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Mount Aviat Academy is a Roman Catholic independent, co-educational school, located in Childs, Maryland, United States. It is run independently within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and is operated under the direction of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales. The current enrollment is just about 250 students, from Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Mount Aviat was selected as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. This prestigious award is given annually to only 50 private schools nationwide.

Campus

The 25-acre (100,000 m) campus is home to the school itself as well as a gymnasium, and a convent.

Athletics

Mount Aviat participates in the Diocese of Wilmington's CYM program and compete with other schools in the diocese. The school currently has a boys' basketball team (grades 4-8) and girls' basketball team (grades 4-8), along with a girls' volleyball team (grades 4-8). The teams are coached by parents and the athletic association is also run by the parents.

History

In 1950, with the support of their brother Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Sister Bertha Gonzaga and her companions journeyed from France to begin a new ministry. In 1952, the sisters converted the donated Cecil County Almshouse and established their convent, naming it “Villa Aviat”. In 1954, the Oblate Sisters' Kindergarten was opened. In 1960, the sisters established an all-girls' boarding high school, naming it Mount Aviat Academy, which operated until 1972, with its last graduating class.

In 1969, the sisters expanded Mount Aviat's kindergarten to include first grade and continued to add a grade level each year until its first group of eighth graders graduated in 1977. In 1979, Mount Aviat expanded to include a Preschool.

References

1. "Cream puff fundraiser sets school record".
2. "MSA-CESS - Mount Aviat Academy Profile". Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
3. "The Dialog".
4. "Student Life - MAA Athletic Association".
5. "Mount Aviat Timeline". Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Official athletics site

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