St Martin of Tours School

The Sisters of Mercy from Dallas, PA, came to St. Martin's Parish during the summer of 1955 to make preparations for the opening the school in September. The principal and six teaching Sisters arrived. They started with grades 1, 2 and 3 (2 classes of 60 students in each class) and each year added on another grade until the first graduating class in 1961 with 120 graduates.

In 1972 Sister Magdala Wallace and Sister Mary Frances Conrad joined the community. At that time, there were 11 Sisters and 14 lay teachers in the school. Sisters Magdala and Mary Frances were involved with the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders teaching math, English, religion and music. In September 1982, Sister Magdala was given the responsibility of principal of the school. Sister Mary Frances was the 7th and 8th grade math teacher. At the close of the school year 2004, Sister Magdala and Sister Mary Frances will leave the parish and return to their Mother Province in Pennsylvania. For more information on the closing of St. Martin of Tours School see the entry under St. Martin of Tours Church

See entry under St. Martin of Tours Church for additional information on the combining of the local schools (St. Martin of Tours, St. James, St. Killians, and St. Pius) into regional schools and eventually the sad closing of these schools.