It was founded in 1950 by Father Charles Killgoar, O.M.I. to serve the families of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish as well as families in the surrounding community. The doors to the original four room school opened to 141 students in September of 1952. Since then the school has provided quality Catholic education to over 5,000 different students, grown to seventeen classrooms, and added preschool programs for three and four year olds. Catholic education is currently provided to 487 children in grades preschool through eighth grade. Special offerings include art, music, computers, Spanish, gym, and band.
Children are natural learners.
They are curious, interested, and enthusiastic about learning new things. Children learn through play, by moving, through experience, through language, by being motivated, through imitation and through praise and positive reinforcement. It is our goal to create a safe, secure and loving environment that invites children to observe, to be active, to make choices and to experiment. It is also our goal to be excited about school, to be enthusiastic about learning, to have the ability to get along with and care for others, to develop large and small motor skills and to develop a positive self-concept.