[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”9468,9469,9471,9472,9473,9474,9475,9476,9477,9478,9479,9480,9481,9482,9483,9484,9485,9486,9487,9488,9489,9490,9491,9492,9493,9494,9495,9496,9497,9498,9499,9500,9501,9502,9503,9504,9505,9506,9507,9508,9509,9510,9511,9470″ img_size=”1090X580″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”1884 – Our Legacy Begins” tab_id=”1720021625812-e0083bea-bc8b”][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1884: The Founding Story of Our School”]
- Parish families were invited to send their primary age children to school.
- A mixed age group morning class was taught daily by the Benedicta Sister of Holy Angels.
- The main purpose was to teach reading and writing in English, (other schools taught in German) and ensure that the religious faith and history was also taught.
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1887″]Holy Angles Grade School was Established
- Opened October 2, 1887.
- A three-story building was built to accommodate the student growth of the school.
- 160 students were taught by the principal, Mr. Kaiser as well as three sisters.
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1900’s – Leading the Way” tab_id=”1720021625816-303d1760-ce87″][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1902: The school established 9th Grade”]Sister Eleanor Irving played a crucial role in the expansion of Holy Angels Parish’s educational offerings by confronting Father Edward Jones with a bold proposal to open a ninth grade. This pivotal decision marked the beginning of the high school section at Holy Angels Grade School. The inaugural ninth-grade class, consisting of 25 students, was housed in a single room on the second floor of the existing grade school. This addition signified a significant milestone in the school’s development, leading to its rebranding as Cathedral High School. During the initial two years of this expansion, Sister Eleanor, who was already the principal of the grade school, also took on the role of principal for the newly established high school, overseeing the implementation of a modern curriculum that aligned with the advancements seen in high schools across the nation.[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1904″]
- Holy Angles Grade School was enlarged, and Arlington Hotel was purchased to provide additional classrooms and convent living quarters
- Sister Basilia Cosgrove became the first principal of the new high school and served until 1920
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1905: First Cathedral Graduate”]
- Emily Ladner earned the distinction of being the only graduate of the first graduation class, having completed all the required courses for a diploma in three years
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1906″]
- The first class to complete the four-year program graduated.
- Graduates included Anna Doyle, Theodore September, and Charles Lauermann.
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- The senior class edited and published the first annual the Cathedral High School Graduate
- Literary Club was established
- Purple and gold were chosen as the school colors
- The first recorded evidence of drama referenced the play’s presentation, “The Professor.”
- First baseball team organized
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1912″]Holy Angels Convent was erected as a residence for the Benedictine Sister teaching at Cathedral High School as well as at Holy Angels Grade School[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1914″]
- Ground was broken for the North Building on May 1st
- Bishop James Trobec blessed the cornerstone on June 10th
- St. Mary’s High School merged with Cathedral High School: eleven students graduated
- One of the largest enrollments of any parochial school in the state, the total being 75 students
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1915″]
- North Building opened; co-education discounted
- Girls, plus boys in grades 1-5 remained in the grade school; boys in grades 6-12 were in the new North Building
- The first football team was organized
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- Enrollment in grades 1-12 was 112; 15 students graduated
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1918″]
- School provisionally placed for accreditation by the University of Minnesota for one year, subject to further inspection
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1919″]
- 20 students graduated at commencement in the North Building auditorium
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1920’s – Future Champions” tab_id=”1720021914641-d10152ec-8a74″][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1920″]
- Co-education resumed, and the North Building became exclusively the high school
- Cathedral High School was affiliated with the Catholic University of America
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1921″]
- Alumni formed St. Cloud’s first drama club known as Cathedral Players
- Athletic department was established
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- First school publication, Cathedral Chat, began as a typewritten monograph with pencil drawings
- William (Duke) Wimmer, a 1914 graduate of Cathedral, coached the first football team
- Enrollment was 226
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1923″]
- Cathedral Chimes began as the first official school newspaper; it became the Crusader in 1955
- Mothers Club, the first parent/teacher organization, was begun
- Fritz Gross, teacher of instrumental music, conducted the first orchestra
- First girls’ varsity basketball team formed
- Cathedral High School was accredited by the University of Minnesota
- Publication of the yearbook, the Cathedral High School Graduate, resumed after a five-year interruption
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1924″]
- Charles Tanner was the first football coach hired, replacing Duke Wimmer
- Cathedral entered the Catholic Conference
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1925″]
- Enrollment reached 350 students; there were 21 faculty and staff
- Organized baseball began
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1927″]
- Annual appeared under the new name, Cathedralite
- Total enrollment was 356 students; 25 boys and 36 girls graduated
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1928″]
- Cathedral High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
- Name “Crusader” suggested by Stan Kuffel, football coach; a student vote selected the names as the choice for the football team
- In the late 1930’s, it was adopted for all-school use
- Father T. Leo and Father John Denery organized a group of students to provide entertainment for school assemblies; the group became known as the “Mimers.”
