Founded in 2005 as Anchor Academy, Regina Pacis Academy began classes in September of that year with 23 students and four teachers. Since then, our enrollment from Pre-Kindergarten to Eighth grade has quintupled in size, and our faculty has quintupled to include 9 full-time teachers, 2 full-time aides, and 7 part-time teachers.
Classes are held in the school building on the campus of St. Mary’s Parish in Norwalk, Connecticut. In 2019, Regina Pacis Academy received recognition from the Cardinal Newman Society as a Catholic Education Honor Roll School. The Cardinal Newman Society began recognizing Catholic high schools and colleges in 2004 as a resource for those looking for authentically Catholic schools with a rigorous academic program. Regina Pacis Academy is among one of the very first elementary schools in the country to have received this honor. Our school has been fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
Our Mission
The mission of Regina Pacis Academy is to achieve academic excellence and to nurture an intimate relationship with Christ as modeled by the Apostles, by providing a Roman Catholic classical education taught by teachers loyal to the Magisterium.
One of the Top Private Schools
in Norwalk, CT
Our student body comes from many towns in Fairfield County, including Norwalk, Stamford, Greenwich, Westport, Wilton, and Trumbull, and parts of Westchester County, NY.
Regina Pacis Academy is a member of the National Association of Private, Catholic, and Independent Schools (NAPCIS). NAPCIS confirms the character and quality of Regina Pacis Academy and gives witness and support to its philosophy of education. It provides assurances that a school has met the high standards of spiritual and academic excellence which characterize NAPCIS schools.
On October 21, 2024, the Cardinal Newman Society announced that Regina Pacis Academy is now recommended in The Newman Guide. The Newman Guide is the trusted hallmark of faithful Catholic education and an important guide for Catholic families. Regina Pacis Academy is the first Catholic school in the state of Connecticut and one of the first twenty schools nationwide to achieve this honor.
Our school is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
