Why Choose an All-Girls School?

The benefits of an all-girls school versus a traditional co-ed school are many and have lasting impacts throughout a student’s life and career. Our students are surrounded by role models: every top scholar, team captain and student council leader is a girl. An all-girls school also focuses on girls’ distinct learning style and responds to constantly evolving research on the learning differences between girls and boys.

• Our students receive personalized attention, nurturing, and encouragement.
• Instruction is custom-tailored to students’ needs and abilities.
• We provide an environment for intellectual exploration, free of cultural stereotypes and unhealthy social distractions that can be inherent in coeducational dynamics.
• Girls become more involved in the classroom because they are less concerned about embarrassment or failure.
• Our students are more likely to explore traditionally male-dominated areas of academics and extracurricular activities.
• Girls are challenged to put aside gender norms and step into positions of leadership.
• Studies show students who attend all-girls schools score higher on the SAT, are more interested in graduate school, and have higher academic self-confidence than female students who attend traditional co-ed schools.
• Students who attend all-girls schools arrive at college more confident in their math and computer skills and show greater interest in engineering careers, according to studies.
• Graduates of all-girls schools report they are more likely to participate in student clubs or groups in college and are more politically engaged.

Though detractors claim that girls’ schools do not prepare girls for the “real world”, research continues to validate the advantages of single-sex education for girls. Many studies cite higher test scores and superior reading, writing, and science skills.

Reports also demonstrate that all-girls’ schools produce more math and science college majors, more graduates who obtain doctorate degrees, and more graduates who pursue careers in STEM fields. Young women leave girls’ schools with the tools and confidence necessary for academic and personal success in college and beyond.

School Tours and Student Shadowing

“We looked at several schools but St. Vincent’s was definitely the right choice – it was the best thing we ever did.  Our daughter was not meeting with much success where she was and was always stressed.  But at St. Vincent’s she got more attention – they really cared about her there.  And her personality came out.  Her whole personality changed for the better.  She’s made wonderful lifelong friends, she got a great education, she’s going on to college – she’s a happy, well-adjusted child.  I don’t know if all of this would have happened had she gone somewhere else.  We just had such a positive experience.”

– Sally Minis, parent of Peggy Minis, Class of 2005

If this sounds like the environment you’ve been looking for to enrich your daughter’s life, then we invite you and your daughter to get a first-hand look at SVA. Come join a school tour with one of our staff member alumnae and let your daughter get the full experience of a day in the life of an SVA student. We want you to get a glimpse of the special sisterhood our girls, past, present, and future, enjoy.

If you are interested in having your daughter shadow a student, please complete and sign our Student Shadow Policy and the Student Shadow Request forms which should be emailed to elizabeth.kennedy@svaga.net or fax 912-236-7877.

To set up a school tour please fill out the information below or call and ask to speak with Loretto Lominack:

Financial Information

The Finance Office of St. Vincent’s Academy handles all financial transactions for the school, including tuition and financial aid. The tuition rate is established each year by the SVA School Board at their spring meeting. Tuition can be paid in full by July 1st (which qualifies for a discount) or it can be paid monthly, quarterly or semi-annually through the SMART TUITION Management Program.

In order to receive the Catholic tuition rate, a Participating Parishioner Card must first be received by the SVA Admissions Office. Financial Aid is issued based on the information that parents provide on the SMART TUITION Aid application. All Financial Aid applications must be submitted each year by March 16th. Parents will be notified in July regarding the status of their application.

For more information, please call the Finance Office at 912-236-5508.

• Tuition and Payment Plans
• Financial Aid
• Grace Scholars
• SMART TUITION

Admissions Events/8th Grade Placement Testing

EIGHTH GRADE VISITATION

• October 16, 18, 23 and 25, 2018

OPEN HOUSES

• Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 1:00pm in our Gym/Walsh Hall.
• Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 1:00pm in our Gym/Walsh Hall.

8th GRADE PLACEMENT TEST; ALL RISING 9th GRADERS MUST COMPLETE THIS TEST– Please bring Two #2 pencils and CASH (No Calculators)

• Saturday, January 26, 2019 8:30 am – 12:00 pm – Test fee is $30 CASH and bring TWO #2 pencils.  Please complete the High School Placement Testing Application below prior to the test date.
• Extended Time HS Placement Test, Wednesday,  8:30 am – 2:00 om Test fee is $45 CASH and bring TWO #2 pencils. (The attached form and supporting documentation must be on file in the school Main Office by January 23, 2018.)
  High School Placement Testing Application
• Makeup test – Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:30 am – 12:00 pm – Makeup test fee is $45 CASH and bring TWO #2 pencils.
• Makeup test – Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:30 am – 12:00 pm – Makeup test fee is $45 CASH and bring TWO #2 pencils.

Uniform Policy

ST. VINCENT’S ACADEMY UNIFORM CODE
All Uniforms are Purchased at A-1 Uniforms or Bahama Joe’s
PE/Gym Uniforms are purchased through the SVA website under Athletics

The uniform code covers the required uniform articles as well as the manner in which they are worn. Students in violation of this uniform code either receive demerits or borrow regulation items from the office. Students are required to keep their uniforms in order at all times during school.

The uniform code is the personal responsibility of each student and her parents. We have made sincere efforts to allow for the varying temperatures on the campus and expect all students to comply with all uniform regulations. It is our hope that parents will see to it that the girls have the necessary pieces of the uniform and that the students will maintain a neat and orderly appearance while in uniform.

Transfer Students

At St. Vincent’s, we have your student’s best interest in mind. We understand transferring to a new school can be a daunting process. Our staff will work closely with you to make the process as smooth as possible and to help answer any questions you may have.

We do not accept Senior transfers.

For more information, please call our office at 912-236-5508.