History

Welcome to Visitation Academy located in Paramus, NJ. We are a vibrant Roman Catholic Archdiocesan school serving children in grades PreK3 through 8.
Our Lady of the Visitation school began in 1958 as the parish school of Our Lady of the Visitation, serviced by the Sisters of Charity.   In 1991   Sacred Heart Parish in Rochelle Park and Annunciation parish in Paramus joined OLV and the school became known as Visitation Academy Interparochial. Today, we are Visitation Academy drawing students from all parishes in the Archdiocese of Newark. 


1958 - OUR LADY OF THE VISITATION SCHOOL WAS BUILT AS A PARISH SCHOOL IN BY MSGR. MCHENRY. THE SCHOOL WAS STAFFED BY THE SISTERS OF CHARITY AND WAS ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE CHILDREN IN GRADES 1 THROUGH 8. 

1970 - THE KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM WAS ADDED 

1984 - PREK4 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED  

1991 - THE SCHOOL BECAME INTERPAROCHIAL AND AFFILIATED WITH TWO OTHER PARISH SCHOOLS, SACRED HEART IN ROCHELLE PARK AND ANNUNCIATION IN PARAMUS. ALL THREE SCHOOLS FORMED ONE NEW SCHOOL AND THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO VISITATION ACADEMY INTERPAROCHIAL. 

1992 - PREK3 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED 

2012 - RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS BLUE RIBBON AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. 

2015 - THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO VISITATION ACADEMY AFTER THE “LIGHTING THE WAY” PROGRAM WAS INITIATED THROUGHOUT THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK AND PARISHES NO LONGER SEPARATELY SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS. 

2016 - OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS WAS RELOCATED TO THE PRESCHOOL WING AND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER WAS CREATED. 

2018- VISITATION ACADEMY RECEIVED MIDDLE STATES RE-ACCREDITATION