Our Tradition and Values
Our core values have served our students for more than 160 years. Our motto, “Be Who You Are and Be It Well” encourages us to live by a common spirit – that is, to be extraordinary people who live by example.
August 12, 2021 
Happy Feast of St. Jane de Chantal
“Set your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.”
-St. Jane De Chantal
Welcome to Visitation Academy
Visitation Academy is a private, Catholic all-girls school located on 7.5 acres of beautiful, enclosed monastic grounds in the heart of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Rooted in the spirit of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, a Visitation education emphasizes gentleness to others as well as to self. We are a Middle States accredited school, recognized for our continued academic success. We invite you to explore the special experience that is Visitation.
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Currently Enrolling Students for the 2021-2022 School Year!
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Admissions
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Curriculum
A progressive and enriching curriculum is taught by a talented and dynamic faculty deeply dedicated to our core values that encourages our students to grow in mind, body and spirit. Visitation Academy has been accredited by Middle States using Sustaining Excellence protocol, furthering our commitment to provide a rich curriculum in keeping with our 161 year tradition of educating and empowering young women.
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166 YEARS FOR VISITATION
Brooklyn Visitation Monastery/Academy Celebrates 166 years on September 24
The first location was on Johnson and Pearl Streets and the first student to be registered was Julia Morris, later to become Mrs. John Carroll Foley.
The first building had been the residence of once famous Dominic Johnson.
The first Mother Superior was Mother Juliana Matthews who brought five Sisters with her from Baltimore Visitation Monastery. Two others came six months later.
The second location for Monastery and Academy was at Clinton and Willoughby Avenues
and in 1903 both transferred to Bay Ridge at our present location.
Currently there are 10 Sisters residing in the Monastery and the Academy remains a premiere elementary school.
We give glory to God for establishing His Sacred Heart Sanctuary at Visitation Monastery all these years in our Diocese of Brooklyn!
I was in the graduating class of 1963. Attending the Visitation Academy from 1955-1963 in its Bay Ridge location. It was a wonderful privilege to be educated there. God Bless VA and all the Sisters that taught me❤️
I’m so grateful to have been taught by the genuinely Christlike Sisters of the Visitation
God Bless! Such a beautiful school experience to give a daughter. My sisters and I are all alumni. I was so grateful to be able to give the same experience to my daughter.
I owe my life and faith to the good sisters of the visitation
Happy Birthday to the BEST private school around! So proud to be an Alumnai
Beyond happy to have my daughter attend!
Happy birthday! 9/24 is my birthday too so it is a great day!
Thank you for giving me an excellent education. You gave me a foundation to pass the faith on to generations of students, and showing me how to teach . May God continue to bless you all.
I got the best education from the sisters of VA. My most cherished childhood memories. Live + Jesus
Class of 1965 !! A lifetime ago !! I loved being taught by the nuns. They were very dedicated .
Wonderful memories Class if 1965
Love Jesus and Amen!
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Wonderful memories of my school years here at Visitation Academy-graduated in '55. How things have changed since then. My parents NEVER saw a Sister, without a black grate and black curtain between them. Parents never saw their children get promoted to the next grade (quite a ceremony involved)or a final graduation. The sisters were wonderful, we had good times; We were taught well; we learned a lot. God bless all at Visitation Academy.
Good education
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Amen and God bless
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The Direction of Intention: Francis de Sales and Thomas Merton — Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
The Direction of Intention: Francis de Sales and Thomas Merton — Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
www.oblates.org
Francis de Sales wants every one of us to fall in love with God. Love is the starting point for everything of lasting value and particularly for every relationship, both with God and with others. For Francis, our love of God is always a matter of a union of wills, not a matter ofAnd on Instagram!
MIDDLE STATES ACCREDITED
Visitation Academy is committed to advancing excellence and has been accredited as a Middle States Program of Sustaining Excellence. Sustaining Excellence award recognizes high-achieving schools for their ongoing accomplishments in all areas.
Upcoming Events
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