Fontbonne Academy
USINFO | 2013-08-08 13:20
 
Fontbonne Academy is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory High School for girls, located in Milton, Massachusetts, USA. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. It was started in 1954 by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The school was fully accredited in 1959 by the New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Accreditation has been consistently renewed for ten-year periods.

History 
Founded in 1954, the academy takes its name from Mother St. John Fontbonne, who re-established the congregation in France after its suppression during the French Revolution. Under her leadership, the first Sisters came to the United States. In Boston, the congregation taught in archdioscesan parochial schools, and also founded and conducted its own ministries, of which Fontbonne is one. As a sponsored ministry, Fontbonne Academy furthers the Sisters' charism — a direct outgrowth of the order's experience in revolutionary France — of reconciliation, unity and non-violence in the school's academic programs, spirituality, and co-curricular activities.
 
Academics
 
100% of graduates go to 4-year colleges.[2]
Seven AP courses: Art, Biology, Calculus, English, French, Spanish, and U.S. History.
Many Honors courses in all disciplines.
Foreign languages: French, Latin and Spanish. (3 credits of one language are required for graduation).
Students complete one hundred hours (25 hours per year) of service outside of school to fulfill graduation requirements.
Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: HSPT (High School Placement Test).
Seniors complete a Social Justice Project each year which is a capstone project, spanning every academic discipline, where they advocate for a social injustice and present to the student body in the annual Social Justice Fair.
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