The Ursuline School
Address
1354 North Avenue New Rochelle , (Westchester County) , New York 10804 United States
Coordinates	40°56′53.5″N 73°47′51″W / 40.948194°N 73.79750°W / 40.948194; -73.79750
Information
Former name	Ursuline Seminary for Girls
Type	Private, all-female
Motto	Serviam ("I will serve")
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1897 (127 years ago) (1897)
Founder	Ursuline Sisters
School code	21
President	Dr. Colleen Melnyk
Principal	Theresa Napoli
Chaplain	Msgr. Dennis Keane
Faculty	82[when?]
Grades	6–12
Enrollment	800 (2019[needs update])
Campus size	13-acre (53,000 m2)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and white
Athletics	Member, New York State Public High School Athletic Association; fields 33 interscholastic teams
Mascot	Koala
Nickname	TUS
Team name	Koalas
Accreditation	New York State Association of Independent Schools
Publication	Pegasus (literary magazine)
Newspaper	Unison
Yearbook	Eidolon
Tuition	$21,575[when?]
Athletic Director	Sean Ryan
Website	ursulinenewrochelle.org

The Ursuline School is an American all-girls', independent, private, Roman Catholic middle and high school located on a 13-acre (53,000 m²) campus in New Rochelle, New York, in Westchester County.

The school was founded in 1897 by the Order of St. Ursula. The school is part of a network of 15 Ursuline schools in North America and many around the world.^[1]

The school has approximately 800 students, grades 6 through 12, that come from throughout the metropolitan area, including the Bronx, Westchester County, Rockland County, Manhattan and Connecticut.^[2]

Ursuline's brother school is Iona Preparatory School, also located in New Rochelle.

History

The school began as the Ursuline Seminary for Girls in September 1897, operating out of Leland Castle at the now-closed College of New Rochelle. As registration increased, a wing was added to the southern end of the castle and the College of New Rochelle was founded.

By 1929, The Ursuline School, then a kindergarten through twelfth grade day school, moved to its present location at 1354 North Avenue. The North Building was added in 1960, the gym in 1981, the Chapel of St. Angela in 1986, The Mooney Hancock Arts Center in 2002 and the Lobby and Welcome Center in 2021.

Academics

Students must complete 24 specified credits in order to graduate, including four years of English, social studies, and religion; three years of science, mathematics, and a foreign language; a year of Latin or art/music; and a semester of computer applications and health. Physical education is also a requirement. More than 90 percent of students take four or more years of science, math, and a foreign language.

The traditional college-preparatory program includes three modern foreign languages (French, Spanish, and Italian), five years of Latin, a year of classical Greek, a broad range of fine arts courses, computer courses, and a variety of electives.

Honors courses are available in all disciplines, and Advanced Placement courses are offered in art, Spanish, Latin, Italian, English, calculus, biology, environmental science, physics, and European, U.S. history and U.S. government.

The school also offers an Authentic Science Research program through which, in addition to their regular science courses, students engage in three years of directed independent study. Seventh- and eighth-grade students have the opportunity to earn high school credit in a foreign language, mathematics, and science.^[3]

Clubs and organizations

Accomplishments

• In 2007, 80 percent of the school's 133 Advanced Placement students who took 191 AP exams in June earned college qualifying scores of at least a 3. Over 50 percent earned the highest scores of 4 or 5.^[4]
• 16 members of the class of 2007 were named AP Scholars, 3 with Honor and 7 with Distinction. The awards are based on successful performance on Advanced Placement Exams, the number of exams taken and the grades earned on those tests. Scholars earned an average composite score of 3.79 (out of 5); the Scholars with Honor 3.92 (out of 5) and the Scholars with Distinction 4.49 (out of 5). The school AP grade average is 4.21 out of 5.^[5]
• In 2010, "Team Sonia" was named the statewide "Top Youth Fundraising Team" in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's "Light the Night" walk. "Team Sonia" was created to honor classmate and friend, Sonia Dubey, who died from acute lymphoblastic leukemia earlier that year.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

The school belongs to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, with 30 interscholastic teams in swimming, tennis, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, cross-country, cheer leading, basketball, softball, lacrosse, golf, and indoor and outdoor track.

Athletic facilities include a full-size gymnasium, a multi-sport playing field, and four tennis courts. The swim team had been undefeated for eight years as of 2013.

Accomplishments

• The varsity cheerleaders place first at the 2022 UCA National Cheerleading Competition
• The varsity cheerleaders placed second and junior varsity cheerleaders placed first at the 2020 UCA National Cheerleading Competition."Ursuline Cheerleaders Place 3rd in Nationals". The Ursiline School. </ref>
• In 2007, the golf team placed second in the league.
• Also in 2007; junior varsity tennis (10–0) and junior varsity soccer (13–0) finished on top of their leagues; varsity volleyball was undefeated in league play; the swim ream was undefeated in Division 1, the strongest league in the section, capturing their third consecutive Division Title; varsity cross country finished second in both league and county championships; junior varsity cross country won the county championships; freshmen cross country finished third in the county championships.^[6]