Sisters Academy, a tuition-free girls school, planned for Baltimore

Published: 2003-11-26

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- A new Catholic middle school for girls, sponsored by four women's religious congregations, will open in Baltimore next year to serve children from economically disadvantaged families. Sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, the Religious Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Bon Secours, the new school will be known as Sisters Academy of Baltimore and will include grades 5-8. Grades 5 and 6 will open in 2004, with grades 7 and 8 to be phased in during the subsequent two years. Each class will be limited to 20 students. Sisters Academy will be modeled on the national Nativity School movement, which focuses on providing high-quality, tuition-free, values-centered education in low-income communities. There are approximately 50 Nativity-model schools throughout the nation, including St. Ignatius Loyola Academy and Mother Seton Academy in Baltimore.

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