Dominican Academy | |
Streetaddress: | 44 East 68th Street (Upper East Side, Manhattan) |
Zipcode: | 10065 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 40.7689°N -73.9668°W |
President: | Alexandria M. Egler, Ph.D. |
Principal: | Leslie Petit, Ed.D. |
Faculty: | 26 |
Fees: | $1,000 |
Tuition: | $20,700 |
Athletics: | Basketball, cross-country track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and volleyball |
Motto: | Veritas |
Motto Translation: | Truth |
Accreditation: | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,[1] New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) [2] |
Mascot: | Dominic the Tiger |
Yearbook: | The Dominican |
Publication: | Veritas (alumnae magazine) |
Newspaper: | Student Prints |
Enrollment: | 240 |
Dominican Academy is an American Catholic college preparatory school for girls located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now Dominican Sisters of Peace).
The school is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS),[3] the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, and has been recognized twice with the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[4] the highest award an American school can receive.[5] [6]