St. Vincent's Academy | |
Streetaddress: | 207 East Liberty Street |
State: | Georgia |
Country: | USA |
Zipcode: | 31401 |
Coordinates: | 32.0739°N -81.0911°W |
Affiliation: | National Catholic Educational Association[1] |
President: | Mary Anne Hogan |
Principal: | Dawn Odom |
Faculty: | 34 |
Motto: | Women Who Lead |
Accreditation: | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
Nickname: | Saints |
Colors: | Blue, gold |
Newspaper: | Pleiades |
Ceeb: | 112695 |
Enrollment: | 326 |
Enrollment As Of: | 2020-21 |
St. Vincent's Academy (SVA) is a private, Catholic, all-girls high school located next to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in downtown Savannah, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1845 when Father Jeremiah Francis O’Neill brought six Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy from Charleston, South Carolina, the school operates within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah and enrolls about 350 girls in grades 9-12.[3] [4]
The early history of St. Vincent's is intertwined with that of Savannah and the South. During the Civil War, eight-year-old Maggie Davis, whose father Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America, became a student at St. Vincent's. Her brother also came to the convent daily to recite his lessons.