Incarnate Word Academy (Houston)

Private, all-girls school in Texas, U.S.

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Incarnate Word Academy

Address

609 Crawford Street

Houston, Texas

(Harris County)

77002

United States

Coordinates| 29°45′23″N 95°21′26″W﻿ / ﻿29.75639°N 95.35722°W﻿ / 29.75639; -95.35722
Information
Type| Private, all-girls
Motto| Praised be the Incarnate Word
Religious affiliation(s)| Roman Catholic
Denomination| Catholicism
Established| 1873
Founder| Mother Jeanne de Matel
Status| Open
School code| 443330
President| Sister Lauren Beck, C.V.I.
Principal| Andrea Smith
Faculty| 39
Grades| 9–12
Gender| All girls
Age range| 14-18
Enrollment| 348
Average class size| 16
Student to teacher ratio| 9:1
Language| English
Color(s)|  Red and white
Athletics conference| TAPPS 5A
Mascot| Falcons
Team name| Falcons
Accreditation| Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
USNWR ranking| 827
Publication| The Word Magazine
Yearbook| The Margil
Tuition| $16,650
Website| www.incarnateword.org

Incarnate Word Academy is an all-girls Roman Catholic college preparatory school located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.

Incarnate Word Academy serves grades 9 through 12 and is owned and operated by the Congregation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. IWA opened a new $15 million, 18,500 square feet (1,720 m2) academic building in the Spring of 2017 to provide additional space for classes, collaboration, student life, and fine arts.

## Student body[edit]

The student body represents fifty-one Catholic parishes and 101 zip codes across the Houston metropolitan area and is a community of 348 young women. As of the 2017–2018 school year, school's racial percentages are as follows:[2]

* Hispanic: 24%
* White American: 48%
* African-American: 9%
* Multi-racial: 11%
* Asian/Pacific Islander: 8%

## History[edit]

In 1873, Mother Jeanne de Matel and two other sisters of the religious order of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament arrived at the corner of Jackson and Crawford with a historic mission in mind. The sisters were invited by Bishop John Odin to establish a school for young women.

The sisters arrived in Houston from Lyon, France by way of Brownsville, Texas on April 25, 1873.  They took up their residence in a large building, once a Franciscan Monastery, across the street from St. Vincent's Church on Franklin Street.  A chapel was prepared and on May 5, 1873, Mass was celebrated there. The student body marks this day each on Foundation Day.[citation needed]

These women of early Texas founded the first permanent school in Houston, and called it Incarnate Word Academy for Young Ladies.[3]

## Curriculum[edit]

The curriculum is primarily intended to prepare students for higher education and to this end students take core, college-preparatory courses and electives based on their individual interests.

### Advanced Placement program[edit]

The school has an Advanced Placement (AP) program with honors and AP classes, wherein students take classes that closely parallel university-level courses in the same subject. These classes follow a strict syllabus and are graded more rigorously than non-AP courses. They culminate in a standardized, comprehensive exam each spring, a passing score on which may earn the student college credit.

## See also[edit]

* Christianity in Houston

## References[edit]

1. ^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
2. ^ "incarnateword.org Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, School Profile]
3. ^ "Our History - Incarnate Word Academy". www.incarnateword.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

Portals:

* Texas
* Schools
* Catholicism

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Downtown Houston

Areas|

* Houston Skyline District
* Houston Theater District
* Main Street/Market Square Historic District

Education|

| Primary and
secondary schools|

* Houston ISD
* Kinder HSPVA
* Incarnate Word Academy

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Colleges and
universities|

* University of Houston–Downtown (Template)
* South Texas College of Law
* Houston Community College (closest campus is Midtown)

Libraries|

* Houston Public Library (Jones Building, Julia Ideson Building, and HPL Express Discovery Green)

Skyscrapers and
complexes|

* 609 Main at Texas
* 919 Milam
* 1000 Main
* 1200 Travis
* 1500 Louisiana Street
* 1600 Smith Street
* Allen Center
* Devon Energy Tower
* 1400 Smith Street
* Bank of America Center
* Bayou Place
* BG Group Place
* Calpine Center
* CenterPoint Energy Plaza
* Club Quarters Hotel
* Cullen Center
* 1600 Smith Street
* KBR Tower
* El Paso Energy Building
* Enterprise Plaza
* Esperson Buildings
* ExxonMobil Building
* First City Tower
* GreenStreet (Houston Pavilions)
* Heritage Plaza
* Hess Tower
* Houston Center
* Four Seasons Hotel Houston
* Houston House Apartments
* Houston Post-Dispatch Building
* Hyatt Regency Houston
* JW Marriott Downtown Houston
* Bob Lanier Public Works Building
* JPMorgan Chase Building
* JPMorgan Chase Tower
* Magnolia Hotel
* One City Centre
* One Park Place
* One Shell Plaza
* Pennzoil Place
* Total Plaza
* Wedge International Tower
* Wells Fargo Plaza

