Catholic Academy Coming to BaratHaven

Down the road a few miles in a new and somewhat pricey development will be a private Catholic high school.

Catholic academy coming to BaratHaven

DARDENNE PRAIRIE

Plans are underway for Barat Academy, a private independent Catholic high school located in the BaratHaven community of Dardenne Prairie.

A public hearing took place at the Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen meeting Wednesday where officials reviewed the plans.

Barat Academy is set to open Sept. 4, 2007, and will offer single-gender classes for boys and girls on a co-educational campus.

It is neither owned nor operated by a religious order or by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Rather, it is managed under a lay board of directors.

Debby Watson, president of Barat Academy, said while the academy is founded in the traditions of the Society of the Sacred Heart education, it is not affiliated with the order.

It is unclear at this time whether this school will participate in some way in the Archdiocesan educational system. I hope it will, and it is especially encouraging to see that it will have an emphasis on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.