Mount Alvernia High School

Mount Alvernia High School is a private high school with grades 7-12, an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Newton, Massachusetts located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

Mount Alvernia High School
Provincial House
Address

790 Centre Street Newton , (Middlesex County) , Massachusetts 02458 United States
Coordinates	42°20′39″N 71°11′19″W
Information
Type	Private, All-Girls
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1935
Head of school	Jillian Boudreau
Grades	7–12
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	Catholic Conference
Team name	Mustangs
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Director of Admissions	Kimberly Kossuth
Athletic Director	Julie Gosselin
Website	mountalverniahs.org

Background

Mount Alvernia High School was established in 1935 as an extension of Mount Alvernia Academy, an elementary school established in 1927 located in nearby Chestnut Hill. In 1972 Mount Alvernia High School became a separate entity when it moved to 790 Centre St. in Newton, Massachusetts. Mount Alvernia is a college-preparatory high school. Every student that attends graduates with at least one college acceptance.[2]

Mount Alvernia school has approximately 240 students, and its campus covers around 23 acres. The average class size is 12 students, with an overall teacher-to-student ratio of 1 to 9. There are numerous varsity sports teams, including cross country, soccer, swimming, volleyball, basketball, ice hockey, indoor track and field, golf, outdoor track and field, softball, and tennis.[3][4]

Notes and references

NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
MAHS. "OMount Alvernia History". Retrieved 2007-05-11.
"About Us - At A Glamce". www.mountalverniahs.org. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19.
http://www.mountalverniahs.org/athletics/teams.cfm

External links

School Website

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
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Girls' schools in Massachusetts

Private girls' schools

Boston area	Academy of Notre Dame (PreK-8 coed, girls' high school, Tyngsborough) Elizabeth Seton Academy (Boston) Fontbonne Academy (Milton) Mount Alvernia High School (Newton) Nazareth Academy (Wakefield) Newton Country Day School Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) Ursuline Academy (Dedham)
Closed	Our Lady of Nazareth Academy (Wakefield)

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