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Pond Explorations

The pond behind Ursuline Academy has long held a fascination for generations of UA students.Students wonder what kind of fish swim beneath its depths and a flock of geese has been known to call it...

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Spanish Students Go Beyond the Classroom

UA Spanish teachers Sra. Brandt and Sra. Levin went beyond vocabulary, grammar and textbooks with their students when they planned a cultural field trip outside the classroom for October 11.The...

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Teachers in Plaid for a Cause

Ten hardy Ursuline teachers and staff members donned the school uniform today, making good on their pledge to dress as students in reward for the girls' amazing effort to raise $2,000 for the...

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Four Ursuline Students Honored with Globe Scholastic Art Awards

Four talented Ursuline girls won a combined eight awards in the 2014 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing awards.  Congratulations to all the girls!Lindsay March '14Honorable Mention for her poems...

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Junior Anna Splitz wins first place in figure skating competition

Anna Splitz '15 won first place at the Baystate Winter Games fiqure skating competition, held on March 21-23.  Anna earned first place for Artistic Freestyle, and now qualifies for the 2015 State Games...

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Jackie Gonzalez '16 to compete at Augusta National Golf Club

Sophomore Jackie Gonzalez will be competing in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt Championship National Finals to be held on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the historic Augusta National Golf Club in...

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Junior Eleni Haberis Named Finalist in Essay Contest

Eleni Haberis '15 was named a finalist in the 2014 Boston GLOW (Girls Leadership|Organized Women) IGNITE Change essay contest that asked the question: "If you had $1000, what could you change for women...

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Ursuline Girls Help Club Hockey Team to National Title

Junior Kayla Anderson and freshman Maeve Moynihan earned a national title when their club hockey team, the Charles River Blazers, won the Tier II U16 championship in Amherst, NY on April 6.  Both girls...

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Senior Scholarships and Awards

At graduation and the related ceremonies of Baccalaureate Mass and Class Day, many members of Ursuline's Class of 2014 received scholarships or awards for their efforts in academics, athletics, or...

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Catherine Rockett '15 Selected for ATA Championship Tournament

Senior Catherine Rockett was recently selected to play in the Annual American Tennis Association Junior National Championship held from August 2-9 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Catherine was selected...

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Line Design Project

 Here are just a few of the amazing "line designs" designed and created by Ms. Joseph's Geometry classes.  Each design is made 100% from straight lines arranged in myriad ways!  

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2015 Feed the Homeless Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

Ursuline Academy students Kathleen Ryan '19, Olivia Ryan '20, and Madison Sanders '20 volunteered their time on Wednesday November 26 to help feed a Thanksgiving dinner to over 500 homeless and...

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Three Students Place First in New England Regional Oireachtas

Marie Gormley '18, Norah O'Toole '18, and Maeve O'Toole '20 competed in the 2014 New England Regional Oireachtas for Irish Step Dancing on behalf of the Heavey-Quinn Academy of Irish Dance. In the...

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Berleine Gedeon '15 earns chair in Eastern Senior District Festival

On Saturday November 22nd, senior Berleine Gedeon auditioned on Double Bass for the Eastern Senior District Festival of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. She was awarded second chair for...

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Christmas Talent Show

As part of Ursuline's pre-Christmas festivities, the Class of 2018 dressed as characters from traditional Christmas songs with the assistance of their senior big sisters.  See if you can spot Frosty...

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Winter Dance

Despite mountainous snowbanks and frigid winds, Ursuline girls and their guests celebrated the warmth of their friendship at the annual Winter Dance on January 31.  See the slide show below for a peek...

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Seventh Grader Passes ABRSM Piano Exam

Tara Kirchman, a 7th grader, took the ABRSM piano exam at the highest grade level (grade 8) in December.  At the age of 12, she passed the exam on her first attempt, making her one of the youngest...

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St. Angela Merici Through the Eyes of UA Students

In honor of the Feast of St. Angela Merici, Mrs. Morency asked her 9th grade religion students to create a poster that represented St. Angela in some way.  The results are amazing!      

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Ursuline Delegates Shine at BosMUN

The Ursuline Model United Nations Team (UAMUN) sent 12 delegates to the Boston University Model UN Conference (BosMUN) on February 6-8, 2015. The 48-hour simulation, which hosted over 1,400 delegates...

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The Destruction of the Ursuline Convent, 1834

The following remarks were given by Assistant Principal Dr. Catherine Muldoon at Ursuline's February 27 Diversity Assembly, after which the original chapel bell from Mount Benedict was rung as a sign...

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