Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall

Not to be confused with Laurelton Hall.

The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, established in 1905 by the Sisters of Mercy, is an independent, Catholic, all-girls high school at 200 High Street in Milford, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Archdiocese of Hartford.

Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall
Address
200 High Street Milford , New Haven County , Connecticut 06460 United States
Coordinates	41°13′23″N 73°03′54″W
Information
Type	All-girls
Motto	Fides consequitur quodquonque petit (Faith attains all that it seeks)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Established	1905 (120 years ago) (1905)
Founder	Sisters of Mercy
CEEB code	070415
Head of school	Beth Coyne[1]
Staff	15
Faculty	34
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	280 (as of 2022-2023[update])[2]
Campus size	25 acres (100,000 m2)
Color(s)	Blue and white
Athletics	Field hockey, soccer, cross country, swimming, volleyball, basketball, cheer, indoor track, ice hockey, skiing, golf, lacrosse, tennis, softball, rowing, and track and field
Athletics conference	Southern Connecticut Conference
Mascot	Crusader
Nickname	Lauralton; LH
Team name	Crusaders
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges[3]
Publication	The Looking Glass (literary magazine), Hallmarks (school magazine)
Newspaper	Lauralton Highlights[4]
Yearbook	The Lauralton
Tuition	$22,975 Tuition[5] $32,975 International Student Tuition[5]
Website	www.lauraltonhall.org

It is the oldest Catholic college-preparatory school for girls in Connecticut.^[6] In August 2011, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the Connecticut Historic Preservation Council.^[7][8]

The school's 25-acre campus is located a block from the Metro-North Railroad's Milford station.^[2]

Students attend Lauralton Hall from nearly 40 cities and towns.^[2]

Recent accomplishments

Lauralton Hall's engineering team consisting of 43 students in grades 9-12 recently participated in its sixth Sikorsky STEM Challenge and won. This year, students were asked to design a lightweight, semi-autonomous cargo transport system with color recognition abilities that would assimilate into the Sikorsky Skyhawk model. The system when activated will drive the Skyhawk rig to the identified colored building top, engage the hoist motor to retrieve the payload with the magnetic hook, and then return the Skyhawk rig to the starting location. The Lauralton Hall design utilized ergonomic buttons for activation and a 3-pulley system to reduce the strain on the hoist motor. Using an Arduino Uno, they programmed a color sensor to detect the correct rooftops and programmed the movements of the hoist and Skyhawk motors. Much of the mechanical design was created on CAD software and 3D printed at Lauralton Hall; this provided the foundational anchoring of the sensor, hardware, and electrical components of the system.

The Lauralton Hall Golf team won the 2023 SCC Girls Golf Championship at Blackhawk Country Club on Thursday, June 1 with a score of 388. Isabella Thomas '23 was also named to the SCC All-Conference team for girls' golf.

Milford United Percussion is a competitive percussion ensemble located at Lauralton Hall under the direction of Mr. Mark Allen, cordially dubbed Mallen by his students. It is composed of current and former students from many Milford high schools and surrounding towns and has been named MAC Festival Class A Champions in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023, and in 2024 champions of class Independent A. This group is consistently receiving Platinum ratings at the annual Great East Music Festival. The show this year included music from Betelgeuse the movie.

Notable alumni

• Ursula Curtiss, fiction writer
• Rosa DeLauro,^[9] Democratic Congresswoman
• Cinny Kennard, journalist and business executive
• Marie C. Malaro, lawyer and professor
• Mary Newcomb, suffragette and actress
• Eileen Richetelli, former member of the United States diving team

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut