Chesterton Academy

Chesterton Academy
Address
1320 Mainstreet Hopkins , (Hennepin County) , Minnesota 55343 United States
Coordinates	44°54′25″N 93°19′46″W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Cultura vitae (The culture of life)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	2008
CEEB code	240-262
Faculty	15
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	125 (2015)
Student to teacher ratio	8:1
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Website	www.chestertonacademy.org

Chesterton Academy is a private, co-ed, Catholic secondary school in Hopkins, Minnesota, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Launched in the fall of 2008 by Dale Ahlquist and Tom Bengtson, the school is centered on G. K. Chesterton's ideas of integrated learning. In addition to its classical curriculum, it offers summer school programs, options for home-schooled students, and adult enrichment classes.^[1]

Chesterton Academy has been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Catholic High Schools for excellence in Catholic identity, academics and civics education" by the Cardinal Newman Society.^[2]

Chesterton Academy has several campuses around the United States. Besides Hopkins, there is one in Saint Paul,^[3] Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, Stillwater, Minnesota, and Buffalo, New York.^[4] There is also a campus in Italy.

References

1. About | Chesterton Academy
2. Nation's Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Chesterton Academy students begin studies at new St. Paul campus - TheCatholicSpirit.com". TheCatholicSpirit.com. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Home". Chesterton Academy of Buffalo. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

External links

• Chesterton Academy Website

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1. "People of Praise: Christian group tied to Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces reckoning over sexual misconduct - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.