Statements
Mission
The mission of Holy Rosary Academy community is to support and encourage the development of each child's unique set of God-given talents by providing a Catholic education grounded in Gospel values and committed to excellence.
Background
Holy Rosary Academy is a Catholic, co-educational PreK-8 school located in the Donelson community of Nashville, Tennessee. In January 1954, the first Catholic parish in Donelson was established. Holy Rosary Church was built that year on 7.8 acres of land on Graylynn Drive. In the fall of 1954, Holy Rosary Academy opened with a faculty of six, mostly religious Sisters. In the years since, the school has grown both in staff and enrollment to its current capacity of 530. Throughout the years, additions and changes have been made to the original structure to accommodate the growing Catholic community. Holy Rosary Academy serves the children of Holy Rosary, St. Stephen and St. Ignatius parishes as well as the surrounding community. It is the second largest elementary school in the diocese of Nashville and has the approval of the Department of Education of the State of Tennessee, the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Impact
In 2013, HRA was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the Department of Education for 'exemplary high performance.' Our students collectively rank in the top 15 percent nationally based on our IOWA Test of Basic Skills scores. We offer two classes for each grade level (Pre-K through 8th) with small class sizes. We pride ourselves on the number of extracurricular activities to enrich and engage students, including our own student led in school TV morning show, WHRA. Our goals are to maintain the high standards we created to continue being a Blue Ribbon school, increase our student enrollment (while keeping class sizes low) and help our students to become outstanding citizens of high moral character. We recently added a Pre-K class for those that are 3 years of age to better prepare those students for school. This program has been very successful and meets a need of the community.
Needs
Our most pressing need has been to increase our enrollment. We have put together a team to address this issue and so far we are seeing very positive results. As an older school, we always have needs in the area of general maintenance, and updating our school. Like most nonprofits, we could always use more volunteers in a number of areas.
CEO Statement
We are a very close family here. Our parents, teachers, and staff work very hard to provide a quality educational program grounded in our Catholic values and traditions. Our children are loved, safe, and cared for at Holy Rosary Academy. Our graduates continue this tradition in outstanding academic performance in high school and beyond. They frequently distinguish themselves as National Merit scholars, valedictorians, and community servants. Many of our graduates have also distinguished themselves through athletic and artistic scholarships. While awards and recognition are important, I believe the real sign of success is in the number of alumni who return every year to check in on the latest happenings at Holy Rosary as well as to thank us for the solid educational, spiritual, and moral foundation they were given as children.
Service Categories |
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| Primary Category: | Education - Primary & Elementary Schools |
| Secondary Category: | Religion- Related - Roman Catholic |
| Tertiary Category: | - |
Areas Served
We serves families within and surrounding Davidson County that want to provide their children with a quality Catholic Education.
| TN - Davidson |
| TN - Cheatham |
| TN - Robertson |
| TN - Wilson |
| TN - Sumner |
