Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Jersey) explained

Academy of the Sacred Heart was a Catholic school in Hoboken, New Jersey. Before its closure it was a high school for girls; it had circa 160 students in 2003.^[1]

It was established as a coeducational day school, with a ten-slot boarding facility for students resident in New York State, in 1868. It at first had a frame building but later it occupied 713 Washington,^[2] where it remained for the remainder of its life. Its building later had an expansion.^[2]

In 2006 it merged with Academy of St. Aloysius to form Caritas Academy,^[3] with St. Aloysius hosting the merged school, which closed in 2008.^[4]

In 2010 Hoboken Charter School moved its K-8 students into the former academy building.^[5]

External links

• • Records related to the school at the Hoboken Historical Museum
• Academy of the Sacred Heart, Hoboken, NJ 1907. 1907 . Rutgers University Library. 10.7282/T36T0NSD . No Name Supplied .

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Home Page . Academy of the Sacred Heart . 2003-02-25 . 2020-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030225033512fw_/http://www.ashnj.org/Home%20Page.htm . 25 February 2003 . dead.
2. Book: Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 114, Part 11. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1968-05-21. 14319.
3. Web site: A troubling decade for Catholic high schools in Hudson County. Nj.com. Mota. Caitlin. 2017-03-23. 2020-06-24.
4. Web site: Caritas Academy school in Jersey City to close down. Nj.com. Fink. Jason. 2008-03-14. 2020-06-24.
5. Web site: Moses, Claire. Hoboken Charter School Finds New Home. Hoboken Patch. 2020-04-13. 2020-06-24.