St. Augustine Academy (Ventura, California)

St. Augustine Academy is a private, independently operated Roman Catholic school situated in Ventura, California. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles The school's patron Saint is Augustine of Hippo. The school offers a classical liberal arts curriculum. The liberal arts are divided into the trivium consisting of grammar, logic and rhetoric, and the quadrivium consisting of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The school is accredited with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, WASC, as well as the Western Catholic Educational Association, WCEA.

St. Augustine Academy
Address
130 South Wells Road

Ventura
,
California
93004

United States
Coordinates34°17′38″N 119°9′35″W
Information
TypePrivate, coeducational
MottoDa Nobis Recta Sapere
(Grant that we may be truly wise)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1994
HeadmasterMichael Van Hecke
GradesK-12
Average class size12
Color(s)Blue and white   
Team nameCrusaders
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Websitewww.saintaugustineacademy.com

Background

The school was founded in 1994 by Roy Rohter,[2] after a meeting of Catholic parents who wanted a school where their children could receive a classical liberal arts education that would also focus on assisting their efforts to teach their children about their Catholic faith.

School

The faculty is 27% male and 73% female with an average of 8 years at the school. 68% have a graduate degree.

91% of St. Augustine graduates go on to college or university.

St. Augustine's is on the Catholic Education Honor Roll as of October 2017 and was also named to it in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.[3]

High school students averaged 54 hours of volunteer service to the community in 2014. Total cumulative service hours totaled over 3,426.

St. Augustine's has no athletics program; some students are eligible to play sports at other schools in their district of residence via multi-school agreements.[4]

Notes and references
  1. WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. "Mudslide victim identified as founder of Ventura Catholic school". Los Angeles: KABC TV. January 10, 2017.
  3. "Current Catholic Education Honor Roll Schools". Cardinal Newman Society. Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2018-01-13. "Past Honor Roll Awardees". Cardinal Newman Society. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  4. Loren Ledin (May 20, 2017) [May 19, 2017]. "CIF shoots down teen's hopes of playing high school sports". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 2018-01-13.


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