Mercy Academy

Mercy Academy
Address
5801 Fegenbush Lane Louisville, Kentucky, (Jefferson County) 40228 United States
Coordinates	38°10′12″N 85°38′24″W / 38.17000°N 85.64000°W / 38.17000; -85.64000Coordinates: 38°10′12″N 85°38′24″W / 38.17000°N 85.64000°W / 38.17000; -85.64000
Information
Type	Private, all-girls
Motto	Excellence and Compassion for Life
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1885
Founder	Catherine McAuley
President	Mike Johnson
Principal	Amy Elstone
Grades	9–12
Gender	Female
Enrollment	544 (2014)
Student to teacher ratio	14:1
Campus type	Suburban/industrial
Color(s)	Columbia Blue and Gold
Mascot	Jaguar (formerly missile)
Team name	Jaguars
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ^[1]
Website	www.mercyacademy.com

Mercy Academy, in full, The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, is an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Louisville, Kentucky that opened in 1885 and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.

In 1869, the first Sisters of Mercy in Louisville arrived from their community in St. Louis to run a struggling Federal Marine Hospital. They began a teaching ministry. By 1872, they had established St. Catherine Academy, and in 1885, they conferred the first high school diplomas under the name of The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy. The high school program continued to grow until a new facility was needed. The Sisters opened a new Academy building at 1176 East Broadway in 1901, where it was to remain until 2007.^[2]

Mercy Academy is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, and is currently located on a 24-acre (97,000 m²) campus at 5801 Fegenbush Lane in Southeast Jefferson County near the Hurstbourne Lane Extension, with General Electric's Appliance Park complex on the opposite side of Fegenbush Lane, though hidden from direct view by a wooded buffer zone. Mercy was named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000.

References

↑ "AdvancED - Institution Summary". Retrieved June 3, 2016.
↑ Mercy Academy History

External links

Mercy Academy website

Single-gender schools in Kentucky

Private boys' schools

Louisville area	DeSales High School St. Xavier High School Trinity High School

Cincinnati area	Covington Catholic High School

Merged	Bishop David High School Newport Catholic High School

Private girls' schools

Louisville area	Assumption High School Mercy Academy Presentation Academy Sacred Heart Academy

Cincinnati area	Notre Dame Academy

Became cogender	Bethlehem High School

Merged	Angela Merici High School Our Lady of Providence Academy

Archdiocese of Louisville

Ordinaries	Bishops Benedict Joseph Flaget John Baptist Mary David Benedict Joseph Flaget Martin John Spalding Peter Joseph Lavialle William George McCloskey Denis O'Donaghue John Alexander Floersh Archbishops John Alexander Floersh Thomas Joseph McDonough Thomas Cajetan Kelly Joseph Edward Kurtz Affiliated bishops Guy Ignatius Chabrat Michael Heiss Charles Garrett Maloney John McGill James Ryan John Lancaster Spalding James Kendrick Williams

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville Parishes:

Education	High schools (boys) St. Francis DeSales High School, Louisville St. Xavier High School, Louisville Trinity High School, St. Matthews High schools (girls) Assumption High School, Louisville Mercy Academy, Louisville Presentation Academy, Louisville Sacred Heart Academy, Louisville High schools, coeducational Bethlehem High School, Bardstown Holy Cross High School, Louisville Special needs school Pitt Academy, Louisville

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