St. Patrick's Academy
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St. Patrick's Academy is the name of a closed Catholic grammar school
that was located in Chicago
, Illinois
. It was founded in 1883 by the Sisters of Mercy
.
St. Patrick's was located on the southwest corner of Oakley Avenue and Washington Boulevard. The school was across the street from St. Malachy's parish school. The school closed in 1969 . It served a small group of children (about 120, in eight grades and kindergarten
) from all over Chicago with heavy representation from the Italian, Irish and Polish communities. Class sizes were small and two grades often occupied the same classroom. Children traveled to the school by school bus, private and public transportation.
The large building that housed the school also provided rooms for single women who worked in the nearby Chicago Loop
.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
that was located in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. It was founded in 1883 by the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
.
St. Patrick's was located on the southwest corner of Oakley Avenue and Washington Boulevard. The school was across the street from St. Malachy's parish school. The school closed in 1969 . It served a small group of children (about 120, in eight grades and kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
) from all over Chicago with heavy representation from the Italian, Irish and Polish communities. Class sizes were small and two grades often occupied the same classroom. Children traveled to the school by school bus, private and public transportation.
The large building that housed the school also provided rooms for single women who worked in the nearby Chicago Loop
Chicago Loop
The Loop or Chicago Loop is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located in the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is the historic commercial center of downtown Chicago...
.