La Salle Academy (Rhode Island)

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La Salle Academy
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La Salle Academy (Rhode Island)
612 Academy Avenue

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Coordinates 41°50′32.55″N71°26′47.85″W / 41.8423750°N 71.4466250°W / 41.8423750; -71.4466250
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Type Private Roman Catholic Coeducational college preparatory educational institution
MottoLatin:
Religio, Mores, Cultura
English:
Religion, Morals, Culture
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
(Christian Brothers)
Patron saint(s)St. John Baptist de La Salle
Established1871;153 years ago (1871)
Founder Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
PresidentBrother Dennis Malloy, FSC
PrincipalTimothy Welsh
Grades6-12
Enrollment1,460 (2021 [1] )
Average class size21 students
Student to teacher ratio12:1
Campus Urban
Campus size60 acres (240,000 m2)
Color(s)Maroon and white
  
Athletics64 teams, 18 sports
Athletics conference RIIL Division 1
Sports
Team nameRams
Alumni16,000
Website lasalle-academy.org

La Salle Academy is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory school run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1871. the Academy currently enrolls 1,478 students in the sixth through twelfth grades, with the majority of students coming from the Providence metropolitan area.

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History

Campus facilities

Athletics

La Salle's 64 teams in 18 sports are referred to as the Rams for men's sports, and the Lady Rams for women's sports. Nearly all teams compete in Division I of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL). [1] La Salle Academy was noted in May 2005 by Sports Illustrated magazine for having the best athletic program in Rhode Island. [2]

The La Salle Rams Football team has been successful winning the State Championship In 2008 and most recently in 2017. The men's soccer team won six consecutive state championship titles from 2000 to 2005, and the women's soccer team won five consecutive titles from 2001 to 2005. In addition, the gymnastics team has secured ten consecutive state titles (2003–2012), with New England Championship titles in 2003 and 2009.[ citation needed ]

The men's lacrosse team won 8 consecutive state championships from 2012 to 2019.[ citation needed ]

The men's cross country and track teams have been the most successful of all sports at La Salle with 35 cross country state titles, 25 indoor state titles and 19 outdoor track state titles. Since 2013, the men's cross country team has won three consecutive New England Championship titles, and 5 from 2013 to 2019. [3] The team has also won prestigious races including Manhattan College Invitational, Great American, and NXR Northeast twice. This has led to two berths to compete at the 2014 Nike Cross Nationals as well as the 2019 events in Beaverton, Oregon. They finished 18th and 6th, respectively. The women's team has had equal success, winning eight states cross country titles and going to Nike Cross Nationals in 2009, 2015 (9th), and 2016 (18th). The women's track teams won the 4x1 mile relay at New Balance Nationals in 2015 indoors, 2015 outdoors, 2016 indoors, and were runner up in 2016 outdoors.[ citation needed ]

La Salle's sports rivals are other Rhode Island independent, Roman Catholic schools including Bishop Hendricken High School, Mount Saint Charles Academy, and St. Mary Academy - Bay View. East Providence High School is La Salle's traditional opponent in a Thanksgiving Day football rivalry that dates back to 1929. [4]

Notable alumni

Notable La Salle Academy alumni include:

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