Mount Saint Mary Academy (Kenmore, New York)


Mount Saint Mary Academy is an all-girls private, Roman Catholic high school in Kenmore, New York within the Diocese of Buffalo.

Background

Mount Saint Mary Academy was established in 1927 by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur.
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The school has a student to faculty ratio of less than 10:1. Students regularly outperform their peers on standardized tests. The average SAT scores of students in the Class of 2008, all of whom take the SAT, are: Critical Reading: 560 Math: 551 Writing: 574. Their ACT Composite is 24.

Athletics

The Mount Saint Mary Thunder is made up of 24 different athletic teams including:
Fall
Cross-Country
Golf
Soccer
Swimming
Volleyball
Winter
Basketball
Bowling
Ice Hockey
Indoor Track
Spring
Lacrosse
Softball
Tennis
Track and Field
Year-round
Competitive Cheerleading
Crew

The arts

Mount Saint Mary Academy has a music program including a concert band, jazz ensemble, string orchestra, and the only all-girls’ marching band in New York State. They were also named the best high school marching band in Western New York by wivb channel 4 in 2019. The all-girls marching band has been chosen to perform at Walt Disney World for the Walt Disney World Easter Parade, as well as the New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade and performed in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural festivities. MSM also has private singing lessons, a chorus and an all-girls a cappella group, The Gemtones. Vocalists at Mount Saint Mary's perform at school concerts, masses, plays and at community events. Students may also take music theory as a fine-arts elective.
Mount Saint Mary's offers student activities relating to fine-arts and visual arts including a drama club, fall musical, creative
writing club and dance team.