Our History

St. Madeleine Sophie School is proud of our history, educating students for almost sixty-five years . 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. Members of the original building committee tirelessly raised 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 in September 1960.

In 2016 we expanded our school into a portion of the former convent. Guided by the vision and blessing of our pastor Father Belogi, and the generosity of our benevolent parishioners and families, our renovation was completed in time for the 2016-2017 school year.  Our Three-Year Old Pre-K friends moved into their beautiful new customized classroom, and our Technology Lab was ready to be utilized by our entire school community.  The expansion included adding a third 4-year-old Pre-K classroom in the main school building as well allowing more students to benefit from our faith based, Kindergarten readiness Pre-K program. The stellar reputation of our Pre-K program allowed us to once again expand in September of 2020 when we opened a second Three-Year-Old Pre-K classroom for a total of five Pre-K classrooms.  Families continue to add their child’s name to our Pre-K list as soon as they are born!  

Today, more than 64 years later, our faith allows us to continue the dream of keeping our children safe, providing them with a strong academic foundation while encouraging them to continue to build the same loving relationship with God.  Graduates then join thousands of  St. Madeleine Sophie School as they go out into the wider world, sharing the gifts and talents that we have carefully nurtured.  We are sincerely grateful to all those who have supported, encouraged and enabled our school to continue this important mission.  We love to reconnect with alumni, families and parishioners who’s lives have been enriched by our beloved school.  We invite you to reach out for a visit, or to share how a St. Madeleine Sophie School education has touched your life.