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Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child is a Catholic private school in Summit, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is coeducational from kindergarten to grade 6 and all girls in seventh grade to twelfth grade. The school operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.〔(Union County High Schools ), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed September 7, 2011.〕 The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992.〔(Member Directory ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 20, 2012.〕 The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.〔(School Search ), New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.〕 As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 526 students and a student/faculty ratio of 7:1. Oak Knoll was founded in 1924 and is one of 10 schools in the Holy Child Network of Schools that provides independent Catholic education across the United States. The Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus have also founded schools in England, Ireland, France, Nigeria, and Ghana. All Holy Child schools operate under the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Oak Knoll shares the goals of the Schools of the Holy Child Jesus. ==History== Founded in 1924, Oak Knoll's roots go back to 1846, when Cornelia Connelly founded the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and opened her first school in England. The Provincial Council of the Society of the Holy Jesus responded to a need identified by the Bishop of Newark for a Catholic School for girls. In January 1924, the Society received permission from Rome to open a school in Summit, New Jersey. Several properties were considered, and the estate of William Zebdee Larned was acquired in May 1924. The site included the stone manor house, "Stoneover" (now known as "Grace Hall"), built in 1887. A stable, located where Connelly Hall now stands, provided gym and classroom space for the Junior School. Two houses on Prospect Street also contained classrooms and convent space. In 1954, Bonaventura Hall, named after benefactor Bonaventura (Kirby) Devine and her husband Christopher J. Devine a Wall Street banker,〔corneliaconnellylibrary.org/library-materials/texts/PSU62/4-15.pdf.page 5〕 was constructed for the elementary grades, and in 1956, construction on the new Upper School, Connelly Hall, was completed. Renovation and growth characterized the 1990s, with the renovation of the Lower School Library in 1992, addition of the Tisdall Hall athletic complex and expansion of the Upper School Library in 1993, renovation of the Grace Hall Chapel in 1994, completion of the Campion Center for the Performing Arts in 1995, and modernization of the Aileen Maury Dining Hall in 1997. From modest beginnings, numbering just 17 students, Oak Knoll's current enrollment exceeds 500 students. In 2004, Oak Knoll completed construction of athletic fields, located five miles (8 km) away in Chatham Township. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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