Chesterton Academy

Chesterton Academy
Address
5300 France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota, (Hennepin County), 55410
United States
Coordinates 44°54′25″N 93°19′46″W / 44.90694°N 93.32944°W / 44.90694; -93.32944Coordinates: 44°54′25″N 93°19′46″W / 44.90694°N 93.32944°W / 44.90694; -93.32944
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Motto Cultura vitae
(The culture of life)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 2008
CEEB Code 240-262
Headmaster David Beskar
Faculty 15
Grades 912
Enrollment 125 (2015)
Student to teacher ratio 8:1
Color(s) Navy Blue and Gold
        
Website www.chestertonacademy.org

Chesterton Academy is a private, co-ed, Catholic secondary school in Edina, Minnesota, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Launched in the fall of 2008 by Dale Ahlquist and Tom Bengtson, the school is centered on G.K. Chesterton’s ideas of integrated learning. It offers summer school programs, options for homeschool students, and adult enrichment classes.[1]

Chesterton Academy has been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Catholic High Schools for excellence in Catholic identity, academics and civics education" by the Cardinal Newman Society.[2]

Beginning in the 2012–13 school year, Chesterton Academy moved from its former St. Louis Park location into the premises of Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Edina.[3]

Chesterton Academy has several campuses around the United States. Besides Edina, there is one in Omaha, Chicago, and Buffalo, New York. [4]There have been plans to open one in Stillwater, Minnesota as well. There is also a campus in Italy, whose students have sometimes visited the Edina campus. Chesterton Academy also receives foreign exchange students from Guatemala.

References

  1. About | Chesterton Academy
  2. Nation’s Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced
  3. Private school moving to Edina, Sun Current, May 14, 2012.
  4. "Home". Chesterton Academy of Buffalo. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

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