Official Page for St. Basil Academy, a college preparatory for girls in the Philadelphia region. Educate the Girl - Empower the Woman - Enlighten the World
Saint Basil Academy, a college preparatory school for young women, provides a unique learning environment where traditional values are affirmed and upheld, and new and challenging areas open to today's young women are evaluated and explored.
Nurtured by the spiritual and cultural richness of its Ukrainian Catholic heritage and sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Basil the Great, the Academy provides a diversified curriculum that respects individual needs. A dedicated faculty helps students develop solid Christian values and a strong sense of community pride that will prepare them for roles of leadership in today's ever-changing, always challenging society. Saint Basil Academy empowers its students to make successful choices in their lives, and to leave things better than they found them.
Admission standards provide enrollment opportunities for students of varied ethnic and religious backgrounds, which help provide a unique growing experience. Saint Basil Academy is proud to offer its young women a vision of themselves, their world and the conviction that they can and do make a difference.
Our role as Christian educators is not accomplished by ourselves. We share this mission and its responsibilities with parents, who are their daughters' primary educators, with the communities in which they live, with the alumnae of Saint Basil Academy, and with the local Church.
Belief Statements
We, the Saint Basil Academy community, commit ourselves to the education and development of the whole person emotionally, intellectually, physically, spiritually, and socially.
We believe in providing an atmosphere for spiritual growth rich in the Gospel values of Jesus Christ.
We believe in fostering an appreciation for the richness and diversity of the Catholic Church through liturgical celebration and studies of the Byzantine Church.
We believe in encouraging an appreciation of our Ukrainian heritage while fostering openness to human and ethnic diversity.
We believe in challenging students to form personal moral values based on Christian teaching, thus deepening the students' understanding of Christ and their call to faith in Him.
We believe in offering a well-rounded curriculum, which utilizes modern technology so that students may meet the challenges of a global community with a solid educational foundation and self-confidence.
We believe in encouraging students to develop an appreciation of the aesthetic --- the arts, music, and nature – thereby developing their innate and God-given talents.
We believe in charging students with the responsibilities of protecting and caring for the environment.
We believe in providing students with opportunities to develop critical thinking and independence of thought.
We believe in providing students with a background of experiences in order to make successful choices in their later school and life careers.
We believe in the importance of providing opportunities for students to give back to their communities through service
We believe in the importance of creating a warm, family-like community, which is the heart of our school, among students, faculty, administration, staff, parents, and alumnae.
We believe in encouraging respect and appreciation of the individual differences of students in their academic ability, cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
We believe in developing leadership potential and energizing school spirit through curricular and co-curricular activities with the mutual support of the administration, faculty, staff, students, parents, and alumnae.
We believe in creating an awareness of appropriate forms of recreation for the development of mind, body, and spirit.
Saint Basil Academy, a college preparatory school for young women, provides a unique learning environment where traditional values are affirmed and upheld, and new and challenging areas open to today's young women are evaluated and explored.
