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Ursuline Academy (Delaware)

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Ursuline Academy
Address

1106 Pennsylvania Avenue Wilmington , New Castle County , Delaware 19806 United States
Coordinates	39°45′10″N 75°33′32″W / 39.75278°N 75.55889°W / 39.75278; -75.55889
Information
Type	Private, independent
Motto	Serviam (I will serve)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic Ursulines
Patron saint(s)	St. Angela Merici
Established	1893 (131 years ago) (1893)^[2]
CEEB code	080210
President	Trisha Medeiros
Principal	Jeffrey Danilak (upper school) Ann V. Phillips (middle school) Samantha Varano (lower school)
Grades	Montessori 3,4,5, Kindergarten, 5th - 12th grade
Color(s)	Red and white
Mascot	Raider
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]
Tuition	$7,650-$24,965
Website	www.ursuline.org

Ursuline Academy is a private schoolinWilmington, Delaware, which offers Early Childhood (Montessori (ages 3–5) and Kindergarten) and elementary (grades 1–5) school for both girls and boys, Middle (Grades 6–8), and Upper (Grades 9–12) school classes for girls. Established in 1893 by the Ursulines, it is an independent, Catholic, college-preparatory school.

Notable alumni

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Erin Arvedlund, financial journalist^[3]
Valerie Biden Owens, political strategist, sister of President Joe Biden^[4]
Vera Gilbride Davis, Delaware politician^{[citation needed]}
Elena Delle Donne, WNBA player for the Washington Mystics;^[5] played collegiately at the University of Delaware^[6]
Aubrey Plaza, actress, comedian, and producer^[7]
Marjorie Rendell, federal judge and former first lady for the State of Pennsylvania ^[8]
Val Whiting, former WNBA player; athletic hall of fame inductee at Stanford University^[9]

References

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^ MSA-CIWA. "MSA-Committee on Institution-Wide Accreditation". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

^ "History". ursuline.org. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

^ "Delawarean Erin Arvedlund reacts to ABC's portrayal of Bernie Madoff". Delaware Business Times. 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

^ Ursuline 2018 Inductees accessed 11/9/2020

^ "Val Whiting - Women's Basketball". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

^ "Elena DelleDonne joins UD volleyball team". www1.udel.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

^ "Wilmington Native Aubrey Plaza Pokes Fun at Her Hometown on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"". Delaware Today. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

^ "The Private School Insider". Delaware Today. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

^ "Val Whiting - Women's Basketball". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

External links

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Official website

Wilmington, Delaware

Areas

Historic districts

Education

Closed

Transportation

Wilmington station
Wilmington Airport (near Wilmington)

Landmarks

NRHP sites

History

This list is incomplete. This template only lists high schools actually in the Wilmington city limits and not places which have "Wilmington, DE" addresses but are not in the city limits.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington

Bishops

Thomas Albert Andrew Becker

Alfred Allen Paul Curtis

John James Joseph Monaghan

Edmond John Fitzmaurice

Michael William Hyle

Thomas Mardaga

Robert Edward Mulvee

Michael Angelo Saltarelli

William Francis Malooly

William Edward Koenig

Coadjutor bishop

Hubert James Cartwright

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Peter

Parishes: St. Joseph's Church, Greenville, DE; St. John the Baptist Church, Newark, DE; St. Joseph's Church, Middletown, DE; St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, MD; St. Francis Xavier Church, Warwick, MD; Resurrection Church, Wilmington, DE; Immaculate Conception Parish, Elkton, MD; St. Anthony's Church, Wilmington, DE; St. Catherine of Siena Church, Wilmington, DE; St. Hedwig's Church, Wilmington, DE; St. Joseph's Church, Wilmington, DE; St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Wilmington, DE; St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilmington, DE

Education

High schools: Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE; Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE; Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD; St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE; St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE; St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE; Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE; Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE

Primary schools: Mount Aviat Academy, Childs, MD; St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, DE; Immaculate Conception School, Elkton, MD

Former college: St. Mary's College

Priests

John Barres

Benjamin Joseph Keiley

Catholicism portal

Education in New Castle County, Delaware

Public
schools

William Penn HS

Red Clay
Cons. SD

Closed

Wilmington HS

Smyrna SD

Note that Smyrna HS is located in Kent County

NCCVTSD

Charter

Historical

Private
schools

Closed

St. Mary's

Tertiary

Libraries

This list is incomplete.

Girls' schools in the Philadelphia area

Public girls' schools

Philadelphia High School for Girls

Closed

The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Private girls' schools

Pennsylvania	Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy (girls' high school) The Baldwin School Saint Basil Academy Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Agnes Irwin School J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy High School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop Prendergast High School St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Villa Joseph Marie High School Villa Maria Academy
New Jersey	Our Lady of Mercy Academy (Franklin Township)
Delaware	Padua Academy Ursuline Academy (Coed elementary, girls' secondary)
Closed	Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia)
Merged	Saint Maria Goretti High School (Philadelphia) West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls
Became coed	Tatnall School

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