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1929″]
- Tennis organized for boys
- Cathedral High School publications, Cathedralite and Chimes, awarded high honors at the ninth annual meeting of the Minnesota State High School Press Association convention
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1930’s – New Identity” tab_id=”1720021940498-b7592113-64bb”][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1930″]Girls’ physical education program began under the direction of alumna Constance Zierden [/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1931″]
- Father Peter Gruenes formally organized sodality of the Immaculate Conception; they organized and directed the first Boy’s Glee Club
- Hockey was begun as a boy sport
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1932″]
- Drum and Bugle Corps organized by Sister John Clement Beck and was assisted by Sylvan Huss, a Cathedral High School graduate, and Otto Rupp
- The first initiation of 45 GAA members took place on April 1st
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1933″]
- Coach Dennis Hennan introduced the study of papal encyclical for senior social science classes
- Holy Angel Pro-Cathedral was struck by lightning at 12:40 am on September 16th, and the entire inside was gutted; it was rebuilt and ready for use by December 23rd
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- Blue and gold were announced as the school colors rather than purple and gold. The reason for it to be changed was that purple material was too difficult to obtain and faded easily
- Graduation class consisted of 80 seniors
- German and science clubs were organized
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1935″]
- Mothers club became PTA
- Student council organized to foster and promote cooperation between faculty and students
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1936″]
- Monogram Club sponsored the first formal dance for students and alumni
- Total student enrollment reached 490, the largest thus far
- Cathedralite received an All-American rating from the National High School Press Association
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1937″]
- Commencement exercises were held in Holy Angels Pro-Cathedral for the first time
- St. Mary’s Church
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1938″]
- Ground broken for the Center Building on April 9th; cornerstone blessed by Father Keaveny on June 30th; building ready for occupancy on November 2nd
- Holy Angels Grade School was converted to the Vocational Building
- Cathedral High School became a separate entity, diocesan rather than parochial
- First school band organized by Sister Laurice Koering
- Enrollment of 600 students and 106 graduates
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1939″]
- Bishop Joesph F. Busch dedicated the Center Building and gymnasium
- Booster Club was organized to promote athletics and other co-curricular activities
- The Chimes received its first All-American rating from the National Scholastic Press Association
- Sister Eleanor Irving, foundress of Cathedral High School, died on November 3rd
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- National Catholic Rural Life Conference took place at Cathedral High School and Holy Angels Church
- Cathedral High School became a member of the Catholic High School Association
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1941″]
- The largest senior class to date, 130 students, commencement exercise in St. Mary’s Cathedral
- Four new clubs organized: printing, math, safety, and debating
- Student Council was revived
- Land Corps Club established; students volunteered to assist farmers who had gone to serve in the war
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1942″]
- High School Victory Corps organized
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- Vocational Building, Holy Angels Convent, and athletic field transferred to Cathedral High School from Holy Angels Parish
- The student body elected Kathryn Bruning as the first Homecoming Queen
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1945″]
- Cathedral High School became a separate corporation
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1946″]
- A tunnel connecting the North and Center Buildings was constructed
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1947″]
- North building purchased by Cathedral High School and Holy Angels Parish
- Classes were provided for students of superior ability
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1948″]
- Logic as a subject added to the curriculum with Sister Jeremy Hall as a teacher
- Total enrollment reached 973
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1949″]
- Urban Nagle’s “Our Lady of Fatima” presented by Crusaders with Sister Laurent Trombley, director, to several audiences totaling over 3,000
