Academy of the Holy Angels
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- For the school in Richfield, Minnesota, see Academy of Holy Angels.
The Academy of the Holy Angels is a private Roman Catholic high school for girls located in Demarest, New Jersey, United States. The school has an enrollment of 590 students. The Academy of the Holy Angels, the oldest private school in Bergen County, was founded in 1879 in Fort Lee by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, as a boarding and day school for girls in Kindergarten to twelfth Grade. The school was originally known as "Holy Angels' Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies and Preparatory School for Little Girls."
The Academy's campus relocated from Fort Lee to Demarest in 1965, and now serves young women in grades 9 through 12. The Academy's mission is "to enable young women to reach the fullness of their potential spiritually, Intellectually and physically."
During the 1999-2000 school year, the Academy of the Holy Angels was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education[1], the highest award an American school can receive.[2][3]
The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
[edit] Athletics
The Academy of the Holy Angels competes in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which consists of public and private high schools located in Bergen County and Passaic County, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
[edit] References
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
