Incarnate Word Academy (Bel-Nor, Missouri)


Incarnate Word Academy is a Roman Catholic, private, secondary school for women. The school is sponsored by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. The school is located in Bel-Nor, a suburb of St. Louis, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

History

In 1932, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word opened the all-girls high school in response to a need for the education of young women. The first year, the school enrolled thirty-five students. Three additional buildings and seventy-five years later, the school is now home to about five hundred students.

Athletics

Cheerleading, soccer, volleyball, and basketball are sports in which the school has won state championships. The school also offers a variety of sports including softball, tennis, golf, cross country, track, dance, and swimming. The Red Knights most recent state championship was in the winter 2014-2015 Basketball season. The state championship game took place March 21, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri, at the Mizzou Arena. Incarnate Word beat MICDS 60 - 27, bringing the school their third state championship title in four years for basketball.