Academy of St. Aloysius

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Academy of St. Aloysius
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Academy of St. Aloysius
2495 Kennedy Boulevard [1]

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07304

United States
Coordinates 40°43′35″N74°04′31″W / 40.726446°N 74.075146°W / 40.726446; -74.075146 Coordinates: 40°43′35″N74°04′31″W / 40.726446°N 74.075146°W / 40.726446; -74.075146
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Type Private, All-female
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Closed2006
Grades 9-12

The Academy of St. Aloysius was a private high school for girls located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. The school had an enrollment of 178 students and offered a college preparatory curriculum, an honors program and college credit courses.

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The school closed in June 2006, as did the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Hoboken, New Jersey, another Sisters of Charity girls' high school, as they merged to form a new school, [2] called Caritas Academy. [3] Also run by the Sisters of Charity,[ citation needed ] was open from September 2006 until 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius. [3]

The school was a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.

Athletics

The Academy of St. Aloysius competes in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [4]

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References

  1. Hudson County Catholic Schools, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 20, 1998. Accessed February 21, 2021.
  2. "A troubling decade for Catholic high schools in Hudson County". Nj.com . March 23, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Caritas Academy school in Jersey City to close down". Nj.com . March 14, 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed July 15, 2007.