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St. Mary's Academy | |
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4545 South University Boulevard , Colorado 80113-6099 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°38′2″N104°57′38″W / 39.63389°N 104.96056°W |
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Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic; Sisters of Loretto |
Established | 1864 |
CEEB code | 060535 |
President | Iswari Natarajan |
Principal | Interim (HS) Andy Aldrich (MS) Karen Smith (LS) |
Grades | PS–12 |
Enrollment | 678 (2022-2023) |
Campus size | 24 Acres |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Navy blue and white |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Accreditation | National Association of Independent Schools
ContentsNational Catholic Educational Association |
Website | stmarys |
St. Mary's Academy (SMA) is a Catholic, independent day school in the Loretto tradition located in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. Founded by the Sisters of Loretto in 1864, St. Mary's Academy educates boys and girls. St. Mary's Academy is composed of a co-ed Lower School (co-ed Preschool through Grade 5) and Middle School (co-ed Grades 6-8), and continues its tradition as a college preparatory high school for girls (Grades 9-12). The U.S. Department of Education has honored St. Mary's Academy three times as a School of Excellence (a program initially titled Blue Ribbon Schools). St. Mary's Academy High School offers 26 AP courses.
St. Mary's Academy is the oldest continuously operating pre-collegiate school in Denver, and has the distinction of awarding the first high school diploma in 1875, a year before Colorado became a state. Originally situated at 14th and California Streets on the edge of the prairie, in 1911 the school moved and built next door to Margaret “Molly” Brown on Pennsylvania Avenue. Needing additional space and recognizing that families were moving to the suburbs, St. Mary's Academy located to its current home in the early 1950s. Begun as a school for girls, boys were welcomed into all Lower and Middle School grades in the mid-1970s.
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