ST GEORGE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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St. George Catholic School was opened for the 1951-52 school year by the parishioners of St. George Catholic Church, and Father Alphonsus Bock, O.S.B., pastor. The physical facility consisted of four classrooms and the cafeteria. Two Benedictine nuns from Sacred Heart Convent in Lisle, Illinois, staffed two classrooms. There were approximately sixty students, with grades one and two in one room and grades three through six in the other. The Sisters lived with parishioners Anthony and Lena Donze, whose home was a block away from the facilities. The following year the schools attendance expanded to 100 students in eight grades; four sisters came to teach. The sisters lived in a garage apartment across the street from the school. St. George had its first eighth grade graduating class, four boys, this same year. In 1954, Msgr. Donald Hartnett became pastor. The parish and the school grew by leaps and bounds.

During the 1954-55 school year, half the cafeteria space was partitioned off to provide two more classrooms. There were now five sisters and one lay woman teaching in the school. Mother Superior of Sacred Heart convent in Lisle informed Msgr. Harnett that her sisters needed a convent if she was to increase their number and continue to staff our school. An eight bedroom, four bath convent was built; this building is now used to house the parish offices. This same year, four additional classrooms were added to the school facility. This, during the 1955-56 school year, there were eight sisters teaching eight grades and the cafeteria offered full service. A new church was built during the 1956-57 school year to accommodate the 1200 families in the parish. Five hundred students were enrolled in eight grades during the 1957-58 school year. Classroom space was at maximum use.

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