Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn is an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school

High school

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, located in Park Slope

Park Slope, Brooklyn

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, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York

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. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

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Founded under the aegis of an international teaching order headquartered in Rome, St. Saviour High School is located in Park Slope

Park Slope, Brooklyn

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. St. Saviour is less than a block from Prospect Park

Prospect Park

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 and a short walk to Seventh Avenue shopping. St. Saviour is near Methodist Hospital, Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble

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 bookstore, quaint shops, and restaurants. The school is also close to the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn Academy of Music

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 (B.A.M.), the Grand Army Plaza Main Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library

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, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Curriculum

The school offers Advanced Placement courses in eight areas: English Literature & Composition; English Language & Composition; American History; European History; Latin; Psychology; Calculus; and Chemistry. College-level courses are offered in conjunction with St. John’s University in the following areas: Pre-Calculus & Trigonometry; University Calculus; and French. In addition, Honors English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are offered in each of the four years. Computer Education offered in two of the four years.

Saint Saviour High School was acknowledged as one the Top 96 High Schools in the United States by a study conducted at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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. In 2009, a Saint Saviour student was the recipient of the $2,500 prestigious National Achievement Scholarship Program http://www.nationalmerit.org/nasp.php, an honor that is awarded to less than one percent of high school graduates across the nation.

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

• Campus Ministry
• Student Council
• Chess Club
• Spanish Club
• National Honor Society
• Gospel Choir
• Thabor, yearbook
• Voices, literary magazine
• Skyline, school newspaper
• Société Honoraire de Français
• Gaelic Club
• Art Club
• Anime Club
• Drama Club
• Restaurant Club
• French Club
• History Matters Club
• Instrumental Ensemble
• Library Volunteers
• Italian Club
• Roots "N" Shoots

Saint Saviour High School is also known for other extracurricular activities such as their annual Walk-a-thon and Song Contest. Song Contest began in the 1960’s, and is an annual competition which takes place during the beginning of the school year. Each grade of students; freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors

Twelfth grade

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 decide on a theme that has to do with their class and then create a song, banners, and props to go with the theme. On Song Contest night, the students present their songs and creations for friends, families, and classmates and are judged by alumni and faculty. The second annual event is the Walk-a-thon. The Walk-a-thon began in the 1990’s and is the first official event of the school year. The students are sponsored through donations or pledges

Fundraising

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 that they receive. The goal is for each student to raise $50. The walk takes place at Prospect Park

Prospect Park

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 in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

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Sports Teams

• Varsity Basketball
• Varsity Swimming
• Varsity Softball
• Varsity Volleyball
• JV Basketball
• JV Softball
• Tennis
• Soccer
• Boosters
• Cheerleaders