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Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is an independent all-girls
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country day school located in
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, in Mercer County,
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, United States, that serves students from pre-kindergarten through
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. Stuart is divided into a co-educational Early Childhood Program, a Lower School for junior kindergarten through grade 4, a Middle School for grades 5 through 8, and an Upper School for grades 9 through 12. The school was named for
Janet Erskine Stuart Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ (11 November 1857, Cottesmore, Rutland, England – 21 October 1914, Roehampton, England), also known as Mother Janet Stuart, was an English Roman Catholic nun and educator. She founded a number of schools. Stuart le ...
. The school operates under the auspices of the
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. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 406 students (plus 52 in PreK) and 54.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5:1. The school's student body was 60.1% White, 10.8% Black, 5.4% Hispanic, 14.5% Asian and 9.1% two or more races.School data for Stuart Country Day School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 15, 2017.
Stuart Country Day School has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1991 and is accredited until January 2027.Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools Accessed December 31, 2022.
It is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and is a member of the
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.


History

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart was founded in 1963 and named for
Mother Janet Stuart Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ (11 November 1857, Cottesmore, Rutland, England – 21 October 1914, Roehampton, England), also known as Mother Janet Stuart, was an English Roman Catholic nun and educator. She founded a number of schools. Stuart le ...
by a group of women who wished to establish a Sacred Heart school for girls in
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. With the help of the Society of the Sacred Heart and local friends, a large tract of woodlands was purchased on The Great Road, and Professor Jean Labatut of Princeton University was appointed architect for the project.


Architecture


Requirements

Dedication to service is an integral part of Stuart's foundation and a Sacred Heart education. Created to help students understand the needs of their community and actively respond, the Stuart Community Service Program provides rewarding life experiences that become positive forces in every student's life. All students in the Upper School have an ongoing community service requirement of 50 hours per year. During a student's four years in the Upper School, she spends a minimum of two years working on a community service project outside of school and a minimum of one year involved with the economically and/or socially disadvantaged. Academic requirements are as follows: ;Graduation Requirements (Upper School) *8 trimesters of Religious Studies *4 years of English *3 years of the same Foreign Language *2 years of History *3 years of Mathematics *2 years of Lab Science *1 year or equivalent of Fine Arts (Art, Music, Drama) *7 trimesters of Physical Education *2 trimesters of Health *1 trimester of Computer Science Each student must take a minimum of six courses each trimester and a maximum of eight.


Academics

Stuart is an academically demanding school, and all teachers have very high standards for their students' work. Stuart also offers
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(AP) courses in a number of fields, including
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, AP Calculus AB,
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, AP French Literature,
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, AP Latin: Virgil,
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and
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. Students who enroll in an AP class at Stuart are required to take the AP examination in May. Students enrolling in AP Physics C take both the Mechanics and Electromagnetism portions in the same year. Most commonly, those who took the Honors Pre-calculus class enroll in AP Calculus BC while those in the regular Pre-calculus class enroll in AP Calculus AB. 99% of Stuart graduates immediately go on to enroll in a 4-year college. The Class of 2008 had 28% of its graduating class matriculate to
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schools. In the Upper School there are wide variety of clubs and student organizations for students to participate in, including Student Government,
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/Model Congress, Dance Society, DAYS Club, Tartan Tones Musical Group, Tartan Tones Select, ''The Tartan'' Newspaper, ''LaSource'' Yearbook, Spirit Committee, ''Thistle'' Literary Magazine,
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, Spirit Committee, Social Committee, Campus Ministry, Outreach Committee, Current Events Club and Admissions Committee.


Athletic teams

The Stuart Country Day School Tartans participate independently in high school sports under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.Stuart Country Day School
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
Stuart offers sports teams in the Middle School and the Upper School, the mascot being the deer because when the founders first looked at the property, they saw a deer drinking from the stream in the current "Reflection Garden". Upper School sports teams include: Fall Sports: *Volleyball *Cross Country *Field Hockey *Tennis Winter Sports: *Indoor Track *Basketball Spring Sports: *Track and Field *Lacrosse *Golf Although Stuart's offering of athletic teams is limited, student athletes represent the school in competitions for winter track and other sports. All students who try out for a team are accepted to either the Varsity or Junior Varsity team, no one is cut completely from participation. Led by coach Katie Grant, the 2007 field hockey team won the Mercer County Tournament and shared the state Prep championship after a 2-2 tie with
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. The team won the Mercer County tourney over top-seeded
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in 2005, its first title since 1995 and the team's first unshared championship. The tennis team won the 2005 Prep B championship.Athletics
Stuart Country Day School. Accessed June 21, 2011.
The cross country team won the state Prep B championship in 2005 under the guidance of coach Robert Abdullah, marking their fourth consecutive title. In 2007, Abdullah's track and field team won its sixth consecutive Prep B title. In 2008, the lacrosse team defeated Rutgers Preparatory School by a score of 16-8 to win its fourth consecutive Prep B championship. Aiming for a fifth consecutive title in 2009, Stuart lost to Morristown-Beard School in overtime, by a final score of 13-10.


Notable alumni

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(born 1950), actress * Ellen Susman (born 1950, class of 1968), journalist, philanthropist, political appointee and television producer.\ * La'Keisha Sutton (born 1990), professional basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters


Notable faculty

* Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939-1990), Mayor of Princeton Borough, Mercer County Freeholder and daughter of Congresswoman
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& Congressman Hale Boggs from
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, who had taught Latin at Stuart earlier in her career.Staff
"Barbara Boggs Sigmund, Mayor Of Princeton and Ex-Teacher, 51"
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'', October 11, 1990. Accessed November 8, 2017. "Barbara Boggs Sigmund, the Mayor of Princeton and a member of one of the nation's best-known political families, died of cancer yesterday at her home in Princeton, N.J.... She became a Latin teacher at the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton."


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External links


Stuart Country Day School web siteSacred Heart NetworkData for Stuart Country Day School
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