Lacordaire Academy

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Lacordaire Academy
Front Building of the Lacordaire Academy
Address
155 Lorraine Avenue
Upper Montclair, New Jersey, (Essex County), 07043
 United States
Coordinates 40°50′30″N 74°12′5″W / 40.84167°N 74.20139°W / 40.84167; -74.20139Coordinates: 40°50′30″N 74°12′5″W / 40.84167°N 74.20139°W / 40.84167; -74.20139
Information
Type Private, Co-ed
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic,
Sisters of St. Dominic
Established 1920
Head of school Brian Morgan
Asst. Head of School Margaret Farrell
Chief custodian Alexander Smolar
Grades [PreK - 12
Enrollment 140  (2008)
Student to teacher ratio 7:1
Color(s) Black and Red         
Slogan Inspiring Young Minds. Educating Tomorrow's Leaders.
Team name Lions
Accreditation(s) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Publication Zephyr (literary magazine)
Newspaper 'Laco Nation'
Yearbook 'Veritas'
Admissions Director Joan Hearst
Athletic Director
Website http://www.lacordaire.net

Lacordaire Academy is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for women established by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell, New Jersey. The school has an enrollment of 95 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, New Jersey.

Lacordaire Academy is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools[2] and is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

The school was founded in 1920, and named for Pere Henri Lacordaire, a Dominican priest who lived in post-revolution Paris.

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[edit] Activities

Lacordaire Academy provides many clubs and organizations that students can join based on their own interests and availability. At Lacordaire, a student can create any club that she desires as long as they find a moderator and people to join.

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Athletics

  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Soccer
  • Basketball
  • Lacrosse
  • Softball

[edit] Literary

  • Laco Nation (Newspaper)
  • Veritas (Yearbook)
  • Zephyr (Literary Magazine)

[edit] Clubs

  • Black History Club
  • Chorus
  • Mission Club
  • Environmental Club
  • Mock Trial
  • Ski Club
  • Cheerleading

[edit] Graduation requirements

All students follow a college preparatory program. All requirements must be fulfilled or substituted with a course of equal value.
Required:

  • 6 full-year electives
  • 4 years Religious Studies
  • 4 years English
  • 4 years Comprehensive Health/Physical Education
  • 3 years Mathematics
  • 3 years Foreign Language
  • 3 years Science
  • 2 years United States History
  • 1 year World History
  • 1 year Fine Arts
  • 1 year Computer Science
  • 1 semester Project Justice Internship

[edit] Lacordaire Academy Lower - Middle Division

The Lacordaire Academy Lower - Middle Division is a private coeducational Roman Catholic day school which serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2007-08 school year, the lower - middle division had an enrollment of 130 students (in kindergarten through eighth grade, plus an additional nine students in Pre-K) and 13.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ MSA-CIWA. "MSA-Committee on Institution-Wide Accreditation". http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
  2. ^ School Search, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Lacordaire Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 22, 2011.

[edit] External links
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