- Drum Corps received first place award at Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1950’s – Global, First International Student” tab_id=”1720021995655-03e89dd1-a08c”][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1950″]
- Arrangements completed for Cathedral High School students to take shop courses at Technical High School
- Ten sets of twins this year puzzled Cathedral High School students and teachers
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1951″]
- National Forensic League, an honorary debating club, was inaugurated
- Sister Basilia Cosgrove, the first principal of Cathedral High School, died on July 22nd
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1952″]
- Cathedral High School celebrated its Golden Jubilee; the largest class to date, numbering 255 seniors, graduated
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1954″]
- Elfriede Sauerwein was Cathedral High School’s first foreign exchange student
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1955″]
- Fund drive began for the construction of the South Building
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1956″]
- Total school enrollment reached 1,100
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1957″]
- First students inducted into the National Honor Society by the members of Technical High School National Honor Society, thus forming the Cathedral National Honor Society
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1958″]
- Classes began in the new South Building on January 6th
- Bishop Peter Bartholome blessed the South Building on May 12th
- Open house brought 5,000 people; total enrollment was 1,149
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1959″]
- Franciscan Friars (TORs) became part of the teaching faculty at Cathedral High School
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1960’s – Peak Enrollment” tab_id=”1720022032658-c023fd01-6b38″][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1960″]
- Benedictine sisters moved into the newly built Cathedral High School convent
- The TORs moved into the former Holy Angels Covent and renamed it St. Louis Monastery
- Intramural basketball program established for boys not involved in varsity; Terrance Haws was the first director
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1961″]
- This year marked the ninth consecutive year in which the Drum and Bugle Corps were Aquatennial Champions
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1963″]
- Peak enrollment of all time was reached this year with 1621 students
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1964″]
- Drum Corps took first place in appearance at Bemidji, Wilmar, St. Cloud
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1966″]
- North Gymnasium, with a seating capacity of nearly 2,500, was built
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1967″]
- Holy Angels Grade School closed after 80 years of existence
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1968″]
- Cathedral Athletic Association held its first fundraising banquet
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1970’s – John XXIII Middle School” tab_id=”1720022058184-411afda1-6b72″][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1970″]
- Shared time with Tech High School began
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1971 – Middle School was Established”]
- John XXIII Middle School was established; the first principal was Sister Dianne Theisen
- Les Voyageurs Canadian wilderness adventure trips began under the direction of Cathedral High School alumnus Fred Rupp
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1972″]
- A new religion course entitled “Christian Involvement” was introduced, beginning a movement toward a community service component in the Cathedral High School curriculum
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1973″]
- Vocational Building demolished
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1974″]
- Cathedral High School joined the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL)
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1975″]
- The first Thanksgiving Food Drive was sponsored and conducted by homerooms
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1977″]
- TORs vacated St. Louis Monastery, this being their last year of teaching at Cathedral High School
- First Golden Crusader Award given
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1978″]
- Benedictine Sisters vacated Cathedral High School Convent
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1980’s – Global Service” tab_id=”1720022086644-73341701-ec27″][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1980’s”]
- Señora Myriam Mansell took students on annual service trips to South America.
