St Adalbert High School - Albertonian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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What greater work is there than training the mind and torming the habits ot the young? Perfect schools are not so much the result of good methods as of good teachers. How well experience has convinced us of the truth of the papal sentence. We are deeply grateful to our teachers for their continued efforts in forming our patterns of thought, in placing before us high ideals, in instilling in us principles of correct living. As we bid our fond adieu, we can assure you that the fine example you have set before us by yourlife of dedication and service will be remembered and emulated. Thank you for all you have done for us. yn 955' Y j' sister d Social Gui' -ne Moral ee dgeprob' Sister MaI'Y01-'lima ug dance 11 afgeuigcracyg History 1 , wma i and H9 C Me 1 - ' if r ee 5. L- 8' Sister Mary Simplicia Music 8 - 12: Girls' Physical Educationg Glee Club. Damien ' ter Marg -brat? Efglish 9' U Sister Science' , Arcnanreela Mary gosepmne Margngush 10 'Qi 578 9

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15 years of Christian Education St. Adal bert School St. Adalbert School had its hunuie beghnungs in the basement of a rectory where in September of 1885 Rev. Ladislaus Miskiewicz, then pastor, attempted to provide educauon for the youngsters of the parish. For lack of space, this school was limited to one classroom of 120 children taught by Mr. John Bruchwalski. The following year the increase in enrollment necessitated partitioning of the church building into several classrooms on weekdays to serve as schoolrooms. When in 1890 the present church building was erected, the old building was converted into a school containing 9 classrooms on the lower two floors and an auditorium on thethird Hoor. With the rapid growth of the parish it became imperative to seek additional quarters. For years the problem was solved by setting up the 'portables' in the parish lot now being occupied by the new auditorium. Here, under conditions far from favorable, many ofthe present day parishioners obtained their grade school educauon. Due to the location of the school near the railroad tracks, both the teachers and students were greatly inconvenienced in performing their tasks by noise made by trains in passing In June of 1944 when an op- portunity to buy a neighboring public school presented itself, the pastor, Rev. Ladislaus Rokosz, purchased the building, renovated it, and presented it as school quarters for students returning in September. It was here that St. Adalbert High School was born in September of 1944 with the formation of a ninth grade. On May 28 of 1947 when Sister Mary Laurentia was principal, Dr. Edwin Cruttenden of the State Department of Public Instruction made a supervisory visit prior to accrediting the high school. In January of the following year while Sister Mary Eugenia was principal, the task was completed. The acitivity of the Felician Sisters of St. Adalbert School dates back to 1888. At the request of Rev. L. Miskiewicz, three Sisters from the Detroit Province under Mother Mary Cajetan assumed the task of educating the youth of the parish. Through the ensuing years the Sisters from the Coraopolis Province have labored with their num- ber growing until at the present time 16 sisters with Sister Mary Chrysostom as principal devote their energies to the greatest task - the Christian Education of Youth. Graduates of St. A's 1948 1953 - 40 1949 1954 - 32 1950 1955 - 39 1951 1956 - 37 1952 1957 - 32 I0 1958