Parks and
public plazas|

* Allen's Landing
* Discovery Green
* Market Square Park
* Sam Houston Park
* Sesquicentennial Park
* Tranquillity Park

National Register of
Historic Places|

* Houston Cotton Exchange Building
* Annunciation Church
* Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
* Battelstein's
* Beaconsfield
* James Bute Company Warehouse
* Christ Church
* City National Bank Building
* W. L. Foley Building
* Gulf Building
* Hogg Building
* Houston City Hall
* Houston Post-Dispatch Building
* Humble Oil Building
* Julia Ideson Building
* Kennedy Bakery
* Kress Building
* Main Street/Market Square Historic District
* McKee Street Bridge
* Merchants and Manufacturers Building
* National Biscuit Company Building
* Palace Hotel
* Paul Building
* Rice Lofts
* The Sam Houston Hotel
* San Jacinto Street Bridge
* Scanlan Building
* South Texas National Bank
* State National Bank Building
* Stowers Building
* Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building
* Texas Company Building
* Texas State Hotel
* US Customhouse
* Union Station (Houston)
* Willow Street Pump Station

Other landmarks|

* 1910 Harris County Courthouse
* Alley Theatre
* Bayou Place
* George R. Brown Convention Center
* Capitol Lofts
* Downtown Aquarium
* Federal Detention Center, Houston
* Franklin Lofts
* Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
* Great Jones Building
* Harris County jails
* Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
* Houston Club
* Hotel Icon
* Houston tunnel system
* Jones Hall
* Joe Kegans State Jail
* Kiam Building
* Minute Maid Park
* Petroleum Club of Houston
* Pillot Building
* Texas Company Annex
* Toyota Center
* Wortham Theater Center

METRORail lines|

* Red
* Green
* Purple

METRORail stations|

* Bell
* Central Station
* Convention District
* Downtown Transit Center
* Main Street Square
* Preston
* Theater District
* UH–Downtown

History|

* 1928 Democratic National Convention
* Gulf Hotel fire

This list is incomplete.
Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center was in Downtown until 1955

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston schools

* List of schools

PK-12 schools|

* Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart

High schools|

* Cristo Rey Jesuit
* Frassati Catholic
* Incarnate Word Academy
* O'Connell College Prep
* Saint Agnes Academy
* Saint John XXIII
* St. Pius X
* St. Thomas
* Strake Jesuit

PreK-9 schools|

* St. Catherine's Montessori School

PreK-8 schools|

* John Paul II
* Our Lady of Guadalupe
* The Regis School of the Sacred Heart
* St. Anne

Former high schools|

* Dominican High School
* Mount Carmel High School

Former K-8 schools|

* Our Mother of Mercy School

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* e

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston

Ordinaries|

Prefect Apostolic of Texas

John Timon

Vicar Apostolic of Texas

Jean-Marie Odin

Bishops of Galveston

Jean-Marie Odin
Claude Marie Dubuis
Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher
Christopher Edward Byrne
Wendelin Joseph Nold

Coadjutor Bishop (did not succeed to the See)

Pierre Dufal

Bishops of Galveston–Houston

Wendelin Joseph Nold
John Louis Morkovsky

Archbishops of Galveston–Houston

Joseph Fiorenza
Daniel DiNardo

Auxiliaries

John E. McCarthy
Enrique San Pedro
Curtis J. Guillory
James Anthony Tamayo
Vincent M. Rizzotto
Joe S. Vásquez
George Sheltz
Italo Dell’Oro

Priests who became bishops

John E. McCarthy

Churches|

Co-cathedrals

St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston (Bishop's Palace, Galveston)
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston

Historic parishes

All Saints Church, Houston
Annunciation Church, Houston
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Houston
Our Mother of Mercy Church, Houston
St. Joseph's Church, Galveston

Education|

Universities

Our Lady of the Lake University, Houston
University of St. Thomas, Houston

High Schools, K-12

Duchesne Academy, Houston

High Schools, 9-12

Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston
Frassati Catholic High School, Harris County (Spring area)
Incarnate Word Academy, Houston
O'Connell College Preparatory School, Galveston
Pope John XXIII High School, Harris County (Katy area)
Saint Agnes Academy, Houston
St. Pius X High School, Houston
St. Thomas High School, (Houston
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston

