Saint Dominic Academy

Saint Dominic Academy

Infobox_School
name = Saint Dominic Academy


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established = 1878
grades = 9 - 12
district =
type = Private high school for girls
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viceprincipal =
enrollment = 509 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 48.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 10.6
nickname = Blue Devils
conference = Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
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location = 2572 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07304
information = 201-434-5938
website = [http://www.stdominicacad.com School website]

Saint Dominic Academy (SDA) is a four-year private high school for girls in grades nine through twelve, located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, the school is administered by the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, New Jersey.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 509 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.6. [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00862518&ID=00862518 Saint Dominic Academy] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2008.]

Tuition and activities fees for the 2005-06 school year were $6,800 per year ($6,600 tuition plus a$200 activities fee). Service scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need and past performance, to enable students to subsidize their tuition through work. 2006-2007 tuition and activities fees will be $7,860 ($7,500 tuition plus $360 books and activities). [ [http://www.stdominicacad.com/facts.htm Saint Dominic Academy: Fast facts] , accessed May 11, 2006]

The school was founded in 1878 by a community of nuns from New York, with the objective to educate children of immigrants. On March 7, 1942, SDA moved to its present location on Kennedy Boulevard. In 1994, a new wing was open with new computer labs, science and language labs.

Saint Dominic Academy has been an IB World School since April 2007, offering students the IB Diploma Programme. [ [http://www.ibo.org/school/002946/ Saint Dominic Academy] , International Baccalaureate Organization. Accessed August 14, 2008.]

Saint Dominic Academy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. [ [http://www.njais.org/listing.html School Search] , New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.]

Athletics

Saint Dominic Academy competes in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [ [http://www.hciaa.com/home.html Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association] . Accessed July 15, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.stdominicacad.com/ Saint Dominic Academy website]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00862518&ID=00862518 Data for Saint Dominic Academy] , National Center for Education Statistics


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