St. Aloysius School, New Canaan

St. Aloysius School
Location
33 South Avenue
New Canaan, Connecticut

06840
United States
Information
Type Parochial / Elementary / Middle
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1956
School district Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
Principal Donald A. Howard
Grades K-8
Enrollment 190 students
Color(s) Blue and yellow (Basketball jerseys are blue and white)
Mascot Bulldog
Website

St. Aloysius school is a diocesan, Catholic school. Its address is 33 South Avenue New Canaan, Connecticut 06840. St. Aloysius was founded in 1957. It offers grades kindergarten to eight. The school day is six hours long, beginning at 8:20 and ending at 2:30. There are 180 days per school year. It is coeducational. Currently 190 students attend the school; 20 students in kindergarten, 19 students in Grade 1, 24 students in Grade 2, 18 students in Grade 3, 22 students in Grade 4, 22 students in Grade 5, 26 students in Grade 6, 22 students in Grade 7, and 17 students in Grade 8. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport.

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Courses

St. Aloysius offers Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Spanish, and Religion. As specials it offers Art, Physical Education, Computers (using Mac OS X version 10.5 'Leopard'), and Music.

Extra curricular activities

St. Aloysius fields a Junior varsity and Varsity basketball teams for both boys and girls. They have a girl's volleyball team and a coed track team. All these teams compete against the other Catholic and private schools in the area. Also offered are the Performing arts group, who put on plays and sing at school masses and in the annual Spring Show. After school, art and a book bunch is offered for first and second grade. A Math Club is offered for grades 2-5, and for the same grades there is also a Scrabble club. A homework club is offered as well. St. Aloysius also offers a chess club.

External links

The school's official website is at http://www.starcc.com/school/index.php

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