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The end of this beautiful school.

The only all-girls Catholic high school in Suffolk County, a hidden gem housed in majestic buildings on a lush 211-acre campus in Brentwood, is closing its doors. The Academy of St. Joseph, whose history dates back 153 years, lacks the students and money to make running it financially feasible, Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood president Sister Jean Amore said yesterday. The school will shut down in June.

"For the congregation, this was a very, very hard decision and a sad decision," Amore said. The school is "not only attached [physically] to our mother house, but it's certainly attached to our hearts and our history."

Academy administrators stunned parents, students and alumni with the news at a meeting Tuesday night. But crestfallen and angry alumni vowed to fight back to save the institution that has the feel of an elite New England-style prep school."It's heartbreaking," said Anne Van Thoden, a 1994 graduate from Massapequa. "I think they are doing a great disservice to women on Long Island." Amore said the decision was irreversible. "This is a definite no," she said. "We have tried everything and studied everything. We looked at the pool of resources, and it's not just there." Many alumni said they were caught off-guard by the announcement, and pleaded with the sisters to keep the school open at least one more year so they figure out a way to help keep it alive.

Van Thoden called attending the academy "the greatest experience of my life." Others described it as a "magical" place where they forged special, lifelong friendships.

After Newsday disclosed in August that the school might close, surprising many alumni, they formed a Facebook group that now has 450 members who want to save the academy, Van Thoden said.Amore and other school administrators said they have done everything feasible to keep the school afloat, including fundraising drives, demographic studies and outreach to alumni around the United States and in Puerto Rico. Still, this year's freshman class was just 37 students. About 340 students are enrolled in the K-12 school, which is female student in the lower grades. About 450 to 500 students are needed for the school to stay open.

The school opened in 1856 in Brooklyn and was the first project of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood after their founding. It was run out of the same building where the sisters lived - at night, they pulled out cots and slept in the classrooms.By 1903, the school had moved to the property in Brentwood. For decades it thrived, attracting boarding students from affluent families in South America and serving as a sister school to LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale. At its height, more than 600 students were enrolled.

But enrollment declines and financial difficulties have afflicted it for the past 20 years, said principal Sister Kerry Handal. Tuition for the high school is $7,150. "It's a very difficult thing" to close the school, said its president, Sister Eileen Kelly. "It's a very special place" -BY BART JONES; "Newsday" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.25.212 (talk) 14:10, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Can someone look at the Middle School info please?

I don't want to edit it myself as I'm not positive. In any case the main section of the article clearly states that the school was single sex for girls only from K-12. But the middle school says "The Middle School provided for girls and boys grades 6 - 8 an intermediate level of study before high school." If it is a single sex all girls school, then "and boys" needs to be removed from the article. If boys are truly supposed to be there then it needs an explanation. Thank you. 67.87.88.120 (talk) 09:56, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]