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Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women | |
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![]() Exterior of Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women in 2019 | |
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1437 Blossom Road , , 14610 United States | |
Coordinates | 43°8′54″N 77°32′16″W / 43.14833°N 77.53778°W |
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Type | Private, all-female |
Motto | Via, Veritas et Vita ("The Way, The Truth and The Life") |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy |
Established | 1928 |
Grades | 6–12 |
Enrollment | 800 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Navy blue and white |
Slogan | Life Changing. |
Mascot | Monarch (Lion) |
Nickname | Mercy |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
Publication | Mercedes (literary magazine) |
Newspaper | The Quill |
Yearbook | Veritas |
Tuition | 2021–2022:[1] $9,420 (grade 6) $12,125 (grades 7–8) $13,120 (grades 9–11) $13,450 (grade 12) |
Alumni | Over 13,000 |
Website | http://www.mercyhs.com |
Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women is a private all-girls Catholic school teaching grades 6–12, located in Brighton, Monroe County, New York, United States, near Rochester. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.
The American Sisters of Mercy founded Our Lady of Mercy High School in Rochester in 1928, based in the tradition of the Roman Catholic sisterhood begun by Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy. The building was built in 1928, and designed by noted Rochester architect J. Foster Warner (1859–1937). It educated young women in grades 9-12 for the first six decades of its operation, branching out to include grades 7 and 8 in 1990. In September 2012, Our Lady of Mercy High School expanded to include grade 6.[3][4] To reflect this change, its name was changed to Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women.