Newton Country Day School




























































































Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Buildings, Newton Country Day School - IMG 0292.JPG
Address

785 Centre Street


Newton
,
(Middlesex County)
,
Massachusetts
02458


United States

Coordinates
42°20′37″N 71°11′30″W / 42.34361°N 71.19167°W / 42.34361; -71.19167Coordinates: 42°20′37″N 71°11′30″W / 42.34361°N 71.19167°W / 42.34361; -71.19167
Information
Type
Private, All-Girls
Motto "Courage and Confidence"
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1880
Headmistress Sister Barbara Rogers
Grades
5–12
Enrollment 400
Average class size 13
Student to teacher ratio 6:1
Campus Suburban
Color(s)
Blue and Silver         
Athletics conference Eastern Independent League
Mascot Falcon
Rival Dana Hall School
Accreditation
New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Publication
Medley (literary magazine), "The Heart" (online newspaper), Très Bien (annual magazine)
Tuition $42,000
Brother school St. Sebastian's
Website





Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (often abbreviated to Newton Country Day School, Newton, or NCDS) is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school and middle school located on the Loren Towle Estate in Newton, Massachusetts, as part of the Sacred Heart Network of 21 schools in the United States and 44 countries abroad.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Notable alumnae


  • 3 Notes and references


  • 4 External links





History


Newton Country Day School was founded in 1880 as the Boston Academy of the Sacred Heart. It was the twentieth Sacred Heart School to open in the United States, and is a member of the international Network of Sacred Heart Schools, which spans forty-four countries and twenty-one cities in the United States. All Sacred Heart schools are associated with and live by the values of the Society of the Sacred Heart, founded by Saint Philippine Duchesne and Saint Madeleine Sophie in 1800 in Paris. Philippine brought the schools over to America in 1818.


The school was first located at 5 Chester Square in Boston's South End (now the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Washington Street), and subsequently in four Back Bay brownstones at 260-266 Commonwealth Avenue. In December 1925 it moved to the Loren Towle Estate in Newton, where the architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh added a chapel and a four-story school wing completed in 1928. In 1960 a gymnasium/auditorium was finished, with further additions of the Sweeney Husson building in 2002 (housing a theatre, state-of-the-art science labs, and an enlarged Middle School) and 2007 a new and greatly enlarged library.



Notable alumnae




  • Niia Bertino '05, musician, featured on Wyclef Jean's 2007 top 20 single, "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)"


  • Rose Kennedy, philanthropist and socialite[2]


  • Kelly Timilty (1962-2012), Massachusetts politician[3]


  • Sarah Van Patten, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet



Notes and references





  1. ^ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Journal, Daniel Golden Staff Reporter of The Wall Street (January 23, 2001). "Prep Schools Buff Images To Boost College Admissions". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved August 28, 2016.


  3. ^ 'Kelly A. Timilty-obituary,' The Boston Globe, February 1, 2012




External links


  • School Website









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