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Who We Are
Visitation School provides an excellent education within a Catholic environment permeated by Salesian spirituality and the living tradition of the Visitation Sisters.
We are an independent, Catholic school founded in 1873 by the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary. We educate boys and girls from Montessori Pre-K through grade five and all girls in grades six to twelve. A Visitation education is more than just academic achievement; it's about growth and wholeness in mind, body and spirit. We provide an education that is not for school, but for life. Learn more about sending your child to Visitation.
Lower School
At Visitation, we know and nurture each child in our care as a unique individual. The Lower School, boys and girls in Montessori PreK through grade 5, is rich with opportunities to explore where our outstanding faculty guide your student's growth and progress.
Middle School
Visitation's all-girls Middle School provides an empowering single-gender education where students strengthen their sense of self as they explore and grow as individuals. They are surrounded by high expectations, nurturing faculty and community strong in faith.
Upper School
Visitation's Upper School offers an exceptional academic experience, defined by high standards of achievement, close personal interactions with faculty and a clear sense of purpose. The Visitation learner is empowered, competent and confident. They are capable leaders. And will be for life.
Spotlight
Our All-Girls Middle School
Meet Frannie as she tells you about her day-to-day experience at Vis. Visitation Middle School students focus fully on learning, and feel comfortable being themselves in the classroom, in the lab, on the stage or on the field.
Our Values
Coed, then all-girls: A Perfect Combination
From Montessori PreK through grade five, we welcome boys and girls into an environment in which they thrive together beautifully. In grades 6-12, we offer a uniquely empowering experience to girls. In these years of transformation, as young people shape their personal identities, Vis girls shine.
Our Values
Academic Excellence
Visitation offers an excellent academic experience at each level that is defined by high standards of achievement, close personal interactions with faculty and a clear sense of purpose. Students are prepared for future success.
Our Values
Be who you are and be that well.
Full of affirmation and expectation, this simple phrase beautifully captures the spirit of a Visitation education. This is an experience not just about academic achievement, but growth and wholeness in mind, body and spirit.
Our Values
Foundation of Remarkable Relationships
Students and teachers at Visitation are part of a close, strong community founded on trust. One special dimension of the Vis experience is the frequent pairing of students with younger and older partners. We find that with the right guides and friends, the most important lessons in character and kindness come naturally.
Our Values
The Power of Little Virtues
One hallmark of the Salesian tradition is a set of virtues inspiring the way we strive to learn and live. Among these are kindness and courage, patience and respect, joyful optimism and gentle strength.
Our Values
More Chances to Excel
Our 60-acre campus is home to a STEM center, a ballet studio, a professional-caliber theater, a stunning art suite, an outdoor classroom and superb athletic facilities. The result is a wonderful richness of options—many chances for each student to find and nurture new talents.
Our Values
More Possibilities to Explore
We offer a remarkable breadth of opportunities: French, Spanish and Chinese starting in Montessori preschool; robust arts, athletics and service-learning programs; plus a full array of specialist teachers augmenting our classroom faculty. The result is a wonderful richness of options—many chances for each student to find and nurture new talents.
Our Values
Not for School, but for Life
The aim of a Visitation education is to prepare students for life. To ensure that this preparation meets the demands of the 21st century, we have worked with care to identify a balance of strengths that will define the Visitation learner—from faith and values to leadership, from digital literacy to global citizenship.
65 Acres
Explore campus with trails for walking, running or skiing
520
Seat professional-quality theater
8
Tennis Courts
3
Art Rooms
1
STEM Center
Countless
Places to sit in the sun and shade
2
Gyms
1
World Language Lab
2 + 1
Two softball fields and a soccer/lacrosse field
1
Black-box studio for theater and orchestra rehearsal
Dozens
Bright, spacious classrooms
2
Ponds with a variety of wildlife. We even have peacocks!
1
Ballet studio
Testimonials
Be who you are and be that well
Here at Visitation School, our students are surrounded by high academic and personal expectations and positive examples of “being who you are and being that well,”—all in an excellent academic community filled with our Salesian tradition. Our students are prepared not for school, but for life. Learn more!
![Grace L, 10th grade]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613768057/convent/vyjtxadmjzfldgdqskqo/GraceLoonan1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1613768057/convent/vyjtxadmjzfldgdqskqo/GraceLoonan1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613768057/convent/vyjtxadmjzfldgdqskqo/GraceLoonan1.jpg","width":800}])
"At Vis, you can literally be anything except invisible."
Grace, 10th grade
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"What I love most about teaching at Vis is our community’s daily commitment to learning not for school, but for life, as our school’s motto proudly declares."
Dr. Phil Thornberry, Spanish
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"Vis is great because it has allowed me to become more confident and independent. The people that surround me at Vis continue to provide me with great tools that empower me to be the very best that I can be. That is why I love being at Vis!"
Frannie, 7th grade
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"We translate guiding principles such as gentleness, patience, inner peace, humility and liberty of spirit into all of our actions here."
Joanna Huang, Chinese Teacher
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"My confidence has dramatically increased while at Vis because the faculty and students have always been there to support and encourage me."
Ella, 12th grade
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"I came to Visitation as a refugee girl hoping to beat the odds. I left with a conviction about the power of education that has shaped all aspects of my life since then."
Vallay Moua Varro '94
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"Visitation educates and nurtures the whole student! Every student at Visitation is loved, appreciated, nurtured, and challenged according to their individual needs."
Ann Marie Ziemetz, First Grade Teacher
![Olivia J, 10th grader at Vis, holding a basketball]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1580418244/convent/pgzgrdlwoi3smwdt5o7c/zBB_0988.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1580418244/convent/pgzgrdlwoi3smwdt5o7c/zBB_0988.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1580418244/convent/pgzgrdlwoi3smwdt5o7c/zBB_0988.jpg","width":600}])
"I love the Vis community. I can be confident about who I am when I'm around the girls in my class."
Olivia, 12th grade
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