Mount Aviat Academy

Mount Aviat Academy is a Roman Catholic independent, co-educational school, located in Childs, Maryland. It is run independently within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and is operated under the direction of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales.^[1] The current enrollment is just about 250 students, from Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.^[2] Mount Aviat was selected as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. This prestigious award is given annually to only 50 private schools nationwide.^[3]

Campus

The 25-acre (100,000 m²) campus is home to the school itself as well as a gymnasium, and a convent.

Athletics

Mount Aviat participates in the Diocese of Wilmington's CYM program and compete with other schools in the diocese. The school currently has a boys' basketball team (grades 4-8) and girls' basketball team (grades 4-8), along with a girls' volleyball team (grades 4-8). The teams are coached by parents and the athletic association is also run by the parents.^[4]

History

In 1950, with the support of their brother Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Sister Bertha Gonzaga and her companions journeyed from France to begin a new ministry. In 1952, the sisters converted the donated Cecil County Almshouse and established their convent, naming it “Villa Aviat”.^[5] In 1954, the Oblate Sisters' Kindergarten was opened. In 1960, the sisters established an all-girls' boarding high school, naming it Mount Aviat Academy, which operated until 1972, with its last graduating class.

In 1969, the sisters expanded Mount Aviat's kindergarten to include first grade and continued to add a grade level each year until its first group of eighth graders graduated in 1977. In 1979, Mount Aviat expanded to include a Preschool.^[6]

References

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External links

• Official website
• Official athletics site

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Bishops	Thomas Albert Andrew Becker Alfred Allen Paul Curtis John James Joseph Monaghan Edmond John Fitzmaurice Michael William Hyle Thomas Mardaga Robert Edward Mulvee Michael Angelo Saltarelli William Francis Malooly
Coadjutor bishop	Hubert James Cartwright
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Peter Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Greenville, DE St. John the Baptist Church, Newark, DE St. Joseph's Church, Middletown, DE St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, MD St. Francis Xavier Church, Warwick, MD Resurrection Church, Wilmington, DE St. Anthony's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Catherine of Siena Church, Wilmington, DE St. Hedwig's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Joseph's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Wilmington, DE St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilmington, DE
Education	High Schools Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE Primary Schools Mount Aviat Academy, Childs, MD St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, DE Former College St. Mary's College
Priests	John Barres Benjamin Joseph Keiley
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