St. Mary's High School (O'Neill, Nebraska)

St. Mary's High School
Address
300 North 4th Street
O'Neill, (Holt County), Nebraska 68763
United States
Coordinates 42°27′36″N 98°38′52″W / 42.46000°N 98.64778°W / 42.46000; -98.64778Coordinates: 42°27′36″N 98°38′52″W / 42.46000°N 98.64778°W / 42.46000; -98.64778
Information
Type Private, coeducational
Motto Magnificet Anima Mea Dominum
(May My Soul Magnify the Lord)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1900
Principal Walt Dupre[1]
Grades Pre-school–12
Color(s) Red and white         
Team name Cardinals
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Website www.stmarysoneill.org

St. Mary's School, located in O'Neill, Nebraska is a Catholic parochial school within the Archdiocese of Omaha school system in Nebraska, United States.

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 move to Stella Niagara in nearby Lewiston, New York. During this period, the sisters were active in the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Colorado. In 1886 they went 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 to O'Neill in 1900. In 1908 they were invited to teach at St. Agnes Academy in Alliance, Nebraska.[3]

Athletics

St. Mary's athletic teams have won a total of ten state championships. The football team has won three times, in 1957, 1984, and 2002. The volleyball team has been state champions twice, in 2013 and 2014; girls' track and field 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us". St. Mary's School—O'Neill, NE. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  2. ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  3. ↑ SMHS. "St. Mary's High School History". Retrieved 2007-05-10.


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