Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Ursuline Academy is a four-year college-preparatory private girls’ Catholic high school founded by the Ursuline sisters of Brown County, Ohio
in 1896. Current enrollment numbers 800 students from all over Greater Cincinnati (representing 50 different zip codes).
Ursuline offers a curriculum of more than 100 courses specifically designed to prepare the student for the demands of college level programs. A modular schedule (see below) is enhanced by the open-area structure which provides flexible learning areas. Twenty-six different co-curricular activities are available to students including 13 different sports at various levels.
(NJCL).
Ursuline also has an extensive film and video department, complete with an editing studio and an annual film festival which includes schools from across the tristate area.
Sarah Tanner went to the 2008 olympic swimming trials.
Brown County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 per square mile...
in 1896. Current enrollment numbers 800 students from all over Greater Cincinnati (representing 50 different zip codes).
Ursuline offers a curriculum of more than 100 courses specifically designed to prepare the student for the demands of college level programs. A modular schedule (see below) is enhanced by the open-area structure which provides flexible learning areas. Twenty-six different co-curricular activities are available to students including 13 different sports at various levels.
Tuition
The tuition for 2010-2011 is $10,800 ($275 additional for technology; $175 additional for activity fee. Tuition does not include fees for Kairos and Graduation. Each class level has certain fees such as retreat fees, special class equipment fees, etc.)Modular Schedule
During the 1970s, Ursuline switched to a modular schedule. This consists of 6 days (lettered A-F) each with 18 "mods". Each mod is 20 minutes long, with a three-minute passing time between each one added in 2004. Classes are either two or three mods long (43 minutes to an hour and six minutes). Ursuline girls say that the schedule works very well in helping them with time management and responsibility. Each girl also has a certain number of free mods each day to eat, study, do homework, work in the library, or talk with friends. As the choice of classes becomes more open to each student, free mods become more abundant. A typical Ursuline girl would have between 21 and 40 free mods a cycle. This varies with the amount of classes the student is taking.Clubs and activities
Ursuline Academy's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical LeagueNational Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
(NJCL).
Ursuline also has an extensive film and video department, complete with an editing studio and an annual film festival which includes schools from across the tristate area.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Girls TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- 1994 - Girls VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- 1975, 1993, 2002, 2009 - Girls SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and Diving – 1991, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 - Girls GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
– 1999
Other Athletic Accomplishments
- Golf State Runner-up 1992
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 1992
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 1994
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 1995
- Volleyball State Runner-up 1995
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 1996
- Golf State Runner-up 1998
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 1999
- Tennis State Runner-up 2000
- Volleyball State Runner-up 2001
- Golf State Runner-up 2003
- Volleyball State Runner-up 2003
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 2003
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 2004
- Swimming and Diving State Runner-up 2005
- Volleyball State Runner-up 2008
- Volleyball State Champions 2009
Sarah Tanner went to the 2008 olympic swimming trials.
Notable Alumnae
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, actress and widowWidowA widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed...
of John RitterJohn RitterJonathan Southworth "John" Ritter was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for having played Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively...
. - Theresa RebeckTheresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
, playwright and screenwriter - Erin PhenixErin PhenixErin Phenix , is an American swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Early life:Phenix was raised in Greenhills, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, by her mother, Laurie. She had her first swimming lessons at the age of eight. In 1997, at Ursuline Academy, she won the state...
, Olympic swimmer - Whitney MyersWhitney MyersWhitney Myers is an American swimmer. She swims for the FAST Swim Team in Fullerton, CA. She also swam for the University of Arizona...
, Olympic swimmer - Sharon Wheatley, Broadway actress and writer
- Linda VesterLinda VesterLinda Vester is an American TV news host. She was the host of Dayside with Linda Vester on the Fox News Channel, first joining the channel in 1999. She later left the channel to look after her children....
, news anchor