History of St. Madeleine Sophie School

St. Madeleine Sophie School is now in its 50th year. So many years ago, Fathers Woods and Walsh and their congregation dreamed of building a parish school – a school which would instill in its students a love of God and a continued desire to do good works in His name.  Many people worked very hard to gather the resources to construct and sustain a place where children could walk in God’s presence every day. Some members of the original building committee included Mr. Jim Hendricks, Mr. Peter DeLuccia, and Mr. Don Lawrence, who worked hard raising funds to build our school. They had faith that their children would live His word and grow not only in their life skills, but in their spiritual beliefs.  A plot of dirt was transformed into an extended home – a safe place where children could learn and nurture life-long relationships with teachers, friends, God and their parish community.

The cornerstone was laid on October 24, 1959 and school opened the following September.

Today, 50 years later, our faith still helps us to continue the dream to keep our children safe, and provide them with a strong academic foundation while encouraging them to continue to build the same loving relationship with God that thousands of St. Madeleine Sophie School alumni have had the privilege to experience.

St. Madeleine Sophie School Video

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