Nazareth Academy

About

Create Your Legacy! -- Scholarship Service Spirit Unity
Nazareth Academy is a private, Catholic, coeducational college preparatory high school.

Story

Nazareth Academy is sponsored by the Congregation of Saint Joseph.

Founded in 1900, Nazareth Academy is among the oldest educational institutions in Chicago's western suburbs. It was established by a pioneering group of Sisters of St. Joseph who came to the La Grange area in 1899. Their first school, with an enrollment of fourteen, was in a remodeled six-room house. A school building was constructed in 1901 and an addition to it in 1949. Until 1963, the school enrolled both resident and day students. In 1974, Nazareth moved its operations to existing buildings at 1209 West Ogden Avenue and sold its buildings to the public school district to begin a junior high school. Nazareth became coeducational in 1977.

It is our wish to provide the students of Nazareth Academy with facilities commensurate with the exceptional academic, spiritual, athletic and co-curricular experience they merit.

Today, Nazareth Academy serves an area approximately 25 miles long and 10 miles wide in Cook and DuPage counties

Mission

Nazareth Academy is a Catholic, coed, college prep high school dedicated to living Jesus' mission of unity and committed to educating the whole person.

Above all we value:

SCHOLARSHIP
We are committed to academic excellence by providing a challenging, innovative curriculum and an appreciation of the arts. We make our learning environment the place of great potential for all.

SERVICE
We make a positive difference in people's lives and develop a sense of responsibility and leadership. We guide our faculty and students toward an appreciation and sense of mission by ministering to others.

SPIRIT
We value creative participation in the life of the school, thereby encouraging all to develop their unique abilities.

UNITY
We realize the value of self and others. We integrate learning with Christian values and faith and work to unite people with God and one another.