Academy of St. Aloysius
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The Academy of St. Aloysius was a private high school
for girls located in Jersey City
, New Jersey
, United States
, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. The school had an enrollment of 178 students and offered a College preparatory curriculum, an honors program and college credit courses. It closed in June 2006, as did the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Hoboken, New Jersey, another Sisters of Charity girls' high school. A new school, called Caritas Academy, also run by the Sisters of Charity, was open from September 2006 until June 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius.
The school was a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
.
(HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
(NJSIAA).
High school
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for girls located in Jersey City
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
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, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. The school had an enrollment of 178 students and offered a College preparatory curriculum, an honors program and college credit courses. It closed in June 2006, as did the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Hoboken, New Jersey, another Sisters of Charity girls' high school. A new school, called Caritas Academy, also run by the Sisters of Charity, was open from September 2006 until June 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius.
The school was a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools serves independent elementary and secondary schools throughout the state of New Jersey. The Association consists of 70 member schools with a total enrollment of approximately 26,000 students...
.
Athletics
The Academy of St. Aloysius competes in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic AssociationHudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association is a New Jersey high school sports association operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . The league consists of 23 public and parochial high schools in Hudson County in northern New Jersey...
(HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.-State championships:...
(NJSIAA).