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Austin Preparatory School Schola Praeparatoria Austin | |
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Address | |
101 Willow Street , 01867 | |
Coordinates | 42°31′47″N71°7′37″W / 42.52972°N 71.12694°W |
Information | |
Type | Private, Coeducational |
Motto | Unitas,Veritas,Caritas (To inspire hearts to unite, minds to inquire and hands to serve) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | Saint Augustine |
Established | 1961 |
Headmaster | James Hickey |
Faculty | 60 |
Grades | 6–12 |
Enrollment | 750 (2020) |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Green, White and Black |
Athletics conference | Catholic Central League (through Spring 2022); NEPSAC Independent (Fall 2022) |
Mascot | Cougar |
Team name | Cougars |
Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges [1] |
Publication | Tolle Lege (literary/art magazine) |
Newspaper | The Legend |
Tuition | $26,700 (2022-23) [2] |
Website | www |
Austin Preparatory School, known as Austin Prep, is a co-educational Catholic school for students in grades 6 to 12 located in Reading, Massachusetts within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1961.
The Augustinian Order has reached financial settlements with over twenty sexual-abuse victims of Robert Turnbull, OSA, an Augustinian priest who taught math at Austin Prep from 1965–81. At least eight of the victims were Austin Prep students at the time of the assaults. Robert Turnbull died in 2000. [3] [ third-party source needed ]
On January 20, 2022, the school announced that it would leave the Catholic Central League and Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to join the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council starting in the fall of 2022. The school will begin NEPSAC competition as an independent. [4]
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