St. Joseph's Academy (Missouri) Explained

St. Joseph's Academy
Streetaddress:2307 South Lindbergh Boulevard
City:St. Louis
State:Missouri
County:St. Louis County
Zipcode:63131
Country:United States
Coordinates:38.6251°N -90.4079°W
Religion:Roman Catholic
Founder:Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
President:Regina Mooney
Principal:Jennifer Sudekum
Karen Davis
Faculty:46
Act:27
Type:Private, All-Girls
Tuition:$15,375
Grades:912
Conference:Metro Women's Athletics Association
Motto:"Not I, But We"
Accreditation:North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Mascot:Angels
Team Name:Angels
Yearbook:The Echo
Newspaper:The Voice
Enrollment:505

St. Joseph's Academy is a private, all-girls, Roman Catholic, college preparatory high school in Frontenac, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.[2] It is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The school is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

History

St. Joseph's Academy was founded as Mother Celestine's in 1840. Mother St. John Fontbonne and the Superior Sisters of St. Joseph were sent from Lyon, France to the territories of Cahokia and Carondelet. Upon their arrival, they opened a convent school.

In 1841, Mother Celestine's moved from the log cabin that it had been founded in to a motherhouse in Carondelet, Missouri. In 1925, the academy moved into Clayton, Missouri along with Fontbonne University. In 1946, the campus became too small for both the high school and the college, so the academy abandoned the city and moved to Frontenac, Missouri. In 1955, the new building opened.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement . 2009-06-23 . NCA-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ . April 29, 2009 .
  2. http://www.stjosephacademy.org/about/schoolprofile.asp St. Joseph's Academy