Incarnate Word Academy (Bel-Nor, Missouri)

Incarnate Word Academy
Address
2788 Normandy Drive
Bel-Nor, Missouri, (St. Louis County), 63121
United States
Coordinates 38°41′59″N 90°18′44″W / 38.6996°N 90.3123°W / 38.6996; -90.3123Coordinates: 38°41′59″N 90°18′44″W / 38.6996°N 90.3123°W / 38.6996; -90.3123
Information
Type Private, All-Female
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
(Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word)
Established 1932
President Sr. Helena Monahan, CCVI
Principal Molly Grumich
Grades 912
Enrollment 511 (2008)
Average class size 20
Student to teacher ratio 12:1
Color(s) Red and Gold         
Team name Red Knights
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Dean of Students Jim Johnson
Admissions Director Patty Senft
Website iwacademy.org

Incarnate Word Academy is a Roman Catholic, private, secondary school for women. The school is sponsored by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. The school is located in Bel-Nor, a suburb of St. Louis, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

History

In 1932, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word opened the all-girls high school in response to a need for the education of young women. The first year, the school enrolled thirty-five students. Three additional buildings and seventy-five years later, the school is now home to about five hundred students.[2]

Athletics

Cheerleading, soccer, volleyball, and basketball are sports in which the school has won state championships. The school also offers a variety of sports including softball, tennis, golf, cross country, track, dance, and swimming. The Red Knights most recent state championship was in the winter 2014-2015 Basketball season. The state championship game took place March 21, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri, at the Mizzou Arena. Incarnate Word beat MICDS 60 - 27,[3] bringing the school their third state championship title in four years for basketball.

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