Home of the Cougars!
St. Philip School was erected in 1851. It
began as a one-room log building and had one lay teacher, Mr. George
Schenk. In 1870, a brick school was built and eighty-five students
were enrolled in the new school. By 1892 the enrollment had
increased to 102 pupils and St. Philips received their first three
Benedictine nuns. In 1904 the old structure of the present school
was built and originally had two classrooms downstairs and the upstairs
being an auditorium. In 1949, the enrollment continued to increase
which lead to the upstairs auditorium to be converted into two
classrooms. In 1956 an addition was added at the rear of the
school which included modern heating and restroom facilities. In
1959 a fifth classroom was added by dividing the classroom on the
downstairs south side. This made necessary the hiring of the first
lay teachers since 1892.
With the continuing increase in student body, the only answer was to
build a new addition onto the existing structure. This addition
was built and classes began in January, 1962. Included in this new
addition were the cafeteria, a future library, office space, and
additional restrooms. As student numbers continued to rise, the
decision was made to organize a school board in May, 1964. The
last school remodeling was completed in the fall of 1976, which
consisted of 8 individual classrooms. Grades 1 thru 4 were
self-contained and grades 5 thru 8 were departmentalized and included
Religion, English, Science, and Social Studies.
We just finished remodeling our school again this past summer and the
school looks amazing. We now have 13 classrooms, a central office
and the principal's office, a Resource room, a new and improved Computer
Lab, as well as a cafeteria/gym. The school has come a long way
since 1851 and our student enrollment numbers have almost tripled.
We begin school at 7:20 and end at 3:05. Masses are held Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Friday for the student body. Our subjects include:
Grades 1 thru 4 are self-contained, grades 5 thru 8 are departmentalized
(Social Studies, Math, English, Art, Music, Health/P.E., Computers, and
Religion), a full-time resource teacher, and three classroom aides.
