Ursuline Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for young women in grades 7–12. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. It comprises several counties of the state of Massachusetts...

, USA, it is owned and operated by the Ursuline Sisters

Ursulines

The Ursulines are a Roman Catholic religious order for women founded at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Angela de Merici in November 1535, primarily for the education of girls and the care of the sick and needy. Their patron saint is Saint Ursula.-History:St Angela de Merici spent 17 years leading a...

, a worldwide teaching order. The academy is a private Catholic school

Catholic school

Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...

 located on a 28-acre campus in Dedham

Dedham, Massachusetts

Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. It provides education in all areas and offers over 20 clubs and 10 varsity sports, all award winning. The Boston Globe has praised Ursulines' athletes, the Bears, as winning the Singelais Award for maintaining a 3.0 GPA or higher and excelling in their chosen activity.

History

The first Ursuline Academy in the Boston area opened in Charlestown

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Charlestown is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is located on a peninsula north of downtown Boston. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874...

 in 1819, but in 1834 the school was burned to the ground by a mob. In 1946, the Ursuline Sisters returned at the request of then-Archbishop Richard Cushing and began anew with a small school on Arlington Street. In 1957, the growing school relocated to its present site.

Clubs and organizations

Art Club - A club where students with an interest in art meet to do projects throughout the year. The Blazer - The school newspaper. Choral Club - A select group of students who sing at liturgies and school-sponsored activities. Social Justice on Film - A club that studies classic films, as well as those on social justice. Current Events - A club that discusses recent events in the government. Drama Club - This club produces twp performances a year: a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Recent performances have included Me and My Girl, Annie, Cinderella and A Midsummer Night's Dream. French Club - Students meet once a month to expand in French culture. Glee Club - A club that joins for the focus of singing and its enjoyment. Humanities Club - Meeting once a month, this club brings speakers to the students, as well as sponsoring many trips to musical productions, such as Riverdance, Wicked and The Lion King. Library Council - A group of students who assist the librarians. Math League - Students join to compete with other schools in six meetings a year. National Honor Society - A tutoring program run by Guidance and upperclassmen. Peer Ministry - A Catholic prayer group that discusses religious topics. SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) - This club focuses on encouraging good life choices and promotes many theme days such as "Reality Day" and "Switch-It-Up! Day." S.O.S. (Students Offer Service) - A club solely focused on the school's motto: Serviam. Spanish Club - A club based on Spanish and Latin American culture. Speech Team - The Ursuline Academy Speech Team competes regionally in speech and debate in the Massachusetts Forensics League. Student Ambassadors - A club that sponsors programs such as potluck suppers for incoming students, the Big Sister Program Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501 non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth.... , and the open house. Student Council - An elected group of students (two from each grade) that promotes the school and meets weekly acting as the school's government. Each year, the elected president and vice-president of the school attend the Ursuline Conference. Yearbook - Students gather to capture each year's treasured moments.

Athletics

Interscholastic Athletic Teams

Basketball Basketball Basketball 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...	V, JV, JH	Winter
Ice hockey Ice hockey Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...	V, JV	Winter
Cross-Country Cross country running Cross 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...	V, JV, JH	Fall
Golf Golf Golf 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....	V	Spring
Soccer	V, JV, JH	Fall
Softball Softball Softball 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...	V, JV, JH	Spring
Swimming and Diving	V, JV	Fall
Tennis Tennis Tennis 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...	V	Spring
Track (indoor)	V	Winter
Track (outdoor)	V, JV, JH	Spring
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball 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...	V, JV, JH	Fall
Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...	V, JV	Spring
Field Hockey Field hockey Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...	V,JH	Fall

• V = Varsity
  Varsity team
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  , JV = Junior Varsity
  Junior varsity
  Primarily in North America, junior varsity or JV players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition , usually at the high school and college levels in the United States and Canada. The main players comprise the varsity team...
  
  , JH = Junior High

External links

• Ursuline Academy
• Massachusetts Department of Education directory profile