Our History
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St. Catherine of Siena School began in September 1965 when three School Sisters of Notre Dame arrived to teach the seventy-one pupils in grades one, two, and seven. The classes were held in the church hall until a well-equipped eight-classroom school was opened in October of 1966 with one hundred fifty students in grades one, two, three, seven, and eight. The following year, grades four, five, and six were added, bringing enrollment up to two hundred fifty students. In 1973, the school joined with two other local parochial schools to form a regional school system. St. Catherine of Siena School left the regional system in 1975 to operate independently. That same year, a kindergarten class was added to the school. Gym, art, music, and library classes were added to the curriculum. In 1984, a three-room addition was planned, and it was completed in 1987, providing a small-group instruction room, a data-processing room, and a large multipurpose room for art, music, band, and other activities.
St. Catherine of Siena School became a part of the Bishop's Regionalization plan in 1990 to strengthen Catholic education in Fairfield County through increased enrollment and shared expenses. The school stayed in the regional group for one year and then once again left to operate on its own monetarily--in other words, the school is self-sustaining. |
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