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| Cor Jesu Academy | |
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| Location | |
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10230 Gravois Road ,, 63123 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°32′48″N90°20′40″W / 38.5468°N 90.3445°W /38.5468; -90.3445 |
| Information | |
| Type | Private,All-Female secondary school |
| Motto | "Sharing the Love of the Heart of Christ" |
| Religious affiliations | Roman Catholic, Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Established | 1956 |
| President | Sr. Susan Marie Krupp |
| Principal | Dr. Meghan Bohac & Ms. Kathleen Wobbe Pottinger |
| Faculty | 54 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 575 (2021) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Colors | Red andWhite |
| Athletics conference | Metro Women's Athletics Association |
| Mascot | Charger |
| Nickname | CJ or CJA |
| Rival | St. Joseph's Academy |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Newspaper | Corette |
| Yearbook | Corde |
| Tuition | $17,325 (2021-22) |
| Website | www.corjesu.org |
Cor Jesu Academy is aCatholiccollege preparatoryhigh school for young women located inAffton,Missouri, in theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis. It was founded in 1956 by theApostles of the Sacred Heart.
Originally located in theItalian Hill district of St. Louis, its first principal was Sr. Anita Marie Giampetro. Cor Jesu moved to its present location on Gravois Road in Affton in 1965.[2] An expanded Library-Fine Arts Center was completed in 1987. In 2005, expansion was completed with a new front entrance and courtyard, along with a new building called Clelian Hall. The library and broadcast studio were renovated in the summer of 2012.[3] In the fall of 2012, 10 acres of land were purchased in auction by Cor Jesu.[4] This land increased the campus size to a total of 29 acres, and was the first addition to the property since 2008, when the 6 acres in front of the newly acquired land was purchased. On top of this land, construction management company S. M. Wilson & Co built a $8.9 million dollar gymnasium. This gym added a new student commons, four new classrooms, offices, locker rooms, and a dance studio. This project added 40,000 square feet to the building's footprint.[5]
During a June 9–17, 2012, tour inRome, the Cor Jesu Academy choir performed forPope Benedict XVI during the June 13 papal audience[6] and was the principal choir for a Mass at the Altar of the Chair inSt. Peter's Basilica, singing the liturgy for the feast of the Sacred Heart atSanta Croce. It also presented a formal concert atSt. Ignatius Church inRome and sang at a liturgy at theBasilica of St. Francis inAssisi.[6]
In order to be considered for admission to the school, students must score in the eighty-fifth percentile or above in a standardized test such as theIowa Test of Basic Skills. In addition to its college preparatory courses, Cor Jesu offers Advanced College Credit courses to juniors and seniors in conjunction withSt. Louis University andUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis along withAdvanced Placement courses inHistory,Government,English,Spanish,French,Latin,Math, andScience.
Cor Jesu students average a score of 29 on theACT, nine points above the national average. According toSt Louis Magazine, the average score of 29 was the highest for an all-girls Catholic High School. Cor Jesu consistently has among the highest ACT scores in St Louis.[7] Since the 2000-2001 school year, Cor Jesu has had 21National Merit Finalists and 45 National Merit Commended Students. Ninety-nine percent of Cor Jesu students continue on tocollege oruniversity studies.
Cor Jesu has been accredited by theNorth Central Association since 1971. In 1990-91, Cor Jesu was named aBlue Ribbon School of Excellence by theU.S. Department of Education.
Sports programs for students at Cor Jesu include:cross country,field hockey,softball,volleyball,golf, andtennis in the fall;basketball,swimming, andcheerleading in the winter; andsoccer,lacrosse, andtrack and field in the spring. The school has won state championships in several sports, and were in 2012 theMidwest field hockey champions, state champions in soccer, and also national high school champions in racquetball.
