Visitation Academy of St. Louis
| Visitation Academy of St. Louis (Viz) | |
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3020 North Ballas Road St. Louis, Missouri, (none) 63131 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′12″N 90°26′29″W / 38.63667°N 90.44139°WCoordinates: 38°38′12″N 90°26′29″W / 38.63667°N 90.44139°W |
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| Type | Private, All-Girls |
| Motto | Live + Jesus |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1833 |
| Founder | The founders of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary are St. Jane de Chantal and St. Francis de Sales |
| School number | (314)-625-9100 |
| Administrator | Margaret Karl (Lower School), Jane Eshamann (Middle School) |
| Principal | Barbra McMullen(Upper), Margaret Karl (Lower) |
| Head of school | Daniel M. Hildebrand (Interim) |
| Faculty | 53 Full time, 21 part time 72% have advanced degrees |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Enrollment | 622 (410 in 7-12) (2008) |
| Average class size | About 80 girls |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9:1 |
| Hours in school day | 8 hours |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Song | Visitation, We Thy Daughters |
| Athletics conference | Metro Women’s Athletic Association |
| Nickname | Viz |
| Team name | Vivettes |
| Accreditation | Independent School Association of the Central States |
| Average ACT scores | 29 |
| Publication | Vizions (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Paper Moon |
| Yearbook | Crescent |
| Tuition | About $18,680 |
| Athletic Director | Paul Stoecklin, Lisa Studnicki |
| Website | visitationacademy.org |
Visitation Academy of St. Louis is a private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
Visitation Academy was established in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1833 by a group of sisters from the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The group originated from the Georgetown Visitation Monastery in Washington, DC, and were invited by Bishop Joseph Rosati of St. Louis to start a school in the region.
The school moved to St. Louis in 1844, in part due to flooding in Kaskaskia. The school moved again in 1892 and moved once more to their current location in 1962.
Visitation Academy is divided into three parts, the Lower School, the Middle School, the Upper School. The Lower School comprises preschool through fifth grade;The Middle School is for 6th through 8th grade;the Upper School is for 9th through twelfth grade. The school is co-educational in the preschool, which uses the Montessori method, and is single sex (girls) in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The Lower School is the only all-girls school in the St. Louis region.
The school is known for its small size. The Lower School has approximately 200 students; the Upper School approximately 500.
Visitation is known regionally for its rigorous academics. Students participate in the Advanced Placement (AP) program and in St. Louis University's 1818 college credit program.
The school offers classes in Latin, Spanish, and French. Lower School students receive instruction in both French and Spanish. In seventh grade, all girls take Latin; in eighth grade, they choose to pursue either Spanish, Latin, or French for the remainder of their education.
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