Notre Dame de Sion
| Notre Dame de Sion School | |
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| Address | |
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10631 Wornall Road Kansas City, Missouri, (Jackson County), 64114 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°56′6″N 94°35′44″W / 38.93500°N 94.59556°WCoordinates: 38°56′6″N 94°35′44″W / 38.93500°N 94.59556°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-Girls Certified College Preparatory |
| Motto | Educating Minds, Expanding Hearts, Empowering Lives |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1912 |
| Head of school | Mrs. Chris Broderick |
| Grades | Montessori–12 |
| Color(s) | Purple and White |
| Slogan | Put Faith in their Future |
| Song | Chanson d'école (http://ndsion.edu/mission/school-song.cfml) |
| Mascot | Sion Storm |
| Accreditation |
Independent Schools' Association of the Central States (ISACS), North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Publication | The Siren (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Le Journal |
| Yearbook | Le Flambeau |
| Website | http://www.ndsion.edu |
Notre Dame de Sion School (pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtər ˈdeɪm də ˈsaɪ.ɒn/) is a Montessori through grade 12 certified college preparatory school located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion in 1912. The all-girls high school campus is located in South Kansas City, and the co-educational grade school campus is located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
History
In 1892, the Congregation arrived in the United States when four Sisters of Sion began educating young children in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. By 1904, the number of Sisters had grown to sixty. In 1907, the Sisters transferred to Marshall, Missouri, where they taught at Sion Academy until 1925. In 1912, Bishop Thomas Francis Lillis invited seven Sisters to Kansas City. Two taught in the Annunciation School. The others began a French kindergarten and gave private sewing, music and French lessons, which grew into the Notre Dame de Sion School. For decades to follow, the Sisters continued managing and growing the institution, building their first campus in Kansas City’s historic Hyde Park. In 1962, the high school moved to south Kansas City. Six years later the Sisters invited lay members to serve on the school's Board of Trustees, and in 1990 the ownership of the school was transferred to the Board.
Today, Notre Dame de Sion in Kansas City is one of seventeen Sion schools worldwide, sustained by the charism of the Sisters. Each Sion school is open to individuals of all faiths and cultures and works to educate the young minds of our world on interfaith discussion and acceptance. Notre Dame de Sion in Kansas City is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph as well as the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion. The school is owned by a lay corporation and governed by a board of trustees. The campuses include a college preparatory high school with many Advanced Placement and Advanced College Credit classes. The high school excels in academics, athletics, and the arts with 100% of their students attending college. The high school has also been named as part of the Top 50 High Schools in America. The high school is all-girls and there is a co-educational elementary and middle school for students pre-kindergarten through grade eight.[2]
External links
References
- ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ↑ http://ndsion.edu/mission/history-and-traditions.cfml
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