St. Joseph's Academy is a

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History

St. Joseph's Academy was founded as Mother Celestine's in 1840. Mother St. John Fontbonne and the Superior Sisters of St. Joseph were sent from

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to the territories of Cahokia and Carondelet. Upon their arrival, they opened a convent school. In 1841, Mother Celestine's moved from the log cabin that it had been founded in to a motherhouse in Carondelet, Missouri. In 1925, the Academy moved into Clayton, Missouri along with Fontbonne University. In 1946, the campus became too small for both the high school and the college, so the Academy abandoned the city and moved to Frontenac, Missouri. In 1955, the new building opened.

Notable alumni

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, professional basketball player * Tisha Terrasini Banker, actress

References

External links

School Website
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