| Convent of the Visitation Visitation |
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Non Scholae Sed Vitae
Not for School, but for Life
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| 2455 Visitation Drive Mendota Heights, Minnesota, (Dakota County), 55120-1696 United States |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | September 8, 1873 |
| Head of school | Dawn Nichols |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics conference | Tri-Metro |
| Team name | Blazers |
| Accreditation(s) | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1] |
| Director of Upper School | Renee Genereux |
| Upper School Dean | Rene Gavic |
| Admissions Director | Katie Owens |
| Athletic Director | Mike Brill |
| Website | http://www.visitation.net |
Convent of the Visitation, also known as Visitation, is an independent, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Visitation is a coeducational school for grades PK-grade 6 and all-girls for grades 7-12. The school’s mission: to provide an excellent education within a Catholic environment rooted in Salesian spirituality. Visitation is the only all-girls secondary school in Minnesota. A true brother school, and often called it, Saint Thomas Academy, is located right next door and many classes and after school activities involve both schools. Depending on the sport or activity, some of its rival schools are Cretin-Derham Hall, Breck School, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, and The Blake School.
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Visitation is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school. It was founded by Sisters of the Visitation in 1873, who traveled up the Mississippi from St. Louis, Missouri at the request of some prominent businessmen in St. Paul who wished for a strong, Catholic education for their daughters. The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary was founded in France in 1610. The founders of the order are St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, from whom the order gained its Salesian spirituality. There are sister school locations in Saint Louis FL, Washington D.C., and Brooklyn TN as well as monasteries in other areas throughout the U.S. The current location of the school in Meindota Heights, MN, is the school's fourth location. The school is coeducational from preschool through grade 6 but becomes single-gender in seventh grade. Visitation is the only all-girls secondary school in Minnesota. The first graduating class at Visitation had only four members. In 2010 Visitation Minnesota had their first graduate to be accepted to Yale university.
Visitation offers 13 sports:
VISTA Productions is the combined theater troupe of The Convent of the Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy. They usually put on three main productions a year which include a fall drama, a winter dance piece/one act and a spring musical. VISTA Productions also is a participant in the Spotlight Program, a High School Theater Recognition Program sponsored by the Hennepin Theater Trust. In the spring of 2008, VISTA Productions received nine awards from this program including the award for Best Overall Production of a Musical for their production of Into the Woods.
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