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EspañolMOTHER MCAULEY LIBERAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
'Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School' is an all-girl, Catholic high school located in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois at 3737 West 99th Street. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
A small group of Mercy Sisters arrived in Chicago in 1846, led by Frances Warde, Catherine McAuley's closest friend. Within weeks, they opened a "select school" that became St. Francis Xavier Academy for Females, the first school chartered in the city of Chicago. The course of study covered primary, secondary and collegiate levels. The first building was located on Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe Streets. When the Chicago Fire in 1871 destroyed the original building, St. Francis Academy relocated to 29th and Wabash for a short time, then to a larger site at 49th and Cottage Grove in 1900. [1]
In the 1950s, the southwest side of Chicago needed a Catholic girls' school to serve a fast-growing population. In 1956 "the Academy" relocated once again. Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School and St. Xavier College opened in the fall of 1956 to serve secondary and post secondary women students respectively. McAuley opened with 523 students, 300 of which were first year students. [1]
McAuley has continued to expand. Today, approximately 1697 young women and 101 faculty and staff members form the McAuley community. Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School is the biggest Catholic academy for young women in the United States of America. Today, it continues to serve young women from the entire Chicago metropolitan area.
==Mission statement
External links==
★ Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
1. Mother McAuley High School History MMHS
2. Mother McAuley High School History MMHS
History
A small group of Mercy Sisters arrived in Chicago in 1846, led by Frances Warde, Catherine McAuley's closest friend. Within weeks, they opened a "select school" that became St. Francis Xavier Academy for Females, the first school chartered in the city of Chicago. The course of study covered primary, secondary and collegiate levels. The first building was located on Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe Streets. When the Chicago Fire in 1871 destroyed the original building, St. Francis Academy relocated to 29th and Wabash for a short time, then to a larger site at 49th and Cottage Grove in 1900. [1]
In the 1950s, the southwest side of Chicago needed a Catholic girls' school to serve a fast-growing population. In 1956 "the Academy" relocated once again. Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School and St. Xavier College opened in the fall of 1956 to serve secondary and post secondary women students respectively. McAuley opened with 523 students, 300 of which were first year students. [1]
McAuley has continued to expand. Today, approximately 1697 young women and 101 faculty and staff members form the McAuley community. Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School is the biggest Catholic academy for young women in the United States of America. Today, it continues to serve young women from the entire Chicago metropolitan area.
==Mission statement
"Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School is a Catholic educational community committed to providing a quality secondary education for young women. In the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy and their foundress, Catherine McAuley, we prepare students to live in a complex, dynamic society by teaching them to think critically, communicate effectively, respond compassionately to the needs of their community and assume roles of Christian leadership. In partnership with parents, we empower young women to acknowledge their giftedness and to make decisions with a well-developed moral conscience. We foster an appreciation of the diversity of the global community and a quest for knowledge and excellence as life long goals."
External links==★ Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
Notes and references
1. Mother McAuley High School History MMHS
2. Mother McAuley High School History MMHS
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