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1980″]
- Two top floors of the North Building closed down
- Plaque was erected on Holy Angels Church declaring it as having been named in 1972 a historical site by the Minnesota Historical Society
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1981″]
- First issue of Crusader Companion was published
- National Honor Society celebrated its Silver Jubilee
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1982″]
- Office of Campus Ministry established; Rev Lauren Germann named director
- Auditorium of North Building was demolished
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1983″]
- First all-night senior graduation party, sponsored by parents of seniors, was held
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1984″]
- Crusaderettes, a dance line for girls from 7thto 12th grade, was organized
- First Homecoming king, Thomas Albers, was elected by the student body
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1985″]
- Cathedral High School/ John XXIII became one school, one administration, each unit keeping its separate title.
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1986″]
- A modified traditional schedule replaced modular scheduling
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1987″]
- Name change was made for the cafeteria in the South Building to “The Commons.”
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1988″]
- Cathedral High School cheerleaders took first place in the state competition
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1989″]
- Movie “Catch Me If You Can” premiered; it was written and directed by St. Cloud native Steven Sommers and included Cathedral campus and students in many scenes
- First Exploration Day became part of Catholic Schools Week; students explored their future by visiting colleges, “shadowing” a person in the work community, or exploring something new in other areas
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1990’s – Holy Angels Church” tab_id=”1720022110679-2d73a49e-f3ed”][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1990″]
- North building was demolished
- Cathedral Athletic Hall of Fame established
- Environmental Awareness Scholarship started
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1991″]
- Holy Angels closed as a parish
- Father John Laky Scholarship Fund was established to help needy students
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1993″]
- The production of “Music Man” at the Paramount Theater marked the return of a theater program at Cathedral High School after a 13-year pause
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”1994: The Board of Directors approved the start of building the Holy Angels Performing Arts Center”]
- Board of Directors approved a plan to renovate Holy Angels Church for a fine arts facility and additional classroom space
- Father Robert Voigt Scholarship Fund was established to help needy students
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1995″]
- Holy Angels Performing Arts Center dedicated by Bishop John F. Kinney; the first production in the new Center was “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1997″]
- Julianne Williams Foundation for Social Justice established
- Program began for the students to work with the Minnesota State Legislature to share their concerns
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”1999″]
- Former Holy Angels Convent was demolished. Vacated space became a parking lot for the high school
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2000’s – Class A Excellence” tab_id=”1720022142579-b243d3ab-af0d”][eikra-vc-text-title title=”2000″]
- First all-school “Culture Day” celebrated on April 28th
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”2001″]
- Cathedral High School Alumni House opened
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”2004″]
- Cathedral High School won the first ever Class A Challenge cup.
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”2006″]
- Cathedral High School won the Class A Challenge cup for the second time.
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2010’s – Going Digital” tab_id=”1720022206324-316ad5ee-3025″][eikra-vc-text-title title=”2012″]
- Computers were introduced school-wide; every student and faculty were provided with an Apple laptop
[/eikra-vc-text-title][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2020’s – Our Expansion” tab_id=”1720022229851-50d3f47d-8678″][eikra-vc-text-title style=”style2″ title=”2020: School Expansion”]
- A facility to serve both students and faculty for the next century
- The building was designed to encourage hands-on learning, critical thinking, and creativity among the students and faculty, which allows for greater success in college and/or future careers
- Holds main office, new science labs, visual art rooms, an applied engineering room, and common areas which allow for collaborative work
- A new chapel is located at the front of the building, which features the preserved stained-glass windows from the renovation of Holy Angels
[/eikra-vc-text-title][eikra-vc-text-title title=”2022″]
- Created to make a proper middle school; follows what other schools in our area have already done
- Redefined what elementary schools are
- New middle school principal, new classrooms, under one building
- Incorporates cross-curricular, project-based learning, which takes standardized curriculum further when applying these principles in their dedicated interactive learning space rather than in the classroom
- Students can work with their peers and hands-on projects while also developing critical thinking and communication skills
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