | 565 Chase Parkway |
| City: | Waterbury |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Zipcode: | 06708 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.5476°N -73.0664°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Connecticut#USA |
| Fundingtype: | Private |
| Religious Affiliation: | Nonsectarian |
| Founded: | (Collegiate); (McTernan), (unified school) |
| Closed: | 2020 |
| Ceeb: | 070850 |
| Locale: | Midsize suburb |
| Teaching Staff: | 45.3 (FTE) |
| Grades: | Pre-K - 12 |
| Gender: | Co-educational |
| Enrollment: | 402 |
| Enrollment As Of: | 2013-2014 |
| Ratio: | 8.6 |
| Campus Size: | 47acres |
| Colors: | Green and white |
| Nickname: | Highlanders |
| Yearbook: | Salmagundi |
| Endowment: | $13,340,132.33 |
| Tuition: | $6,400 - $16,900 (Pre-K); $19,900 - $35,900 (K - 12) |
Chase Collegiate School was a nonsectarian private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school was on a 47adj=onNaNadj=on campus[1] in Waterbury, Connecticut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced its closure on August 13, 2020.[2]
, 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).
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.[3] The unified name was meant to appeal to both school communities.[4]
Circa 2004-2005 a "School Name Committee" was determining whether to and how to change the school's name.[5] The school leadership wanted a name that showed secularism as the school was at that point secular.[4] The institution was renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005.[3] All members of the school's board of trustees had voted to rename the school.[4]
On October 2, 2017, the school announced that it had been purchased by York Education Group, a for-profit entity which owns multiple schools.[6]
The school closed in August 2020 before the 2020-2021 school year could begin, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut. The school stated that the pandemic caused the closure.[7] By 2021 the campus was sold to Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), an organization that operates charter schools.[8] ACES operates "ACES at Chase" at the former Chase Collegiate campus.[9]