Editing Norwood, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
Norwood lies within the [[Interboro School District]]. Norwood School serves students in grades K-8, and [[Interboro High School]] serves students in grades 9–12. The Kindergarten Academy, located in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, also serves pupils who reside in Norwood at the Kindergarten level.

St. James Regional Catholic School in [[Ridley Park, Pennsylvania|Ridley Park]] is the area Catholic school. It formed in 2012 from a merger of St. Gabriel Catholic School, located within the Norwood borough boundaries, and St. Madeline-St. Rose in Ridley Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholicphilly.com/2012/07/uncategorized/school-closing-list/|title=2012 Catholic grade school consolidations/closings|work=Catholicphilly.com|date=2012-07-15|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> St. Gabriel opened in 1960, with another segment of the building opening in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teacherweb.com/PA/stgabrielschool/homepage/ap9.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403062330/http://teacherweb.com/PA/stgabrielschool/homepage/ap9.stm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-03|title=About Us|publisher=St. Gabriel Parish School|access-date=2020-05-03}} - Identified as an official website by the archdiocese [https://web.archive.org/web/20090815131820/http://www.catholicschools-phl.org/findschool/schools_delaware_ele.htm here]</ref> Former St. Gabriel teacher Denise Crane stated in a [[letter to the editor]] to the ''[[Delco Times]]'' that students came from Norwood, [[Folcroft, Pennsylvania|Folcroft]], [[Glenolden, Pennsylvania|Glenolden]], and [[Prospect Park, Pennsylvania|Prospect Park]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Crane, Denise|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/letter-to-the-editor-a-st-gabriel-teacher-says-farewell-thanks/article_40117847-6982-577f-a932-7cf66ccc6d09.html|title=LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A St. Gabriel teacher says farewell, thanks|work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2012-06-12|access-date=2020-05-03}} - Letter to the editor</ref> Donna Kowal, who began teaching at St. James in 1968, recalled that there were over 1,000 students at the time;<ref name=Ormsbymemories>{{cite web|author=Ormsby, Barbara|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/st-gabe-s-memories-remain/article_27e0d361-fde9-531d-95b8-47b6d1b53611.html|title=St. Gabe's memories remain|work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2012-05-07|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> each grade level had about 200 students, with about four classes with around 50 students each, but that by 2012 the student population figures had sharply declined.<ref name=MengersSeasonofChange>{{cite web|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/season-of-change-new-regional-schools-poised-to-replace-long/article_82752938-0714-5283-ba75-b0eaeda6094a.html|title=Season of Change: New regional schools poised to replace long-time Delco Catholic institutions|work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2012-06-10|access-date=2020-05-03|archive-date=2020-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504035835/https://www.delcotimes.com/news/season-of-change-new-regional-schools-poised-to-replace-long/article_82752938-0714-5283-ba75-b0eaeda6094a.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The final enrollment was around 164.<ref name=Ormsbymemories/>