Ursuline Academy (Dedham, Massachusetts)

Ursuline Academy
Serviam I will serve.
Address
85 Lowder Street Dedham, Massachusetts, (Norfolk County) 02026 United States
Coordinates	42°14′42″N 71°11′3″W / 42.24500°N 71.18417°W / 42.24500; -71.18417Coordinates: 42°14′42″N 71°11′3″W / 42.24500°N 71.18417°W / 42.24500; -71.18417
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1819
Sister school	Xaverian Brothers High School
President	Mrs. Rosann Whiting
Principal	Mrs. Mary Jo Keaney
Grades	7–12
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	approx. 450 (2008)
Color(s)	Dark Green and White
Slogan	Serviam
Song	"Serivam"
Mascot	Bear
Nickname	UA
Team name	Bears
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges^[1]
Newspaper	The Blazer
Admissions Director	Catherine Spencer
Athletic Director	Michael O'Connor
Website	www.ursulineacademy.net

Ursuline Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for young women in grades 7–12. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, USA, it is owned and operated by the Ursuline Sisters, a worldwide teaching order. The academy is a private Catholic school located on a 28-acre campus in Dedham, Massachusetts. It provides education in all areas and offers over 20 clubs and 10 varsity sports, all award winning. The Boston Globe has praised Ursulines' athletes, the Bears, as winning the Singelais Award for maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher and excelling in their chosen activity.

History

The first Ursuline Academy in the Boston area opened in Charlestown in 1819. In 1957, the growing school relocated to its present site.^[2]

Notable Alumna

Marian Walsh, Massachusetts State Senator

References

↑ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Retrieved 2009-07-28.
↑ History Official site.

External links

Ursuline Academy
Massachusetts Department of Education directory profile

Archdiocese of Boston

Ordinaries	Bishops Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus Benedict Joseph Fenwick John Bernard Fitzpatrick Archbishops John Joseph Williams Cardinal William Henry O'Connell Cardinal Richard Cushing Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros Cardinal Bernard Francis Law Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley Auxiliary Bishops John Anthony Dooher Walter James Edyvean Robert Francis Hennessey Arthur Kennedy Peter John Uglietto

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Cross Basilica Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (The Mission Church) Parishes Holy Trinity Parish, Lowell Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Boston St. Albert the Great Church, Weymouth St. John the Baptist Parish, Salem St. Mary's Church, Dedham St. Mary's Church, Waltham St. Mary's Church, Winchester St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr's Parish, Chelsea St. Susanna Church, Dedham

Education	Seminaries Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary St. John's Seminary Colleges Boston College Emmanuel College Labouré College Marian Court College Merrimack College Regis College St. John's Seminary High Schools Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington Austin Preparatory School, Reading Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody Boston College High School, Dorchester Cardinal Spellman High School, Brockton Cathedral High School, Boston Catholic Memorial School, West Roxbury Central Catholic High School, Lawrence Cristo Rey Boston High School, Dorchester Elizabeth Seton Academy, Boston Fontbonne Academy, Milton Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell Malden Catholic High School, Malden Marian High School Framingham Matignon High School, Cambridge Mount Alvernia High School, Newton Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Boston Nazareth Academy, Wakefield Newton Country Day School, Newton Notre Dame Academy, Hingham Notre Dame High School, Lawrence Pope John XXIII High School, Everett Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen Sacred Heart High School, Kingston Saint Clement High School, Medford St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers St. Mary's High School, Lynn Saint Sebastian's School, Needham Ursuline Academy, Dedham Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood

Catholicism portal

Girls' schools in Massachusetts

Private girls' schools

Boston area	Academy of Notre Dame (PreK-8 coed, girls' high school, Tyngsborough) Elizabeth Seton Academy (Boston) Fontbonne Academy (Milton) Mount Alvernia High School (Newton) Nazareth Academy (Wakefield) Newton Country Day School Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) Ursuline Academy (Dedham)

Closed	Our Lady of Nazareth Academy (Wakefield)

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