Lacordaire Academy is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school

University-preparatory school

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 for women established by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell, New Jersey

Caldwell, New Jersey

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. The school has an enrollment of 95 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is located in the Upper Montclair

Upper Montclair, New Jersey

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 section of Montclair

Montclair, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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Lacordaire Academy is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools

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 and is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark

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The school was founded in 1920, and named for Pere Henri Lacordaire, a Dominican priest who lived in post-revolution Paris.

Activities

Lacordaire Academy provides many clubs and organizations that students can join based on their own interests and availability. At Lacordaire, a student can create any club that she desires as long as they find a moderator and people to join.

Leadership

• Dominican Preachers
• National Honor Society
  National Honor Society
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• Student Ambassadors
• Student Council

Clubs

• Black History Club
• Chorus
• Mission Club
• Environmental Club
• Mock Trial
• Ski Club
• Cheerleading

Graduation requirements

All students follow a college preparatory program. All requirements must be fulfilled or substituted with a course of equal value.

Required:

• 6 full-year electives
• 4 years Religious Studies
• 4 years English
• 4 years Comprehensive Health/Physical Education
• 3 years Mathematics
• 3 years Foreign Language
• 3 years Science
• 2 years United States History
• 1 year World History
• 1 year Fine Arts
• 1 year Computer Science
• 1 semester Project Justice Internship

Lacordaire Academy Lower - Middle Division

The Lacordaire Academy Lower - Middle Division is a private coeducation

Coeducation

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al Roman Catholic day school

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 which serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2007-08 school year, the lower - middle division had an enrollment of 130 students (in kindergarten through eighth grade, plus an additional nine students in Pre-K) and 13.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6.

External links

• School website
• Data for Lacordaire Academy, National Center for Education Statistics
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