b'OUR MISSIONSt. Scholastica Academy is a Catholic, all-girls, college-preparatory high school located in Covington, Louisiana.Founded in 1903, SSA perpetuates the Benedictine tradition of balancing prayer, work, study, and community in developing adolescent girls into Christian women grounded in the Gospel values of the Catholic faith.OUR HISTORYFounded by the Benedictine Sisters in 1903, St. Scholastica Academy (SSA) has evolved into a thriving secondary school educating young women on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and remains the only all-girls Catholic high school on the north shore of New Orleans.Steeped in nearly 120 years of tradition,the Academy serves young women in this tradition passed on by St. Benedict and his sister, Scholastica, of which, some 15 centuries later, continues to identify the school.'