Padua Academy
Address
Map
905 North Broom Street

Wilmington
,
New Castle County
,
Delaware
19806

United States
Coordinates39°45′5″N 75°33′47″W / 39.75139°N 75.56306°W / 39.75139; -75.56306
Information
TypePrivate, all-girls
MottoSuaviter Sed Fortiter
(Softly but Strongly)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1954 (70 years ago) (1954)
CEEB code080183
PrincipalMary McClory
Faculty70[citation needed]
Grades9–12
Enrollment667 (2016-17)
Color(s)Black and gold
  
SloganSpirituality, Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood
Athletics conferenceDIAA Division I
MascotPanda
Team namePandas
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
PublicationSuaviter Sed Fortiter
NewspaperPadua360
YearbookPaduan
Tuition$15,700 (2020-2021)
AffiliationDiocese of Wilmington
Websitewww.paduaacademy.org

Padua Academy is an all-girls Catholic high school in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.

The school strongly emphasizes college preparation, leadership, civic responsibility, and spirituality. Padua is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and has been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. It is a four-time winner of the "Superstars in Education" Award from the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce.[2] Padua was named one of the Top 50 Catholic High Schools in America by the Cardinal Newman Society in 2012.[3] Padua is a member of the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) and the Delaware Association of Independent Schools (DAIS). Padua’s Student Council has earned recognition as a Council of Excellence. Padua Academy is consistently recognized for outstanding community service and has merited both a Regional Gold Medal and a National Bronze Medal from the Jefferson Awards-Deloitte Students in Action program.

History

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The school was founded in 1954 by Rev. Joseph L. McCoy, O.S.F.S. and built with the help of members of the St. Anthony of Padua Parish. Its patron saints are St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis de Sales, and St Anthony of Padua. The first classes of Padua Academy (in the 1950s) took place in the upper level of Saint Anthony of Padua Grade School, located at 9th and North Scott Streets, two blocks away from the present building. Classes also took place in the old P.S. #11 school building in the early years. The present building at 10th and Broom Streets was designed and executed by Rev. Roberto Balducelli, O.S.F.S., who came to the United States from Italy in the 1940s and died in 2013 at the age of 100.[4] The school was built by volunteer labor with the help of Brother Michael Rosenello, O.S.F.S., who died on September 20, 2019.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  2. ^ "Padua selected by State Chamber of Commerce as a Superstar in Education". Delaware Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2006-06-12.
  3. ^ Padua selected as Delaware's top Catholic High School by the Cardinal Newman Society - "Nation's Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced « Campus Notes". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. ^ "Rev. Roberto Balducelli Obituary". Delaware Online. August 12, 2013.
  5. ^ Nagengast, Larry (June 2017). "Lisa Blunt Rochester is Ready to Shake Things Up: Get to know Delaware's first black, first female congresswoman". Delaware Today. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Private School Insider". Retrieved 2018-07-03.

External links

Wilmington, Delaware
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Education in New Castle County, Delaware
Girls' schools in the Philadelphia area
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