Saint Elizabeth Catholic Academy

Throughout our nearly 130 year history Saint Elizabeth Catholic Academy—serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade—has provided a foundation where a love for learning, a desire for self-reliance, and a passion to lead in Jesus Christ’s community is championed. We strive to become the preeminent elementary school globally and empower Catholic leaders for generations to come. StudentsToday, Leaders for Life.. Since our founding, St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy has matured into one of the city’s best performing Catholic elementary schools. Thanks to stable, foresighted leadership – six of our school heads have led for a remarkable 110 years, and our current principal has been a leader within St. Elizabeth’s for five decades – we have been able to build a sturdy, sustainable foundation for academic excellence. Because our leaders and teachers care so deeply about our school’s mission, our students can enter a culture where learning is prized for its own sake. They gain an intrinsic desire to learn and lead, which is reflected in our students’ academic performance: our students New York State test results consistently outpace New York schools. The stellar outperformance does not end when students graduate: in 2014 8th grade graduating class won over $170 thousand in high school scholarships and 99% of our alumni that go on to Catholic High Schools go on to college. St. Elizabeth’s is at the forefront of classroom innovation. We seek to prepare our students for the outside world, and so we emphasize active learning programs that build real-world skills. Our students participate in entrepreneurship challenges, academic peer-mentoring, and guest-speaker programs, as well as 40 hours of community service. Through these programs, students gain life-mastery principles that will empower them to become self-reliant learners and community leaders. Read more: http://www.stelizabethny.com/about-us/