Type Private, Coeducational Established 1900 Grades [Pre-School]–12 Phone +1 402-336-4455 Colors White, Red | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Principal Walt Dupre Team name Cardinals Founded 1900 | |
Address 300 N 4th St, O'Neill, NE 68763, USA Motto Magnificet Anima Mea Dominum Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Similar O'Neill High School, St Mary's Grade School, O'Neill Public Schools, O'Neill Chamber of Comm, Biglin's Mortuary | ||
St. Mary's School, located in O'Neill, Nebraska is a Catholic parochial school within the Archdiocese of Omaha school system.
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Background
St. Mary's School was founded in 1900 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, who at the time were based in Buffalo, New York, but would soon be moving to Stella Niagara in nearby Lewiston, New York. During this period, the sisters were active in the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Colorado. In 1886 they came out to Dakota Territory to begin mission work to the Lakota in what would later become South Dakota. They turned their attention to White children, coming here to O'Neill in 1900, and in 1908 they would be invited to teach at St. Agnes Academy in Alliance, Nebraska.
Athletics
St. Mary's athletic teams have won a total of ten state championships. Football teams have won three times, in 1957, 1984, and 2002. Volleyball teams have been state champions twice, in 2013 and 2014; girls track and field teams twice, in 2013 and 2014. One-time state champions have been the boys track and field team, in 1959; the boys basketball team, in 2012; and the girls basketball team, in 2015.