Academy of St. Aloysius
The Academy of St. Aloysius was a private high school for girls located in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. The school had an enrollment of 178 students and offered a College preparatory curriculum, an honors program and college credit courses.
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Type | Private, All-Female |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Closed | 2006 |
Grades | 9-12 |
It closed in June 2006, as did the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Hoboken, New Jersey, another Sisters of Charity girls' high school, as they merged to form a new school,[1] called Caritas Academy.[2] Also run by the Sisters of Charity, was open from September 2006 until 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius.[2]
The school was a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
Athletics
The Academy of St. Aloysius competes in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[3]
References
- "A troubling decade for Catholic high schools in Hudson County". Nj.com. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- "Caritas Academy school in Jersey City to close down". Nj.com. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 15, 2007.
External links
- Academy of St. Aloysius at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- "School website". Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- "CARITAS ACADEMY TO OPEN IN JERSEY CITY, SEPTEMBER, 2006". Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. - Information about the closing of the Academy of St. Aloysius