List of schools

List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston

* Texas portal
* Catholicism portal

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* e

Private schools in the Houston metropolitan area

Harris Co.|

| Secular|

* Awty
* Briarwood
* British Int'l
* Chinquapin Prep
* Harris
* Houston Sudbury
* Kinkaid
* LIH
* Mirus
* Monarch
* Parish
* Post Oak
* Rainard
* School of the Woods
* St. John's
* Tenney
* Village

| Closed|

* Alexander-Smith Academy
* Memorial Hall

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Religious|

* Al-Hadi
* Baytown Christian
* Beren Academy
* Beth Yeshurun Day
* Christian Life Ctr Acad
* Concordia Lutheran High
* Covenant Prep
* Cristo Rey Jesuit
* Cypress Christian
* Darul Arqam Schools/IEIT
* Emery/Weiner
* Episcopal
* Faith West
* Family Christian
* Frassati Catholic
* Grace Christian Acad
* Houston Christian HS
* Iman Acad
* Imani
* John Paul II Catholic
* Incarnate Word Acad
* Lutheran North
* Lutheran South
* Memorial Private
* Northland Christian
* Our Lady of Guadalupe
* Oaks Adventist Christian
* Presbyterian
* Regis of the Sacred Heart
* Rosehill Christian
* Saint Agnes
* Saint John XXIII
* Second Baptist
* St. Catherine's Montessori
* St. Francis Episcopal
* St. Pius X
* St. Stephen's Episcopal
* St. Thomas
* St. Thomas' Episcopal
* Shlenker School
* Strake Jesuit
* Westbury Christian
* Yellowstone Acad

| Closed|

* Mount Carmel
* North Houston Baptist

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Fort Bend Co.|

| Religious|

* Darul Arqam Schools/IEIT (Everest Academy/South & SW Campuses)
* Fort Bend Christian Academy

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Galveston Co.|

| Religious|

* Bay Area Christian School
* O'Connell College Preparatory School

| Closed|

* Dominican High School

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Montgomery Co.|

| Secular|

* The John Cooper School

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Religious|

* Covenant Christian School
* The Woodlands Christian Academy

Waller Co.|

| Secular|

| Closed|

* Brazos Valley Sudbury School

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* e

Houston Area Independent Schools

* Annunciation Orthodox
* Ascension Episcopal
* Awty Int'l
* Baniff
* Beth Yeshurun Day School
* Branch
* Briarwood
* The John Cooper School
* Corpus Christi Catholic
* Duchesne Acad. of the Sacred Heart
* Emery/Weiner
* Episcopal HS
* Fay
* First Baptist Acad.
* Fort Bend Baptist Acad.
* Frassati Catholic HS
* Grace
* Holy Spirit Episcopal
* Honor Roll
* Houston Christian HS
* Incarnate Word Acad.
* Joy
* Kinkaid
* Lutheran North Acad.
* Lutheran South Acad.
* Monarch
* Oaks
* Parish
* Post Oak
* Presbyterian
* Regis School of the Sacred Heart
* River Oaks Baptist School
* Rosehill Christian
* Saint Agnes Acad.
* St. Anne Catholic
* St. Catherine's Montessori School
* St. Francis Episcopal School
* St. Francis de Sales
* Saint John XXIII HS
* St. John's
* St. Mark's Episcopal
* St. Pius X HS
* St. Stephen's Episcopal
* St. Theresa Catholic
* St. Thomas' Episcopal
* St. Thomas HS
* St. Thomas More Parish
* Sch. of the Woods
* Second Baptist
* The Shlenker School
* Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
* Trafton Academy
* The Village School
* Wesley Academy
* Westbury Christian School
* The Woodlands Christian Academy
* Yorkshire Academy

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* e

High schools in the City of Houston

Houston Independent School District

Zoned schools|

* Austin
* Chávez
* Furr
* Heights (ex-Reagan)
* Sam Houston
* Kashmere
* Lamar
* Madison
* Milby
* Northside (ex-J. Davis)
* North Forest
* Scarborough
* Sharpstown
* Sterling
* Waltrip
* Washington
* Westbury
* Westside
* Margaret Long Wisdom (ex-Lee)
* Wheatley
* Worthing
* Yates

Magnet/alternative schools|

* Carnegie Vanguard
* Challenge Early College
* DeBakey
* East Early College
* Eastwood Academy
* Energy Institute
* H.A.I.S.
* H.S.E.P.
* H.S.P.V.A.
* Jones Futures Academy
* H.S.L.J.
* Leland
* Liberty (Newcomer)
* Mount Carmel Acad.
* North Houston Early College
* T.H. Rogers
* Sharpstown Int'l
* South Early College
* Y.W.C.P.A.
* Barbara Jordan Career Center

