Mount Saint Vincent Academy

In 1873 the Sisters of Charity established a private school in Rockingham, Nova Scotia and called it Mount Saint Vincent Academy. The Academy was granted a charter by the Legislature of Nova Scotia in 1907. The Academy taught girls between the ages of 10 and 18, French, German, Music, Art, Stenography and Type-writing, and Sewing. There were three levels of classes: Primary, Preparatory and Senior (which was given over four years). Daily classes were also held in physical activities such as fencing and military drill. In 1925, "An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Respecting the Sisters of Charity", passed 7 May 1925, Mount Saint Vincent College was created, and the Academy continued as constituted. The Academy and College buildings burned to the ground in 1951 .