Saint Dominic Academy
Encyclopedia
Saint Dominic Academy is a four-year private high school
for girls in grades nine through twelve, located in Jersey City
, New Jersey
. Located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
, the school is administered by the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, New Jersey
.
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4.
Tuition and activities fees for the 2005-06 school year were $6,800 per year ($6,600 tuition plus a $200 activities fee). Service scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need and past performance, to enable students to subsidize their tuition through work. 2006-2007 tuition and activities fees will be $7,860 ($7,500 tuition plus $360 books and activities).
. On March 7, 1942, SDA moved to its present location on Kennedy Boulevard. In 1994, a new wing was open with new computer labs, science and language labs.
The school recently celebrated their 130th birthday on October 23, 2008. As a celebratory gift to the currently enrolled students and faculty, the school was closed on Friday, October 24 in remembrance of the long history of the school.
Saint Dominic Academy has been an IB World School since April 2007, offering students the IB Diploma Programme
.
Saint Dominic Academy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
.
Students are required to successfully complete courses in the following areas (numbers refer to years of study):
Full year major courses earn 5 credits; one-semester courses earn 2.5 credits. Two one-semester courses may substitute for a full year.
The credit for Career Development is satisfied by the use of an infusion method in all subject areas, an annual career day and attendance at a variety of career fairs.
A full year failure must be made up in a sixty hour summer session before the student may return to Saint Dominic Academy in the fall. The administration reserves the right to discontinue the enrollment of any student who fails two or more courses in a year. The decision whether any student will be dismissed by reason of academic failure shall be at the discretion of the administration.
Students may take either the entire IB Diploma Program or separate classes in the Certificate Program, with required tests administered before the completion of both programs.
(HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
(NJSIAA).
The school hosts:
. The school has two uniforms, one for spring/summer and one for fall/winter. Some components of the uniform can be worn regardless of the season. The seniors have a slightly altered uniform. The students must also wear brown shoes.
The Spring and Winter uniform consists of (For all Students):
sweater.They are also distinguished by their white knee high socks.
uniform consists of a blue t-shirt, and mesh shorts or cotton sweatpants
. This must be worn at all gym classes.
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
for girls in grades nine through twelve, 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
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...
, the school is administered by the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, New Jersey
Caldwell, New Jersey
Caldwell is a borough located in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey, about outside of New York. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,822....
.
Statistics
As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 490 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTEFull-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4.
Tuition and activities fees for the 2005-06 school year were $6,800 per year ($6,600 tuition plus a $200 activities fee). Service scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need and past performance, to enable students to subsidize their tuition through work. 2006-2007 tuition and activities fees will be $7,860 ($7,500 tuition plus $360 books and activities).
History
The school was founded in 1878 by a community of nuns from New York, with the objective to educate children of immigrants, primarily GermanGermans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
. On March 7, 1942, SDA moved to its present location on Kennedy Boulevard. In 1994, a new wing was open with new computer labs, science and language labs.
The school recently celebrated their 130th birthday on October 23, 2008. As a celebratory gift to the currently enrolled students and faculty, the school was closed on Friday, October 24 in remembrance of the long history of the school.
Saint Dominic Academy has been an IB World School since April 2007, offering students the IB Diploma Programme
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
.
Saint Dominic Academy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
and is 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...
.
Graduation Requirements
Certain minimum requirements have been established by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and Saint Dominic Academy for graduation. These are expressed in terms of successful completion of specific courses and credits.Students are required to successfully complete courses in the following areas (numbers refer to years of study):
- Religious Studies – 4 (Includes 40 hours of Christian Service)
- EnglishEnglish studiesEnglish studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
– 4 - American History – 2
- Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
– 4 - Health and Driver Education – 4
- Mathematics – 4
- Foreign Language – 2
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
– 2 (2 lab sciences) - World HistoryWorld HistoryWorld History, Global History or Transnational history is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective...
– 1 - Electives – 4
- ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
– ¼ - MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
– ¼ - ComputerComputerA computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
– ½
Full year major courses earn 5 credits; one-semester courses earn 2.5 credits. Two one-semester courses may substitute for a full year.
