St. Edmond's Academy

For the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania primary school with a similar name, see St. Edmund's Academy.

Saint Edmond's Academy
Address
2120 Veale Road Wilmington, Delaware, New Castle County 19810 United States
Information
Type	Catholic
Motto	Caritas per Disciplinum
Established	1959
Grades	K-8
Enrollment	approx. 260
Team name	The Lancers
Tuition	Junior Kindergarten, 5 Half Days: $6500 Junior Kindergarten, 5 Full Days: $9000 Kindergarten: $12,587 Grades 1-3: $13,851 Grades 4-8: $13,911
Website	http://www.stedmondsacademy.org

St. Edmond's Academy is a Catholic primary school for boys founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in Wilmington, Delaware, USA in 1959. The school's patron saint is Blessed Brother Andre Bessette C.S.C. The school is well known for its rigorous academic standards and its competitive sports programs. According to its mission Statement: "The Academy provides challenging, structured, skills-based, and advanced programs in a caring, nurturing, and safe environment in the unique educational tradition of the Brothers of Holy Cross. This educational tradition focuses on students’ responsibility, independence, self-esteem, integrity, and sense of community, in accordance with Catholic values and integrating contemporary thought and theory on the development of boys."

History

St. Edmond's Academy was founded to meet the academic needs of Catholic Boys in Wilmington. Ursuline Academy provided 1-5 education for both boys and girls, but became exclusively a girls' school beginning in grade 6, leaving boys without a comparable option. Wilmington's Bishop Edmond John FitzMaurice offered his residence for the original school. The name "St. Edmond's" was chosen in honor of the Bishop.

The School soon outgrew this space located in downtown Wilmington at 1301 Delaware Ave. In 1963, it moved to its current location north of the city at 2120 Veale Rd.

The school recently completed a major $12 million expansion in 2006, significantly increasing the size of the school buildings. Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, it expanded from serving grades 4-8 to its current K-8 classes. The old enrollment was 260, but since the expansion the student body has increased to around 500.

Facilities

The Saint Edmond's Academy campus includes 25 acres (100,000 m²) of land. It has 30 classrooms, a state-of-the-art science lab, a field house, an art room, chapel, two libraries, a model train room, choral room, band room, cafeteria, two gymnasiums, extended day care facilities, a 450-seat auditorium, a baseball field, soccer field, and a 400 meter all-weather track.

Notable alumni

Lieutenant Colonel Marty Devine (1970) US Army, Iraq War Veteran
Darryl Parson (1979) Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Dept. of Justice
Michel Troy (1981) Assoc. General Counsel Center for Individual Rights
Beau Biden (1983) Delaware Attorney General (deceased), son of Vice President Joseph Biden
Mattias Conaty (1983) founder, Child Victim's Voice
Kester Irwin Hanley Crosse II (1984) - Gastroenterologist Columbia, MD
Michael Medico (1986) - Actor/Director/Producer

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Coordinates: 39°48′15″N 75°29′24″W / 39.8041°N 75.4901°W / 39.8041; -75.4901

Diocese of Wilmington

Bishops	Thomas Albert Andrew Becker Alfred Allen Paul Curtis John James Joseph Monaghan Edmond John Fitzmaurice Michael William Hyle Thomas Mardaga Robert Edward Mulvee Michael Angelo Saltarelli William Francis Malooly

Coadjutor bishop	Hubert James Cartwright

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Peter Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Greenville, DE St. John the Baptist Church, Newark, DE St. Joseph's Church, Middletown, DE St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, MD St. Francis Xavier Church, Warwick, MD Resurrection Church, Wilmington, DE St. Anthony's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Catherine of Siena Church, Wilmington, DE St. Hedwig's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Joseph's Church, Wilmington, DE St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Wilmington, DE St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilmington, DE

Education	High Schools Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE Primary Schools Mount Aviat Academy, Childs, MD St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, DE Former College St. Mary's College

Priests	John Barres Benjamin Joseph Keiley

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Boys' schools in the Philadelphia area

Public boys' schools

Pennsylvania	Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School (Philadelphia)

Closed	The Young Men's Leadership School at Thomas E. FitzSimons High School (Philadelphia)

Became Co-Ed	Central High School (Philadelphia)

Private boys' schools

Pennsylvania	Devon Preparatory School (Devon) Father Judge High School (Philadelphia) Holy Ghost Preparatory School (Bensalem) La Salle College High School (Wyndmoor) Malvern Preparatory School (Malvern) Monsignor Bonner High School (Drexel Hill) Roman Catholic High School (Philadelphia) Saint Joseph's Preparatory School (Philadelphia)

New Jersey	St. Augustine Preparatory School (Buena Vista Township)

Delaware	Salesianum School (Wilmington) St. Edmond's Academy (Wilmington)

Closed	Northeast Catholic High School (Philadelphia) West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys (Philadelphia)

Merged	Saint John Neumann High School (Philadelphia)

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