Fontbonne Academy

Infobox_School | name = Fontbonne Academy


motto = Respect Responsibility Reconciliation Reverence
established = 1954
type = Private
free_label = Religion
free_text = Roman Catholic
principal = Mary Ellen Barnes
faculty = 47
enrollment = 620
free_label3 = Colors
Mascot
free_text3 = Blue and Gold
Ducks
location = Milton, Massachusetts
state = MA
website = [http://www.fontbonneacademy.org/ www.fontbonneacademy.org]

Fontbonne Academy is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory High School for girls, located in Milton, Massachusetts, USA. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. It was started in 1954 by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The school was fully accredited in 1959 by the New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Accreditation has been consistently renewed for ten-year periods.

Enrollment has multiplied from 97 students in 1954 to more than 620 in 2004. The student body is drawn from more than 60 different cities and towns throughout the Greater Boston area. Supported by a challenging curriculum,a two-building campus with state-of-the-art science, technology and language labs, and a first-class faculty and staff, 99% of last year’s graduating class went on to college.

Founded in 1954, the academy takes its name from Mother St. John Fontbonne, who re-established the congregation in France after its suppression during the French Revolution. Under her leadership, the first Sisters came to the United States. In Boston, the congregation taught in archdioscesan parochial schools, and also founded and conducted its own ministries, of which Fontbonne is one. As a sponsored ministry, Fontbonne Academy furthers the Sisters' charism--a direct outgrowth of the order's experience in revolutionary France-- of reconciliation, unity and non-violence in the school's academic programs, spirituality, and co-curricular activities. For five decades, Fontbonne has educated thousands of young women who are now sending daughters and granddaughters to experience the special intellectual, social, and spiritual opportunities a Fontbonne education affords.

Academics

* 99% of graduates go to 4-year colleges. [ [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ma/pqview/2002 The Principal's View of Fontbonne Academy - Milton, Massachusetts - MA ] ]
* 7 AP Courses: Art portfolio, Biology, Calculus, English, French, Spanish, and U.S. history.
* Foreign language(s) taught: French, Latin and Spanish. (2 credits of one language are required for graduation but 3 credits after the class of 2010 graduates).
* Students are required to complete one hundred hours (25 hours per year) of service outside of school to fulfill graduation requirements.
* Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: HSPT (High School Placement Test).

Athletic program

* Basketball
* Cheerleading
* Cross Country Track
* Ice Hockey
* Indoor Track and Field
* Golf
* Skiing
* Soccer
* Softball
* Spring Track
* Step Team
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Intramural Sports: Basketball, Flag Football and Lacrosse

Activities

* Anime Club
* Association for Diversity in Action (ADA)
* Best Buddies
* Campus Ministry
* Communiqué Club
* Choir
* Equestrian Club
* Fontbonne Ambassadors
* The FBA Tymez
* Fountainettes Dance Club
* Game Club
* Good Fountain Drama Production
* Gospel Choir
* International Club
* Instrumental Ensemble
* Jazz Choir
* Liturgical Dance
* Model UN
* National French Honor Society
* National Honor Society
* National Spanish Honor Society
* Peer Education
* Peer Ministry
* Robotics Club
* S.A.D.D.
* Select Chorus
* Service Club (Campus Ministry)
* Student Council
* Stylus Literary Magazine
* Wellspring
* Yearbook

Alma Mater

We come seeking living waters

Of wisdom and of grace.

We are searching for deep draughts of knowledge,

Ideals to embrace.

Come let us sing.

We have found the good fountain,

Rich and clear are her streams,

Enhancing us with her beauty,

Giving life to our dreams.

Through our veins flows the truth she is teaching,

Truth that we now may give.

No land is too far for our reaching.

In us Fontbonne shall live.

Come let us sing,

For our hearts are filled with laughter,

On our lips there is song.

We are women of courage,

By this fountain made strong.

Memberships

*Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
*New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Notable students and alumni

* Janelle Clinton, also known as Lyric Jones - 2006 Top Ten Finalist in Essence Magazine's Take Back the Music Song Writing Contest (Class of 2006)
* Liz Lohnes - Singer; Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater, winner 92 PRO-FM’s Kellogs Pop Tart Idol (Class of 2008)
* Tara OBrien - Broadway actress (Class of 1986)
* Lois Roach - Directed the Boston premiere of Crowns with the Lyric Stage Company of Boston. (Class of 1979)
* Dolly DiPesa - Managing partner of DiPesa & Company, CPAs, (Class of 1971)

References

External links

* [http://www.fontbonneacademy.org/ School website]
* [http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=o&ot=11&o=2793 Massachusetts Department of Education profile of school ]
* [http://www.csjboston.org/sponmin.htm Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston website]
* [http://www.sistersofstjoseph.org/about/our_history.html Sisters of Saint Joseph website]