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Academy of Saint Elizabeth
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Celebrates 140 years
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The Academy of Saint Elizabeth is celebrating their 140th year as a learning institution for high school girls. (right)
Guiding the school through this historic time is Sister Patricia Mary McMullen, SC; who taught as a novice from 1947-1949, and has been the principal for the last 14 years.
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Photo By Joe Gigli
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Photos By Joe Gigli
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A Brief History: The Academy of Saint Elizabeth, founded in Newark in 1859, was relocated to Convent Station in 1860 and was housed in a small building of the Seton Complex on Convent grounds in what previously had been used as a select French boarding school conducted by Madame Chegary, and more recently, as the home of Seton Hall College. Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, appointed Sister Mary Agnes O'Neill as first Directress of the Academy in 1860. In less than five years the school had achieved a reputation for scholarship, becoming an institution of culture and Catholic learning for young women. Finally in 1900, Xavier Hall was erected. This new Academy building contained classrooms, an auditorium, a library and laboratories. Xavier Hall is still in use today. No longer a boarding school, the Academy is situated on a 200-acre campus and remains a private Catholic secondary school for girls, which endeavors to develop well integrated students who will be eager and capable of taking their place in a democratic society.
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Convent Station - (top left) Xavier Hall, on the campus of The Academy of Saint Elizabeth. (top right)
(l-r) Sister Alice Schwartz, teaches Bible Study class, as students Danielle Delluccia; and Madison Adames look over the books. (above left) Students spend time in the Study Hall. (right)
A painting of Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan, foundress of the school. (below left) A view of the Study Hall as it appeared at the turn of the century.
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Convent Station - (left)
Kathleen Tallmadge, of Madison; a student at The Academy of Saint Elizabeth poses by the schools sports trophys. Tallmadge will be presented with the award of Scholar Athlete by the NJSIAA.
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Convent Station - (left) Sister Alice Schwartz, shares a laugh with her class.
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