Saint Basil Academy was a private, Ukrainian Catholic, all-girls high school in Abington, Pennsylvania.

In 1911, the Sisters came to Philadelphia at the invitation of His Excellency, the Most Reverend Soter Ortynsky, OSBM, who was the first Ukrainian Catholic Ordinary in America.

[citation needed] Space and limited facilities on the main campus could no longer provide for updated laboratory and library expansion during the oncoming years.

In 1968, the administration of the Sisters of Saint Basil the Great, undertook the construction of a new building, capable of housing 400 students.

[citation needed] Saint Basil Academy offers academic subjects with an emphasis on preparation for higher learning.