St. Teresa's Academy (Kansas City, Missouri)

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St. Teresa's Academy
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Information
Religion Roman Catholic
President Nan Tiehen Bone, M.A.
Enrollment

Approx. 520
Faculty 45 total
Average class size ~18 students
Student:teacher ratio 12:1
Average SAT scores (2007) Critical Reading: 597; Math: 566; Writing: 609
Average ACT scores (2007) 25
Type Private, female only
Campus Urban
Motto Deo Adjuvante Non Timendum
School color(s) White and gold
Established 1866
Homepage http://www.stteresasacademy.org/

St. Teresa's Academy is a Catholic, independent college preparatory school, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and accredited by the College Preparatory Association of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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[edit] History

St. Teresa's Academy is the oldest school, women's and Catholic institution in Kansas City.[citation needed] The school was founded and is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

Beginning in 1866 at 12th and Washington in Kansas City's Quality Hill area, the Academy rapidly grew in enrollment and prestige.[citation needed]

In 1909 the Sisters relocated St. Teresa's to a twenty-acre site at 5600 Main. They named the campus "Windmoor" because of the constant wind blowing across the open prairie.

On the cornerstone of the first of what would become three campus buildings the Sisters inscribed the words of St. Teresa of Avila and the motto of the Academy, "Deo Adjuvante Non Timendum"... "With the help of God, we need not fear."

In 1941 the Sisters added a second building, Donnelly Hall, which housed the city's first and only college for women. In 1962 the college moved to the south part of Kansas City and became Avila College, later Avila University. In 1982 a state of the art gymnasium, the Goppert Center, was completed for the school's women's athletic program.

[edit] Academics

Students choose from a broad-based curriculum with over 115 different courses selections available, ranging from calculus and chemistry to language, graphic design and theater. The individualized modular scheduling, modeled after colleges and universities, and one of the smallest student-to-teacher ratios in the city, prepares 99% of Academy graduates who go on to college.[citation needed]

St. Teresa students routinely appear on the rolls of National Merit Scholarship Program, and that each year a majority of the graduates receive merit-based scholarships to many of the country's most prestigious institutions of higher learning.[citation needed]

[edit] Athletics

The Academy's athletic teams in basketball, soccer, volleyball, cross country, golf, track, softball, swimming, tennis and dance team commomly are top competitors at district, sectional and state finals. The school ranks among the top ten nonpublic schools in the number of times it has made it to the final four Missouri state championships.[citation needed]

The mascot of St. Teresa's is "Twinks" the Star.

[edit] Varsity Athletic Teams

  • Basketball
  • Soccer
  • Volleyball
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Track
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Dance

[edit] Notable Alumnae

[edit] External links

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