Recent Event Highlights: High School closes, and 11 more...
Created by tomharbert on Apr 22, 2010
Last updated: 04/23/10 at 01:33 PM
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School celebrates 150th anniversary
Mt. St. Mary’s sold from Sisters of Mercy to St. Patrick’s Parish
High School closes
Former student Savatore Tassone ordained as priest.
St. Patrick’s Church torn down and rebuilt
Some orphans remain under the Sister’s care until they graduate from high school, but most move on to the Sister’s orphanage in Sacramento.
New building built for classrooms and lodging of boarders.
The school cost $150 annually for board and tuition
The school changes its name to Mt. St. Mary’s Academy
School begins to accept the orphaned children of miners. "A group of boys, mostly orphans, studies at the school in single-sex classrooms."
Five Sisters of Mercy arrive in Grass Valley at the behest of Fr. Dalton, find 120 students in the school

