| Highlights
of Our School's History |
| 1929 |
Villa
Duchesne opens as a boarding and day school for girls |
| 1968 |
The
Academy of the Sacred Heart ( City House ) in St. Louis merges
with Villa Duchesne |
| 1970 |
Boarding
school closes |
| 1971 |
Boys
admitted to the lower school ( kindergarten, pre-primary, and
first grades) |
| 1973-1974 |
Restructure
of classes, lower school through grade 6 named Oak Hill and enrollment
of boys extended through grade 6 |
| 1986 |
School's
first capital campaign, Heritage with a Future |
| 1988 |
Groundbreaking
for Duchesne building completed |
| July
3, 1988 |
Philippine
Duchesne's canonization in Rome |
| 1989 |
Villa
Duchesne celebrates 60th birthday, Duchesne building completed |
| 1990-1991 |
Villa
Duchesne receives the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award
from the U. S. Department of Education |
| 1991 |
Service
Learning Program, incorporating community service into the school
schedule and curriculum for grades 7-11; track dedication recognizes
service and generosity of past parent and trustee Sid Holthaus-
Track has special rubberized surface; Science Center with 5 State-of-the-art
science labs is dedicated in honor of Katherine Kramer Danis
'24; administrative offers are computer linked |
| 1992 |
Sacred
Heart Schools become computer-linked through SOFIE, Villa library
begins computerization while science department computer lab
is added to the Science Center |
| 1993 |
Villa
Thespians are one of 12 high school groups in the nation chosen
to preform at the International Thespian Festival |
| 1993-1994 |
Block
schedule is established for grades 7-12, allowing longer and
fewer classes each day |
| 1994 |
New
computer lab is created with 22 multi-media Macintosh computers |
| 1996 |
ISDN
line installed allowing access to the Internet from Mac Lab,
second computer lab opens with 20 Macintosh computers, 3 mobile
computers made available for the use within classroom, computerized
chemistry curriculum adopted |
| 1997 |
Foreign
Language Department commits to multimedia workbook to supplement
textbook; Library becomes completely computerized; 21 schools
become part of the network of Sacred Heart Schools |
| 1998 |
Villa
wins Midwest Field Hockey Tournament, increase in 7th graders |
| 1999 |
New
Oak Hill Library built, Women's Day put together by senior Liz
Smith; Sr. Reeves is honored by the Archdiocese for her service
in Mexico; golf team is 1st in state. |
| 2000 |
Archbishop
Justin Rigali visits Villa Duchesne; Advanced Technology Applications
integrated into the high school curriculum; Mr. Sam Scoirtino
becomes new Oak Hill principal; Mac Lab becomes equipped with
ethernet and fractional T1 installed; 13 new teachers begin at
Villa Duchesne; Condie Field dedicated. |
