Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall

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Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall
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Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall
200 High Street

Milford
,
New Haven County
,
Connecticut
06460

United States
Coordinates 41°13′23″N73°03′54″W / 41.22300329526089°N 73.06486139896646°W / 41.22300329526089; -73.06486139896646
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Type All-girls
MottoFides consequitur quodquonque petit
(Faith attains all that it seeks)
Religious affiliation(s) Catholic
Established1905(119 years ago) (1905)
Founder Sisters of Mercy
CEEB code 070415
Head of schoolBeth Coyne [1]
Staff15
Faculty34
Grades 9–12
Enrollment280 (as of 2022-2023) [2]
Campus size25 acres (100,000 m2)
Color(s)Blue and white
  
AthleticsField hockey, soccer, cross country, swimming, volleyball, basketball, cheer, indoor track, ice hockey, skiing, golf, lacrosse, tennis, softball, rowing, and track and field
Athletics conference Southern Connecticut Conference
MascotCrusader
Nickname Lauralton; LH
Team nameCrusaders
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges [3]
PublicationThe Looking Glass (literary magazine), Hallmarks (school magazine)
NewspaperLauralton Highlights [4]
YearbookThe Lauralton
Tuition$22,975 Tuition [5]

$32,975 International Student Tuition [5]

Website www.lauraltonhall.org

The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, established in 1905 by the Sisters of Mercy, is an independent, Catholic, all-girls high school at 200 High Street in Milford, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Archdiocese of Hartford.

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It is the oldest Catholic college-preparatory school for girls in Connecticut. [6] In August 2011, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the Connecticut Historic Preservation Council. [7] [8]

The school's 25-acre campus is located a block from the Metro-North Railroad's Milford station. [2]

Students attend Lauralton Hall from nearly 40 cities and towns. [2]

Recent accomplishments

Lauralton Hall's engineering team consisting of 43 students in grades 9-12 recently participated in its sixth Sikorsky STEM Challenge and won. This year, students were asked to design a lightweight, semi-autonomous cargo transport system with color recognition abilities that would assimilate into the Sikorsky Skyhawk model. The system when activated will drive the Skyhawk rig to the identified colored building top, engage the hoist motor to retrieve the payload with the magnetic hook, and then return the Skyhawk rig to the starting location. The Lauralton Hall design utilized ergonomic buttons for activation and a 3-pulley system to reduce the strain on the hoist motor. Using an Arduino Uno, they programmed a color sensor to detect the correct rooftops and programmed the movements of the hoist and Skyhawk motors. Much of the mechanical design was created on CAD software and 3D printed at Lauralton Hall; this provided the foundational anchoring of the sensor, hardware, and electrical components of the system.

The Lauralton Hall Golf team won the 2023 SCC Girls Golf Championship at Blackhawk Country Club on Thursday, June 1 with a score of 388. Isabella Thomas '23 was also named to the SCC All-Conference team for girls' golf.

Milford United Percussion is a competitive percussion ensemble located at Lauralton Hall under the direction of Mr. Mark Allen, cordially dubbed Mallen by his students. It is composed of current and former students from many Milford high schools and surrounding towns and has been named MAC Festival Class A Champions in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023, and in 2024 champions of class Independent A. This group is consistently receiving Platinum ratings at the annual Great East Music Festival. The show this year included music from Betelgeuse the movie.

Notable alumnae

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References

  1. ↑ "Meet the Administrators". June 30, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lauralton Hall Quick Facts". Lauralton Hall.
  3. ↑ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Lauralton Highlights".
  5. 1 2 "Lauralton Hall Admissions". August 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ AOLMLH. "School Overview". Archived from the original on May 18, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
  7. ↑ Fairfield County Catholic, February 2011 page 15.
  8. ↑ Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11
  9. ↑ "Rosa DeLauro".


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