Academy of Saint Elizabeth
| Academy of Saint Elizabeth | |
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Administration building
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2 Convent Road Morristown (Convent Station), New Jersey, (Morris County) 07961 |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′41″N 74°26′36″W / 40.77801°N 74.443388°WCoordinates: 40°46′41″N 74°26′36″W / 40.77801°N 74.443388°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-Girls |
| Motto | "Deus est Caritas" ("God is Love") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1860 |
| Founder | Sisters of Charity |
| Principal | Lynn Burek |
| Faculty | 39 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 244 (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9.5:1 |
| Color(s) |
Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Publication | SEAL (Saint Elizabeth Art and Literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Panther Banter |
| Yearbook | The Beth |
| Endowment | $2,050 (2016-17) |
| Tuition | $17,700 (2016-17) |
| Admissions Director | Kathleen Thomas |
| Website | School website |
The Academy of Saint Elizabeth is a private college preparatory secondary school for young women located in Convent Station, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1860, the academy is the oldest secondary school for young women in New Jersey. The school is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, but operates on an independent basis. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 244 students and 25.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a Student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
The community of Convent Station, which is adjacent to Morristown, was named for the railway station constructed in the 1870s to accommodate the 200-acre (0.81 km2) complex of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth that also includes the College of Saint Elizabeth and Saint Anne's Villa. The religious order was founded in 1859 in Newark, but in 1860 the motherhouse of the new religious order and the academy were established on the site near Morristown.
The academy is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
The Academy of Saint Elizabeth was founded at Morristown in 1860 by the Sisters of Charity. In 1859, Mother Xavier was commissioned by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley to establish a school for young women in New Jersey, the first secondary school for young women in the state. The Academy was established in Madison in September 1860 in a white frame building that still stands. The renaming to Convent Station would come later when Mother Xavier provided funding in the 1870s for the Convent Station train station just outside the school's gates.
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