Immaculate Conception Academy (San Francisco, California)
Encyclopedia
Immaculate Conception Academy is a private
, all girls' Roman Catholic high school
in San Francisco, California
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
.
. The school is located in the heart of San Francisco. Immaculate Conception became the first all-girl school in the Cristo Rey Network
on August 31, 2009.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, all girls' Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo...
.
Background
Immaculate Conception was established in 1883 by the Dominican Sisters. It is an all-girls' school in the Dominican tradition sponsored by the Sisters of Mission San JoseMission San José
Mission San José was founded on June 11, 1797 on a site located in the "Mission San Jose District" of Fremont, California in the "Valley of San José." The settlement was the site of the first Ceasarian section childbirth in Alta California...
. The school is located in the heart of San Francisco. Immaculate Conception became the first all-girl school in the Cristo Rey Network
Cristo Rey Network
The Cristo Rey Network comprises 25 high schools that provide a quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to urban young people who live in communities with limited educational options...
on August 31, 2009.