Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child
| Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child | |
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Grace Hall on the campus
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44 Blackburn Road Summit, NJ, (Union County) 07901 |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′36″N 74°22′0″W / 40.71000°N 74.36667°WCoordinates: 40°42′36″N 74°22′0″W / 40.71000°N 74.36667°W |
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Private, Coeducational K-6 All-Girls |
| Motto | "Actions not words." -Cornelia Connelly |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1924 |
| Founder | Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus |
| Oversight | Society of the Holy Child Jesus |
| CEEB code | 311-430 |
| Principal | Jennifer Landis (7-12) Christine Spies (K-6) |
| Head of school | Timothy J. Saburn |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 526 (2013-14) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Color(s) |
Navy blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Royals |
| Rival | Kent Place |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 2009-2013 Average: 618 Critical Reading 625 Math 656 Writing |
| Average ACT scores | 2009-2013 Average: 29.2 English 27.4 Math 28.5 Reading 25.4 Science 27.4 Composite |
| Publication | Freestyle (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Untucked |
| Yearbook | Aquila |
| Tuition | $14,800 - $27,100(K-6) $33,550(7-12) |
| Dean of Students (10-12) | Joan Paster |
| Dean of Students (7-9) | Edith Ticona |
| Admissions Director | Suzanne Kimm Lewis |
| Athletic Director | Jerry Butler |
| Website | http://www.oakknoll.org |
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child is a Catholic private school in Summit, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is coeducational from kindergarten to grade 6 and all girls in seventh grade to twelfth grade. The school operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 526 students and a student/faculty ratio of 7:1.
Oak Knoll was founded in 1924 and is one of 10 schools in the Holy Child Network of Schools that provides independent Catholic education across the United States. The Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus have also founded schools in England, Ireland, France, Nigeria, and Ghana. All Holy Child schools operate under the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Oak Knoll shares the goals of the Schools of the Holy Child Jesus.
Founded in 1924, Oak Knoll's roots go back to 1846, when Cornelia Connelly founded the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and opened her first school in England. The Provincial Council of the Society of the Holy Jesus responded to a need identified by the Bishop of Newark for a Catholic School for girls. In January 1924, the Society received permission from Rome to open a school in Summit, New Jersey. Several properties were considered, and the estate of William Zebdee Larned was acquired in May 1924.
The 11-acre (45,000 m2) site included the stone manor house, "Stoneover" (now known as "Grace Hall"), built in 1887. A stable, located where Connelly Hall now stands, provided gym and classroom space for the Junior School. Two houses on Prospect Street also contained classrooms and convent space. In 1954, Bonaventura Hall, named after benefactor Bonaventura (Kirby) Devine and her husband Christopher J. Devine a Wall Street banker, was constructed for the elementary grades, and in 1956, construction on the new Upper School, Connelly Hall, was completed.
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