Public schools not in Houston ISD

Aldine ISD|

* Aldine
* Carver
* Eisenhower
* Victory Early College (magnet)

Alief ISD|

* Elsik
* Hastings
* Kerr (magnet)
* Early College (magnet)

Clear Creek ISD|

* Clear Lake

Fort Bend ISD|

* Willowridge

Humble ISD|

* Kingwood
* Kingwood Park

Pasadena ISD|

* Dobie

Spring Branch ISD|

* Northbrook
* Spring Woods
* Stratford
* WAIS (magnet)

State charter|

* Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses)
* Houston Heights
* KIPP Texas (multiple campuses)
* Pro-Vision
* George I. Sanchez (two campuses)
* YES Prep (multiple campuses)
* Northline
* Yzaguirre School

| Closed|

* Benji's Special Educational Academy

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Independent

Secular private|

* Alexander-Smith Academy
* Awty
* Briarwood
* Houston Sudbury
* Monarch
* Post Oak
* Rainard
* River Oaks Academy
* School of the Woods
* St. John's
* The Village School

Religious|

* Al-Hadi School
* Bay Area Christian
* Beren Academy
* Christian Life Center Academy
* Covenant Prep
* Cristo Rey Jesuit
* Emery/Weiner
* Grace Christian Acad.
* Houston Christian HS
* Iman Academy
* Incarnate Word Academy
* Lutheran North
* Lutheran South
* Memorial Private
* Northland Christian
* Saint Agnes
* Second Baptist
* St. Francis Episcopal
* St. Pius X
* St. Thomas
* St. Thomas' Episcopal
* Strake Jesuit
* Tenney
* Westbury Christian

| High school closed|

* St. Stephen's Episcopal

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This list is incomplete.
This list only includes schools in the Houston city limits. Multiple schools with "Houston, Texas" addresses are not in the city limits.

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Single-gender schools in Texas

Public boys' schools|

* Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (Dallas)
* Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men (Houston)
* The Lawson Academy (Houston)
* Young Men's Leadership Academy at Kennedy Middle School (Grand Prairie)

Public girls' schools|

* Rangel Young Women's Leadership School (Dallas)
* Richards School for Young Women Leaders (Austin)
* Talkington School for Young Women Leaders (Lubbock)
* Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (Houston)
* Young Women's Leadership Academy (Fort Worth)
* Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold (Grand Prairie)
* Young Women's Leadership Academy (San Antonio)

Private boys' schools|

| Dallas/Fort Worth area|

* Cistercian Preparatory School (Irving)
* Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (Dallas)
* St. Mark's School (Dallas)

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Houston area|

* The Regis School of the Sacred Heart (Houston)
* St. Thomas High School (Houston)
* Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (Houston)

San Antonio area|

* Central Catholic Marianist High School (San Antonio)

El Paso area|

* Cathedral High School (El Paso)

Became coed|

* Holy Cross of San Antonio (San Antonio)
* St. Anthony Catholic High School (San Antonio)

Private girls' schools|

| Dallas/Fort Worth area|

* Hockaday School (Dallas)
* Mesorah High School for Girls (Dallas)
* Ursuline Academy (Dallas)

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Houston area|

* Duchesne Academy (Houston)
* Incarnate Word Academy (Houston)
* Saint Agnes Academy (Houston)

San Antonio area|

* Incarnate Word High School (San Antonio)
* Providence High School (San Antonio)

El Paso area|

* Loretto Academy (El Paso, PK-5 coed, 6-12 girls' only)

Closed|

* St. Francis Academy (San Antonio)

Merged|

* Dominican High School

Became coed|

* Father Yermo (El Paso)

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TAPPS 6A (2022-2024)

District 1|

* Bishop Lynch (Dallas)
* John Paul II (Plano)
* Nolan Catholic (Fort Worth)
* Parish Episcopal (Dallas)
* Prestonwood Christian (Plano)
* Trinity Christian (Addison)
* Ursuline Academy (Dallas) (girls only)

District 2|

| Girls|

* Antonian Prep (San Antonio)
* Concordia Lutheran (Tomball)
* Incarnate Word (Houston)
* Incarnate Word (San Antonio)
* St. Agnes Academy (Houston)
* St. Pius X (Houston)
* Village (Houston)

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Boys|

* Antonian Prep (San Antonio)
* Central Catholic (San Antonio)
* Concordia Lutheran (Tomball)
* St. Pius X (Houston)
* St. Thomas (Houston)
* Village (Houston)

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Independent|

* Cathedral High School (El Paso) (boys only)

Sources:
22-24 Boys Basketball 22-24 Girls Basketball

Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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