Aquinas Academy (Pittsburgh)

Aquinas Academy
Aquinas Academy
Address
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	2308 West Hardies Road; Gibsonia, (Allegheny County), Pennsylvania 15044; United States
Coordinates	40°35′53″N 79°58′4″W / 40.59806°N 79.96778°WCoordinates: 40°35′53″N 79°58′4″W / 40.59806°N 79.96778°W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Contemplata aliis tradere; (To hand on to others the fruits of contemplation)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholicism
Established	1996
Director	Richard Meland(HS); Michael Flynn (HS); Nicholas Salinas (MS); Mrs. Repasky(LS); Sharon Navari (PS)
Head of school	Leslie Mitros
Faculty	40 full-time; 6 part-time
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	447 (2020)
Campus size	14 acres (57,000 m2)
Color(s)	Blue and Gray
Athletics conference	Pittsburgh Diocesan League/WPIAL
Mascot	Crusader
Team name	Crusaders
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Asst. Head of School	Michael Burchill
Admissions Director	Mr. Austin
Athletic Director	Jim Richthammer
Website	AquinasAcademy-Pittsburgh.org

Aquinas Academy is a private, Roman Catholic K - 12 school in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, and consistently ranks in the top 5 schools in western Pennsylvania in its average SAT scores, in some years ranking first. The school also has consistently been named one of the Top Fifty Catholic Secondary Schools in the annual High School Honor Roll published by the Acton Institute [1]. The high school was ranked the number one Catholic High School in Pennsylvania in 2015 and 2016 by Niche.com and has been ranked the number one Catholic High School in the Pittsburgh area from 2015-2021 by Niche.com.^[3]^[4]

Background[]

The Academy was founded in 1996 for the purpose of offering a rigorous classical curriculum covering all the major areas of the liberal arts in an intensive college preparatory program. It is the only independent K-12 Catholic school in the Pittsburgh area.^[5]

Notes and references[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "School Profile 2020-2021" (PDF). Aquinas Academy. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
^ MSA-CIWA. "MSA-Committee on Institution-Wide Accreditation". Archived from the original on 2004-01-03. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ https://www.aquinasacademy-pittsburgh.org/
^ https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-schools/
^ Aquinas Academy. "School History". Aquinas Academy Website. Retrieved 2007-05-11.

External links[]

School website

[school_profile-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "School Profile 2020-2021" (PDF). Aquinas Academy. Retrieved 2020-11-17.

[MSA-_Committee_on_Institution-Wide_Accreditation-2] MSA-CIWA. "MSA-Committee on Institution-Wide Accreditation". Archived from the original on 2004-01-03. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

[3] ttps://www.aquinasacademy-pittsburgh.org/

[4] ttps://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-schools/

[School_History-5] Aquinas Academy. "School History". Aquinas Academy Website. Retrieved 2007-05-11.

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Aquinas Academy

Address
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
2308 West Hardies Road Gibsonia , (Allegheny County) , Pennsylvania 15044 United States
Coordinates	40°35′53″N 79°58′4″W / 40.59806°N 79.96778°W / 40.59806; -79.96778Coordinates: 40°35′53″N 79°58′4″W / 40.59806°N 79.96778°W / 40.59806; -79.96778
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Contemplata aliis tradere (To hand on to others the fruits of contemplation)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholicism
Established	1996
Director	Richard Meland(HS) Michael Flynn (HS) Nicholas Salinas (MS) Mrs. Repasky(LS) Sharon Navari (PS)
Head of school	Leslie Mitros
Faculty	40 full-time; 6 part-time^[1]
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	447 ^[1] (2020)
Campus size	14 acres (57,000 m²)
Color(s)	Blue and Gray
Athletics conference	Pittsburgh Diocesan League/WPIAL
Mascot	Crusader
Team name	Crusaders
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools^[2]
Asst. Head of School	Michael Burchill
Admissions Director	Mr. Austin
Athletic Director	Jim Richthammer
Website	AquinasAcademy-Pittsburgh.org