The Academy of St. Aloysius was a private

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

for girls located in

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, United States, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. The school had an enrollment of 178 students and offered a

college preparatory A college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school or prep school) is a type of secondary school. The term refers to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for higher education ...

curriculum, an honors program and college credit courses. The school closed in June 2006, as did the Academy of the Sacred Heart in

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, another Sisters of Charity girls' high school, as they merged to form a new school, called

Caritas Academy Caritas Academy was an all-girls Catholic high school in Jersey City, New Jersey. It operated under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Newark. History Caritas Academy was a four-year Catholic college preparatory for urban young women, sponsored a ...

. Also run by the Sisters of Charity, was open from September 2006 until 2008 in the building previously occupied by St. Aloysius. The school was a member of the

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Athletics

The Academy of St. Aloysius competes in the

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(HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the

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(NJSIAA).

Notable alumnae

Katherine Whelan Brown Katherine Brown (née Whelan; November 15, 1872 – October 3, 1942) was the first female Democrat elected to the New Jersey State Legislature.New Jersey State Legislature The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the S ...

.''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 146''
p.324. Accessed December 17, 2022. "Kate Whelan Brown (Dem., Jersey City.)... Her education was acquired in the public schools and St. Aloysius Academy of Jersey City, and through post graduate courses."

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