Mount Saint Dominic Academy is a four-year Catholic college preparatory school for women located in Caldwell, New Jersey, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. The school was founded in 1892 by the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 326 students and 33.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1934. Mount Saint Dominic Academy is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Dominican Association of Secondary Schools. Sr. Frances Sullivan '60, O.P., is the Head of School. The school, whose motto is "empowering young women", has a graduation rate and a college acceptance rate of 100%. Students are accepted into and attend some of the most highly regarded colleges and universities nationwide.
The school shares a campus with Caldwell College and the Sisters of Saint Dominic that covers 21 acres (8.5 ha). Facilities include state-of-the-art science labs, athletic center, and a 400+ seat performing arts center.
Study, prayer, community, and service are the basis of religious education at Mount Saint Dominic Academy. The Siena Service Program is a four-year program that is for community service which consists of a specific amount of hours of approved in-school or outside agencies.
Mount Saint Dominic Academy provides students with a wide range of honors classes; Mathematics, Literature, Biology, Chemistry, US History, World History, Modern European History as well as Spanish and French.
SAT prep courses are part of the curriculum for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. Graduates from the class of 2010 were accepted into over 160 schools and they were awarded nearly $10 million in scholarships and grants.
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