Academy of St. Aloysius explained

Academy of St. Aloysius
Streetaddress:2495 Kennedy Boulevard[1]
City:Jersey City
County:Hudson County
Zipcode:07304
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.7264°N -74.0751°W
Religion:Roman Catholic
Type:Private, All-female
Grades:9-12
Closed:2006

The Academy of St. Aloysius was a private high school for girls located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, 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.

The school 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,[2] called Caritas Academy.[3] Also run by the Sisters of Charity, was open from September 2006 until 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius.[3]

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).[4]

Notable alumnae

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19980530021727/http://www.rcan.org/schools/hudson.html Hudson County Catholic Schools
  2. Web site: A troubling decade for Catholic high schools in Hudson County. Nj.com. 2017-03-23. 2020-06-24.
  3. Web site: Caritas Academy school in Jersey City to close down. Nj.com. 2008-03-14. 2020-06-24.
  4. http://www.hciaa.com/home.html Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=fc47AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA324&dq=Katherine+Whelan+Brown+St.+aloysius Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 146