St. Francis Xavier Catholic School history

The school at first occupied a house at 36 Soho Street, but in 1843 it moved to 43 St Anne Street.

The imposing college building, which can still be seen on Salisbury Street, was erected in 1877.

St Francis Xavier Catholic School is the oldest private school in Brunswick, GA, established in Glynn County in 1900.

In the spring of 1902, the parish purchased the property for and work began on the colonial-type building that served as a convent and school for so many years.

In 1905, the Fall River Diocese’s first bishop, the Most Reverend William Stang, invited three priests from the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary to assist in serving his flock.

In 1906, what is now St Francis Xavier Parish, and which remains the only Roman Catholic Church in Acushnet, Massachusetts, began as an area mission under the care of Sacred Hearts Fathers Bernard Pierson and Charles DeBaetselier.

On the evening of February 2, 1915 a fire destroyed the first church.

Sacred Heart STEM School (SHSS), originally known as St Francis Xavier School, opened in 1916 with eight classrooms on Cummins Highway across from Sacred Heart Church.

Since 1922, Saint Francis Xavier School has been operated by Saint Francis Xavier Parish under the direction of the Sacred Heart Fathers.

By 1924, due to the increasing number of parishioners and students of the parish school, the need for a new church building became clear.

In 1953 a new convent, designed by C. M. McGarvey, was built for the sisters.

In 1954 the present site of the school was purchased and a new school was opened named Sacred Heart School.

Founded in 1957, our 1 through 8-grade campus serves children from as far west as Magna to neighborhoods on the east bench, and cities as far up as North Salt Lake to beyond West Jordan in the south.

In 1960, the first expansion to the school was completed to accommodate the growing enrollment at St Francis Xavier.

Three years later it was established at Salisbury Street, where it was to remain until 1961.

In 1965, the new school building was opened at 223 Main Street.

In 1976 a new Rectory was built near the church and the old rectory property was sold to the New Bedford Institution for Savings Bank which is now the Acushnet Federal Credit Union.

The opportunity for schools to opt out of local authority control was given by the Education Reform Act of 1988.

The application was subsequently approved by the Secretary of State, and, in consequence, St Francis Xavier’s College opened a new chapter in its history in January 1990, when it assumed complete control of its own management with direct funding from the Department for Education.

In 1996 the Congregation of the Sacred Heart Fathers concluded their long and dedicated service to the parish.

From September 2002 the whole school became situated on a single site at High Lee, Beaconsfield Rd.

St Francis Xavier School’s state-of-the-art facility was opened in 2006 delivering the most innovative resources for children while creating a safe and secure learning environment.

In the summer of 2020, our school began a partnership with Sacred Heart School in Weymouth.

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