St. Patrick Catholic School, also called St. Patrick Parish School, is a private

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located at 3700 Garden Avenue,

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, Florida. It is the parish school for the St. Patrick Catholic Church.

History

In 1926, Monsignor William Barry and five

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remodeled five polo stables that Carl G. Fisher had donated to the parish into five classrooms and a cafeteria. Due to the damage caused by the

1926 Miami hurricane The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September of the year 1926, accruing a US$100 mill ...

to the school buildings, the school did not open until two weeks after the hurricane had passed—also, only 20 of the 150 students registered before the hurricane attended on opening day. In 1927, two more classrooms were added. There was only one high school graduate in the class of 1927, 1928, and 1929, and only three graduates in 1930. A $75,000 building permit was issued on May 31, 1930, for St. Patrick Catholic Elementary and High School—the first of three units of the two-story school building, completed in 1932, opened in September. Accreditation in the

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became a reality in 1933, along with the acceptance by Florida. The last 12th grade graduation was in 1972, with 37 graduates. The school continues to provide education from Kindergarten to 8th grade. In 1976, the school was first accredited by the Florida Catholic Conference. In 1988, it was named a "National School of Excellence" by the United States Department of Education. Bertha Moro is the school principal.

Leadership

Below are lists of individuals who have led the school.

First Five Sisters at School (1926)

*Sister Miriam Fenner *Sister Francis Margaret Grix *Sister Jane Catherine Hauser *Sister Blanche Kelly *Sister Leo Clare Thornton

Principals

*Sister Blanche Kelly (1926–1930) *Sister Leo Clare Thornton (1930–1936) *Sister Ann Terence McClear (1936–1942) *Sister Rose Ann McIntosh (1942–1946) *Sister Mary Aurelia Gray (1946–1952) -- Grade School *Sister Hildegarde Brennan (1946–1952) -- High School *Sister John Therese Singer (1952–1958) *Sister Marcella Gardner (1958–1964) *Sister Hildegarde Brennan (1961–1962) -- High School *Sister Patricia Ellen (Mary June) Secor (1964–1972) -- Grade School *Sister Hildegarde Brennan (1964–1966) -- High School *Sister Ann Catherine Gleason (1966–1970) -- High School *Sister Mary June Secor (1970–1972) -- High School *Sister Jean Elizabeth Nugent (1972–1979) -- Grade School *Sister Eva (1979–1980) *Sister Eva egent principal(1980–1982) *Sister Enedina Rodriguez (1982–1983) *Mrs. Christine Lamadrid (1983–1994) *Sister Winifred (1994–1996) *Mrs. Josephine Kenna (1996–2000) *Mrs. Bertha Moro (2000–Present ())

References

External links

St. Patrick Catholic School website
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