Convent of the Visitation School

For the school in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., see Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School. For the convent in Madrid, see Convent of the Salesas Reales.

Convent of the Visitation School
Non Scholae Sed Vitae Not for School, but for Life
Address
2455 Visitation Drive Mendota Heights, Minnesota, (Dakota County), 55120-1696 United States
Coordinates	44°52′7″N 93°7′57″W / 44.86861°N 93.13250°W / 44.86861; -93.13250Coordinates: 44°52′7″N 93°7′57″W / 44.86861°N 93.13250°W / 44.86861; -93.13250
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic (Visitation Sisters)
Established	September 8, 1873
Head of school	Dr. Dawn Nichols
Grades	PK–12
Gender	Coeducational (PK-6) Girls (7-12)
Color(s)	Red and White
Athletics conference	Tri-Metro
Team name	Blazers
Accreditation	NCA ^[1]
Director of Upper School	Rene Gavic
Director of Middle School	Dr. Benjamin Tierney
Director of Lower School	Michelle Mechtel
Admissions Director	Mary Pat Ferraro
Athletic Director	Elisa Manny
Website	visitation.net

Convent of the Visitation School, also known as Visitation, is an independent, all-girls, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul. Visitation is a coeducational school for grades PreK-grade 6 and all-girls for grades 7-12. Visitation is the only all-girls secondary school in Minnesota.

A brother school, 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.

History

Visitation was founded by Sisters of the Visitation in 1873, who traveled up the Mississippi River 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 St. Louis, MO, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn, NY, as well as monasteries in other areas throughout the U.S. The current location of the school in Mendota 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 Catholic secondary school in Minnesota.

The first graduating class at Visitation had only four members; the class of 2014 is made up of 74 young women.

Sports

Visitation offers 13 varsity sports:

VISTA Productions

VISTA Productions is the combined theater troupe of The Convent of the Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy. They put on three main productions a year, including a fall drama, a winter dance piece/improv show 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 2014, VISTA Productions received ten awards from this program including the award for Best Overall Production of a Musical for their production of Shrek the Musical.

References

↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

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Notes and references

Tri-Metro Conference Teams

Schools	Blake Bears Breck Mustangs Brooklyn Center Centaurs Concordia Beacons DeLaSalle Islanders Minnehaha Redhawks Mounds Park Panthers St. Agnes Aggies St. Anthony Huskies St. Bernard's Bulldogs St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders St. Paul Academy Spartans Visitation Blazers

Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Crétin Thomas Grace Archbishops John Ireland Austin Dowling John Gregory Murray William O. Brady Leo Binz John Roach Harry Joseph Flynn John Clayton Nienstedt Coadjutor Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne

Auxiliary Bishops	John Jeremiah Lawler James J. Byrne Leonard Philip Cowley Gerald Francis O'Keefe James P. Shannon John Robert Roach Raymond Alphonse Lucker Paul Vincent Dudley John Francis Kinney William Henry Bullock James Richard Ham Robert James Carlson Joseph Charron Lawrence Harold Welsh Frederick F. Campbell Richard Pates Lee A. Piché Andrew H. Cozzens

Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of Saint Paul Basilica of Saint Mary Parishes Guardian Angels Church, Chaska Saint Peter's Church, Mendota Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Minneapolis Church of Saint Stephen, Minneapolis Church of St. Wenceslaus, New Prague Church of Saint Mary, New Trier Church of St. Michael, St. Michael Church of the Assumption, St. Paul Church of St. Agnes, St. Paul Church of St. Bernard, St. Paul Church of St. Casimir, St. Paul Saint Mary's Church of the Purification, Shakopee Church of the Annunciation, Webster Township Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Wheatland Township Historic Church of St. Hubertus, Chanhassen Chapel Our Lady of Victory Chapel

Education	Higher Education St. Catherine University University of St. Thomas Seminaries St. John Vianney College Seminary Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity High Schools Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield Benilde-St. Margaret's, St. Louis Park Bethlehem Academy, Faribault Chesterton Academy, Edina Convent of the Visitation, Mendota Heights Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis Hill-Murray School, Maplewood Holy Family Catholic High School, Victoria Providence Academy, Plymouth Saint Agnes High School, St. Paul Saint Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights Totino-Grace High School, Fridley

Priests	Joseph Francis Busch Peter F. Christensen Alexander Christie James Louis Connolly Timothy J. Corbett James Albert Duffy Hilary Baumann Hacker Patrick Richard Heffron James Keane John M. LeVoir James McGolrick Thomas O'Gorman James O'Reilly Francis Joseph Schenk Alphonse James Schladweiler John Shanley Paul Sirba John Stariha Thomas Anthony Welch

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