The Academy of St. Aloysius was a private high school for girls located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. The school had an enrollment of 178 students and offered a college preparatory curriculum, an honors program and college credit courses.
| Academy of St. Aloysius | |
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| Address | |
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2495 Kennedy Boulevard[1] , , 07304 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°43′35″N 74°04′31″W / 40.726446°N 74.075146°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-female |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
The school closed in June 2006, as did the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Hoboken, New Jersey, another Sisters of Charity girls' high school, as they merged to form a new school,[2] called Caritas Academy.[3] Also run by the Sisters of Charity,[citation needed] was open from September 2006 until 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius.[3]
The school was a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
Athletics
editThe Academy of St. Aloysius competes in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[4]
Notable alumnae
edit- Katherine Whelan Brown (1872–1942), politician who was the first woman elected to the New Jersey State Legislature.[5]
References
edit- ^ Hudson County Catholic Schools, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 20, 1998. Accessed February 21, 2021.
- ^ "A troubling decade for Catholic high schools in Hudson County". Nj.com. March 23, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Caritas Academy school in Jersey City to close down". Nj.com. March 14, 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 15, 2007.
- ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 146, p.324. Accessed December 17, 2022. "Kate Whelan Brown (Dem., Jersey City.)... Her education was acquired in the public schools and St. Aloysius Academy of Jersey City, and through post graduate courses."
External links
edit- Academy of St. Aloysius at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- "School website". Archived from the original on August 14, 2006. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- "CARITAS ACADEMY TO OPEN IN JERSEY CITY, SEPTEMBER, 2006". Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. - Information about the closing of the Academy of St. Aloysius