On the very day the parish was established,
Fr. Phillips told his small congregation
that in ten years he envisioned that our
parish would found a Catholic school...

His vision became a reality in August of 1994.

Following the tenth anniversary celebration of the parish the previous year, it was determined in October of 1993 that the work of establishing a school would start – initially a small one – to begin the following year. In August 1994 we opened our doors to students in kindergarten through third grade, with an enrollment of sixty-six children. Initially, our teaching staff was comprised of the School Sisters of St. Francis.

As the years progressed, lay teachers were added to supplement our growing student population, with the addition of another grade each year. In 1996, the year in which fifth grade was added, we also began a class for pre-kindergarten students. Our first eighth grade class graduated in the millennial year of 2000. After a few years of having graduating eighthgraders, it was decided to take the huge step of establishing a high school, and the groundbreaking for a large addition took place on August 15, 2003, with the Superintendent of Catholic Schools and Bishop Bernard Popp taking part in the ceremony.

The members of our freshman class began in August 2004, and each year will see the addition of another grade until our high school is complete. Now an institution comprised of several hundred students, it is possible for a child beginning in pre-kindergarten to receive fourteen years of excellent Catholic and classical education.