Private School for Girls in New London County, CT

Academy Of The Holy Family:
The Academy of the Holy Family (AHF) is an accredited Catholic day and boarding high school for American and international young women in grades 9-12. Our school is located in Baltic (part of the town of Sprague) in New London County, in the Norwich-New London metro area, southeastern Connecticut. Central Manchester, Hartford, New Britain, Meriden, New Haven and Bridgeport CT, as well as Providence and Warwick in Rhode Island, are all within a 1 hour drive or less.

• Owned and operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church, we have a rich tradition of educating young women in excellence for over 130 years.

• Our mission is to provide young women with a strong sense of Christian values and a challenging academic program empowering each individual to reach her spiritual, intellectual, moral and social potential.

• Our graduates attend a wide range of colleges and universities across the country. We welcome new students throughout the year.


Quality Education:
• While offering our students a challenging academic program which includes both honors and Advanced Placement courses, the Academy fosters a family spirit within its student body.

• Young women have opportunities to thrive in this nurturing atmosphere, thus being empowered to reach their full spiritual, intellectual, moral and social potential. Alumnae from all over the world have expressed their deep gratitude for their educational experience at the Academy.

• The comprehensive nature of this small school enables it to prepare the student for higher education, or in the professional world.

• This preparation includes an emphasis on personal accountability, integrity, and critical analysis of those exterior stimuli which shape her world, and the ability to respond in an effective Christian manner to her evaluation of those exterior forces by means of a formed and informed conscience.

• We aim to provide a Christian formation according to authentic Catholic teaching and to nurture self-motivated intellectual development through a structured and challenging curriculum.

• We tailor our curriculum to meet individual needs whenever possible and place a high standard on personal accountability and integrity.

• The Academy provides a setting in which young women can realize and develop the richness of their personal worth, empowering them to achieve their full God-given potential. 

• We help prepare students to meet life's challenges of living a Christian and moral life in today's society and accept as a sacred trust the commitment to serving the poor.


Academic Programs:
• College Preparation, Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available. Our students attend small, family like classes taught by dedicated religious and lay staff.

• Subjects include:  English; Mathematics; Science; Foreign Language; Fine Arts; Computer Science; Religion; Social Studies; Family Studies; Physical Education. ESL English is offered for our international students.

Please see the Programs Page for a full list of programs.

•  “Holy Family is one of my fondest memories, regardless of my reservations about it at the time of my attendance there. I did love that school and all the teachers in it, though.”

•  “I appreciated the nuns and loved them all. The educational requirements were very high and we were required to excel. I excelled!”

•  "My experience of being over there was like no other thing- the most precious and happy year of my youth."