About

We are proud to be a Blue Ribbon School.
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Ancillae-Assumpta Academy is a private, co-educational, Catholic elementary school conducted by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Founded in 1946 Ancillae-Assumpta Academy grew from its beginnings as a school for girls, Ancillae Academy, to the addition of a school for boys in 1955, Assumpta Academy, to the merger of the two schools in 1969.

The community of Ancillae-Assumpta Academy embraces the educational mission of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an international community of women, whose ministry is education in service of the Gospel. Through the pursuit of personal excellence in a warm, friendly environment, the Handmaids mission is to: "celebrate diversity, nurture faith development, side with the poor, approach the world with hope and hospitality, act as leaven for community building, reverence creation, and share all that we are and have.

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, is licensed by the Pennsylvania Board of Private Academic Schools, and is a member of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA).

The Academy has been recognized for excellence by the United States Department of Education in 1986 and received a Drug-Free School Award in 1989.

It has been reaccredited twice by the Middle States Association, in 1990 for its R.I.C.E. process and in 2001 for its creative project, "The R.I.C.E. Process: Building Our Future Together with Technology and Fine Arts."

In 1992 and most recently in 2010, the Academy received the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award.

 


Ancillae-Assumpta admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at our school.

Similar policies apply to the school staff. The Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, its admissions policies, or in any school administered program.