Nazareth Academy High School
Nazareth Academy High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Background
Nazareth Academy was established in 1928 by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.[2] Nazareth Academy educates young women at the high school level.
In August 2018, the school named its first lay principal, James Meredith.[3]
Performing arts
Nazareth Academy High School has a music department. Over 25% of the school's population participates in the eight music activities Nazareth Academy High School has to offer. For girls interested in pursuing music further, there are Music Major classes which teach music theory, dictation, sight reading and singing skills. There are performance opportunities for girls in the music department, and each year the Orchestra, Jazz Band, and Chorale compete.[citation needed]
There is a theater department that offers a "Theater in the Round" experience. In October 2007, the school's production was The Sound of Music.
Notable alumnae
- Maureen Johnson - author
- Christina Perri - singer songwriter (Graduated from Archbishop Ryan HS)
Notes and references
External links
- School Website
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- Bishops
- Michael Francis Egan
- Henry Conwell
- Francis Kenrick
- John Neumann
- Archbishops
- James Frederick Wood
- Patrick John Ryan
- Edmond Francis Prendergast
- Dennis Joseph Dougherty
- John Francis O'Hara
- John Krol
- Anthony Bevilacqua
- Justin Rigali
- Charles J. Chaput
- Nelson J. Pérez
- Auxiliary bishops, current
- John J. McIntyre
- Keith J. Chylinski
- Christopher R. Cooke
- Efren V. Esmilla
- Auxiliary bishops, former
- Cletus Joseph Benjamin
- Michael Francis Burbidge
- Joseph R. Cistone
- Michael Joseph Crane
- Edward Peter Cullen
- Louis A. DeSimone
- Francis James Furey
- John Joseph Graham
- Edward Hughes
- Hugh L. Lamb
- Martin Nicholas Lohmuller
- Robert P. Maginnis
- Joseph Francis Martino
- Joseph Carroll McCormick
- John Joseph McCort
- Gerald Vincent McDevitt
- Joseph P. McFadden
- Joseph Mark McShea
- Gerald O'Hara
- Francis B. Schulte
- Daniel Edward Thomas
- Thomas Jerome Welsh
- Edward Michael Deliman
- Michael J. Fitzgerald
- Timothy C. Senior
- Cathedral
- Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
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- Old St. Joseph
- Old St. Mary
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- St. Basil the Great
- St. Cyprian
- St. Donato
- St. Francis de Sales
- St. Joachim
- St. Michael
- St. Nicholas of Tolentine
- St. Thomas the Apostle Church
- St. William
- Chapels and shrines
- Church of the Gesú
- National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
- National Shrine of St. John Neumann
- Former
- Holy Trinity
- Seminary
- St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
- Higher education
- Chestnut Hill College
- Gwynedd Mercy University
- Holy Family University
- Immaculata University
- La Salle University
- Neumann University
- Rosemont College
- Saint Joseph's University
- Villanova University
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- Archbishop Wood
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- Cardinal O'Hara
- Conwell-Egan
- Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
- Devon Prep
- Father Judge
- Gwynedd Mercy Academy
- Holy Ghost Prep
- John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls
- La Salle College HS
- Lansdale Catholic
- Little Flower
- Malvern Prep
- Mercy Career & Technical
- Merion Mercy Acad.
- Monsignor Bonner
- Mount Saint Joseph Acad.
- Nazareth Acad.
- Pope John Paul II
- Roman Catholic HS for Boys
- Saint Basil Academy
- Saint Joseph's Prep
- Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti
- St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls
- Villa Joseph Marie
- Villa Maria Academy
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- Edward Joseph Adams
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- Edwin Byrne
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