Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Jersey)

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Academy of the Sacred Heart was a Catholic school in Hoboken, New Jersey. Before its closure it was a high school for girls; it had circa 160 students in 2003. [1]

It was established as a coeducational day school, with a ten-slot boarding facility for students resident in New York State, in 1868. It at first had a frame building but later it occupied 713 Washington, [2] where it remained for the remainder of its life. Its building later had an expansion. [2]

In 2006 it merged with Academy of St. Aloysius to form Caritas Academy, [3] with St. Aloysius hosting the merged school, which closed in 2008. [4]

In 2010 Hoboken Charter School moved its K-8 students into the former academy building. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Home Page". Academy of the Sacred Heart. 2003-02-25. Archived from the original on 25 February 2003. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  2. 1 2 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 114, Part 11. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1968-05-21. p.  14319.
  3. ↑ Mota, Caitlin (2017-03-23). "A troubling decade for Catholic high schools in Hudson County". Nj.com . Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  4. ↑ Fink, Jason (2008-03-14). "Caritas Academy school in Jersey City to close down". Nj.com . Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  5. ↑ Moses, Claire (2020-04-13). "Hoboken Charter School Finds New Home". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

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