| Mount de Sales Academy | |
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851 Orange Street , Georgia 31201 United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°50′4″N 83°38′24″W / 32.83444°N 83.64000°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Touching hearts, shaping lives |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1876 |
| Founder | Sisters of Mercy |
| Authority | Independent |
| CEEB code | 111955 |
| President | Brendan O'Kane |
| Dean | Mary Pat Dadisman |
| Head of school | Emily Brown (Upper School), Kaylee Gonzalez Freeman (Middle School) |
| Chaplain | Father Casey Cole, OFM |
| Staff | 87 |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 518 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Mascot | Monty |
| Nickname | Cavaliers |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Southern Association of Independent Schools |
| Publication | de Sales Sheet Magazine |
| Yearbook | Salesian |
| Website | www |
Mount de Sales Academy (MDS) is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school in Macon, Georgia. It was originally founded in 1876 by five Sisters of Mercy, an order of nuns, as a boarding school for girls.[1] It is the oldest independent school in Middle Georgia and the first to racially integrate.[2] The school is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah, operating on an independent basis.[3]
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- ^ "Office of Catholic Schools | Catholic Diocese of Savannah".