Our Passion

The History

The Glen Mills Schools was founded in 1826, originally incorporated as the Philadelphia House of Refuge. The Philadelphia House of Refuge was the third school of its type in the country, following the New York House of Refuge in 1824 and the Boston House of Refuge in 1825.

In 1892, the school relocated to its current campus in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on nearly eight hundred acres, and in 1911 changed its name to the Glen Mills Schools. Today, the Glen Mills Schools is the oldest existing school of its type in the United States, continuously providing services to troubled youth for the past one hundred and eighty-five years.

In 1998, Weed Golf Course Design was hired to construct an 18 hole golf course on a 235 acre parcel of land adjacent to the Glen Mills Schools.

Golf Course Career & Technical Education Program

Thank you for choosing the Golf Course at Glen Mills. Our golf course is a career and technical education program extension of the Glen Mills Schools. Since the year 2000, Glen Mills’ students have had an opportunity to gain hands-on training and develop golf industry specific skills in Turf Management, Turf Equipment Repair, Golf Course Management and Small Engine Repair. Upon completion of each given curriculum, our students are qualified to seek further employment within the golf industry.

The Results

Over 60 Glen Mills' students have acquired jobs within the nationwide golf industry!

Sean Kearney

Assistant Golf Course Superintendent, Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, New York

"My time spent at Glen Mills prepared me to become successful in life. It gave me a second chance, an opportunity to forget what I have done in the past, and plan how I was going to make something out of myself."
Stephen Curtis

Turf Management Instructor, The Golf Course at Glen Mills, Glen Mills, Pa.

"I arrived at Glen Mills as a boy with no direction and left Glen Mills as a man with goals."

Golf Course Maintenance candidates – John Vanzanten	Contact
Turf equipment repair candidates – Bill Kohlenberg	Contact
Golf course management candidates – Paul Stuhlmiller	Contact
Small Engine repair candidates – Joe Russo	Contact