Saint Rose Academy

Saint Rose Academy is a private PreK-8 school operated by the Dominical Sisters of St Cecelia at 1401 22nd Street South on Red Mountain. Though it is a Catholic school, it is not part of the Diocese of Birmingham. Its motto is "Veritas et Caritas"

The school was established in 1956 in the former Terence Mackin residence. Mackin donated the property to support the efforts of his sister, Sister Aloysius Mackin, to found a school for the order, based in Nashville, Tennessee.

The school was expanded with the addition of new classrooms in 1962. A few years later, Saint Rose became the first private school in Birmingham to desegregate.

A gymnasium building with three additional classrooms was constructed in 1993 and the school expanded into the former Discovery Place building across the street a few years later.

Currently the school has an enrollment of about 183 students with 27 faculty members, including both Dominican sisters assigned from the motherhouse in Nashville, and lay teachers. Sister Mary Elizabeth is the principal.

Saint Rose is a member of the Toy Bowl league and the John Carroll Middle School sports program for athletics. The school fields teams in football, volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, golf and track and field, as well as cheerleading. The school's teams are called the Knights (formerly the Llamas), and team colors are black and white.

References

• "Saint Rose Academy" (May 15, 2013) Wikipedia - accessed May 20, 2013

External links

• Saint Rose Academy website