{"id":206,"date":"2021-07-12T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.diocesanweb.org\/school\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:04:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:04:50","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/school\/whystjoseph\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1882:<\/strong> The first one-story school building was constructed for the St. Joseph Orphanage(what is now the same location as the Disable American Veterans Building at U.S 27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1892: <\/strong>A second larger two story parish school was constructed on the church property which took the place of the original school, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1928: <\/strong>A site about a quarter-mile south of the church was selected for what would be the third school. The one-story, four room brick building was completed in 1929 and still stands today. This school building served as the only parish school and events hall until the late 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1949:<\/strong> Ground was broken for the fourth school; a new building that would house classrooms and an auditorium.gymnasium. The finished building was to house 215 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1951:<\/strong> The school\/gym was dedicated on May 14, 1951. The school had 235 children taught by 6 sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1953:<\/strong> An addition with several more classrooms was constructed. The addition was also built to serve as living quarters for the Sisters of Notre Dame who taught at the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1956:<\/strong> The school had 528 children, 10 sisters, a kindergarten and the first lay teacher, Ellen Kramer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1986: <\/strong>Ground was broken for Phase I of two additions to the school. During Phase I some classrooms, a computer room, and a new library would be added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1990: <\/strong>Ground was broken for Phase II. This included more classrooms and a new cafeteria\/parish hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991:<\/strong> The new Memorial Hall was dedicated by Bishop Hughes on April 28th. The original school building built in 1928 became home to Kindergarten.
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1995: <\/strong>The school held the position of the largest Diocese elementary school in the Diocese of Covington and the tenth largest private elementary school in the Greater Cincinnati area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n