Academics
St. Mary’s academic program is designed to meet the basic entrance requirements for any college curriculum. Requirements for graduation are: four years of theology and English; three years of mathematics, science and social studies; two years of foreign language; and a semester each of computer programming, computer applications, physical education, health, fine arts, and speech. Students are required to fulfill 28 credits for graduation.
Although students need not be Catholic to attend St. Mary’s, all students are educated in the Catholic tradition. This tradition includes four years of theology in the classroom as well as attendance at Mass twice weekly. Additional opportunities, such as class retreats, are available for students, and the School Chaplain and many campus priests are happy to guide students regarding their individual programs.
100 percent of St. Mary’s graduates who apply to college are accepted. A full-time guidance counselor assists students in selecting colleges and universities. In the past eight years, graduates have attended colleges across the world and in the United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, Michigan, Yale, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Purdue, Duquesne, Hillsdale, John Carroll University, Loyola of Chicago, Northwestern, Mercyhurst College, Michigan State, Florida State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Miami of Ohio, United States Air Force Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, Holy Cross, Kalamazoo, Albion, University of Dayton, Florida, Iowa, Colorado, South Carolina, and Virginia.
St. Mary’s Preparatory is fully accredited and licensed by the State of Michigan’s Department of Education, the Michigan Non-Public Schools Accrediting Association (MNSAA), and is a member of the Orchard Lake Schools, the Archdiocese of Detroit, the Detroit Catholic League, the Oakland Schools Consortium, and the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
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