Mount Alvernia High School

Not to be confused with Mount Alvernia High School, Jamaica.

Mount Alvernia High School
Provincial House
Address
790 Centre Street Newton, Massachusetts, (Middlesex County), 02458  United States
Coordinates	42°20′39″N 71°11′19″W / 42.34417°N 71.18861°W / 42.34417; -71.18861Coordinates: 42°20′39″N 71°11′19″W / 42.34417°N 71.18861°W / 42.34417; -71.18861
Information
Type	Private, All-Girls
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1935
Asst. Principal	Patricia Daley
Head of school	Eileen McLaughlin
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	Catholic Conference
Team name	Mustangs
Accreditation(s)	New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Admissions Director	Elizabeth Buckley
Athletic Director	Julie Gosselin
Website	mountalverniahs.org

Mount Alvernia High School is a private with grades 7-12, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Newton, Massachusetts located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

Background

Mount Alvernia High School was established in 1935 as an extension of Mount Alvernia Academy, an elementary school established in 1927. In 1972 Mount Alvernia High School became a separate entity when it moved to 790 Centre St. in Newton, Massachusetts. Mount Alvernia is a college-prepatory high school. Every student that attends graduates with at least one college acceptance. ^[2]

Mount Alvernia School size : approximately 240
Campus size : 23 acres
Average class size: 12
Teacher to student ratio: 1 to 9
10 varsity sports teams: Fall: Cross Country, Soccer, Swim, Volleyball, Winter: Basketball/ Ice Hockey, Indoor Track and Field, Spring: Golf, Outdoor Track and Field, Softbal, Tennis. ^{[3] [4]}

Senior Symposium

The Senior Symposium is the capstone project that all students complete during their senior year at Mount Alvernia High School. Symposium is a long-term project that requires each student to draw on the skills she has developed during her years at Mount Alvernia, and the end product is a thesis of the students education at MAHS. The project consists of a research paper for history, an analytical paper for English, research logs, and a formal oral presentation. The Senior Symposium papers completed by students are bound and become part of the permanent collection in the school library. ^[5]
Visit the Senior Symposium webpage to view a collection student's individual Symposium synopses from over the years.

External links

• School Website

Notes and references

1. ^ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". http://cis.neasc.org/cis_directory_of_schools. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
2. ^ MAHS. "OMount Alvernia History". http://www.mountalverniahs.org/Mahs/AboutMAHS/History.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-11. 
3. ^ http://www.mountalverniahs.org/about/at_a_glance.cfm
4. ^ http://www.mountalverniahs.org/athletics/teams.cfm
5. ^ http://www.mountalverniahs.org/grades9_12/senior_symposium.cfm