The credit for Career Development is satisfied by the use of an infusion method in all subject areas, an annual career day and attendance at a variety of career fairs.
A full year failure must be made up in a sixty hour summer session before the student may return to Saint Dominic Academy in the fall. The administration reserves the right to discontinue the enrollment of any student who fails two or more courses in a year. The decision whether any student will be dismissed by reason of academic failure shall be at the discretion of the administration.
I. B. Courses
The International Baccalaureate is a two year program that takes place during the Junior and Senior years. The following courses are available:- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
SL - Language HL
- ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
SL - History of the AmericasAmericasThe Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
HL - BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
SL - Visual Arts HL
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
SL - PsychologyPsychologyPsychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
HL - Math Studies SL
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
SL - SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
SL - Classical LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
SL - The other components of the IB Program include Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, and Creativity, Action, and Service. (CAS)
Students may take either the entire IB Diploma Program or separate classes in the Certificate Program, with required tests administered before the completion of both programs.
Physical Education
Physical Education courses are conducted at Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, NJ, located just a few blocks away from the high school. Students avail themselves of all of the College's gym/athletic facilities including a state-of-the-art fitness center, basketball and tennis courts, jogging track, and Olympic-size swimming pool.Athletics
Saint Dominic Academy 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 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).
The school hosts:
- Dance Team
- Track & Field Team
- Track Team
- VarsityVarsity teamIn the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...
Soccer - Junior Varsity (JV) Soccer
- Varsity 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...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Varsity SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- JV Softball
- SwimSwimming (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...
Team - Varsity BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- JV Basketball
- Varsity 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...
- JV Volleyball
Extra-Curricular activities
SDA hosts a range of after-school clubs. These clubs consist of a moderator and an executive board made up of seniors (normally) and are elected by the fellow members of that club. It is encouraged to join as many clubs as possible by the school. Some of the clubs that are run are:- AnimeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
Club - Asian Interest Club
- DYAC (Dominican Youth in Action)
- Yearbook
- Outdoors Photography Club
- Drama Club
- ELAN (Literary Magazine)
- Garden Club
- Glee Club
- Hospitality Club
- Link Crew
- Math Club
- Multicultural Club
- Model United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
- Metropolitan Experience Club
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- O Ambassadors
- S. O. F. A. R. (Animal Rights Club)
- Science Club
- STUCO (Student Council)
- The Trumpet (Newspaper)
Uniforms
It is mandatory, unless announced, that the students wear a uniformUniform
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates...
. The school has two uniforms, one for spring/summer and one for fall/winter. Some components of the uniform can be worn regardless of the season. The seniors have a slightly altered uniform. The students must also wear brown shoes.
The Spring and Winter uniform consists of (For all Students):
- A khaki skirtSkirtA skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs.In the western world, skirts are usually considered women's clothing. However, there are exceptions...
- Navy blue knee high socks
- Navy Blue knit skirt
- All students have the option to wear khaki or navy blue slacks throughout the year
For Seniors
Seniors can wear a white or navy blue polo shirt for Spring. In the Winter, they may continue wearing the polos, but they have the choice to wear a white turtleneck. The Seniors also wear a navy blue VarsityVarsity letter
A varsity letter is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its winner was a qualified varsity team member, awarded after a certain standard was met.- Description :...
sweater.They are also distinguished by their white knee high socks.
For Underclasswomen
Freshmen to Juniors must wear a light blue Oxford shirt. In the Winter, they must wear a white Oxford shirt. During formal occasions, underclassmen must wear a formal blazer.Gym Uniforms
The gymGym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
uniform consists of a blue t-shirt, and mesh shorts or cotton sweatpants
Sweatpants
Sweatpants are a casual variety of soft trousers intended for comfort or athletic purposes.In Britain, Australia and New Zealand they are known as "jogging bottoms" or "track pants".- Design :...
. This must be worn at all gym classes.
External links
- Saint Dominic Academy website
- Data for Saint Dominic Academy, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...