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Known for its academic excellence, students do not have to compete for mission of encountering Christ through E D U C AT I O N
Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School opportunities to participate in school the pursuit of academic excellence,
is a warm and welcoming campus that offerings. The environment ensures each social consciousness, emotional growth,
builds the “whole child.” Invested in the individual is nurtured and appreciated religious formation and physical
trinity of mind/body/spirit, students for their unique talents and qualities. The development in a caring community.
participate in athletics, theatre, art and school’s mission is to develop leaders SJS operates on a new, state-of-the-art,
music so that they have a diverse bank “That Radiate the Lord.” 46-acre campus. The campus includes
of experiences from which to draw as In 2014, the school broke ground on a new Field Turf soccer field and cross
they grow. “the Dooley Family Field” to celebrate country course.
The school’s Catholic identity deems Vince and Barbara Dooley’s 50 years of Saint Joseph also offers academic and
that they serve others, participate in service to Athens and UGA and to honor fine arts extracurricular opportunities.
community service and require excellence their dedication to this school. As SJS is a Google Apps for Education
in their daily lives. Recognizing that “the Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School school, with a 1:1 Google Chromebook
Golden Rule” is non-denominational, reaches out to offer regional play to the program for all students in 4th through
Monsignor Donovan Catholic High 12 surrounding counties, the school 8th grades. Saint Joseph Catholic Parish
School requires that students and faculty desires to broaden the experiences of School is accredited through AdvancED.
treat others as they want to be treated each and every community member • S t. Joseph Catholic Parish School
and welcome students of all faiths and and become a benchmark of excellence
backgrounds. One does not have to be known to all. 958 Epps Bridge Parkway
Catholic to attend. • M onsignor Donovan Catholic High School Athens, GA 30606
The population at MDCHS is 150 (706) 543-1621
students. Intimate class sizes allow 590 Lavender Rd. www.sjsathens.org
for individualized attention and room Athens, GA 30606-1114
to excel. One hundred percent of its (706) 433-0223 Prince Avenue Christian School offers
students graduate and 100 percent are www.mdchs.org an academically challenging college
accepted into college. prep curriculum for PK-4 through 12th
Because the school is small in size, St. Joseph Catholic Parish School, grade students. The school serves more
founded in 1949, is dedicated to the

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