is a two-year Roman Catholic women's college. Founded in 1953 through an affiliation with Seton Hall University, Assumption is run by the Sisters of Christian Charity. Primarily designed to prepare women for work in religious vocations, Assumption specializes in theological studies and the liberal arts. It is the last remaining sisters' college, or college primarily designed to educate nuns, in the United States. In 2014, the school relocated to a convent on the Morris Catholic High School campus.
Awards, recognition and rankings
During the 1984-85 school year, Morris Catholic High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. During the 2012-13 school year, students from Morris Catholic drama classes won first place at the New Jersey Thespian Festival. It was the school's second win after taking the top prize for the main stage category the previous year.
Athletics
The Morris Catholic High School Crusaders compete in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference which comprises 39 public and parochial high schools covering Morris County, Sussex County and Warren County, and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, he school had participated in the Colonial Hills Conference which included public and parochial high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in west Central Jersey. The interscholastic sports that Morris Catholic offers are men's and women's soccer, football, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, wrestling, ice hockey, winter and spring track and field, men's and women's lacrosse, baseball, softball, fencing, and golf. The school is the host school / lead agency for a joint cooperative ice hockey program with the Academy of Saint Elizabeth and DePaul Catholic High School, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year. The 1974 and 1975 boys cross country team won the New Jersey Meet of Champions and finished the season ranked #1 in the state becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles. They were Parochial B champions five consecutive years in 1974, 75, 76, 77 and 78. The 2000 girls' soccer team won the Parochial North B state sectional championship, defeating Kent Place School in the tournament final. The boys' soccer team won the 2005 NJSIAA North Group B state championship with a 1-0 win against St. Rose High School. In 2007, the girls' basketball team won the NJSIAA North Group A state championship with a 53 - 32 win against Immaculata High School. In 2010, Will Hurley placed 10th in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference inaugural golf tournament. In 2010, the spring track and field team won the Non-Public B state sectional championship. In 2012, the girls' soccer team won the NJSIAA North Group B state championship with a 1-0 win against St. Rose High School to give the program their 13th state championship, the most of any team in the state. On November 20, 2013, the Morris Catholic Girls' soccer team captured its second consecutive NJSIAA/Sports Authority Non-Public B state championship with a 3-1 victory over St. Rose. On March 12, 2014, the Morris Catholic girls' basketball team "captured their 3rd NJSIAA state sectional championship in a row, their 10th since 2002" in a 58-48 win over Lodi Immaculate.
