Waggener High School - RingBrothersHistory.com

The Voice of St. Matthews, July 16, 1959:now has 16 altogether and an enrollment of 580.Since The Voice started publication, two new Catholic Schools have been built—St, Margaret Mary and Our Lady ofLourdes.Lourdes in 1950: Lourdes opened in 1950 with 240 students and gradually got more and more crowded until part of theparish was transferred to St. Barnabas in the Highlands.Now, under the direction of Msgr. Anthony Gerst pastor, and Sister Thecla, principal, the Breckenridge Lane school has anenrollment of about 760 students.St. Margaret Mary, with Father Ehrich Stuart as pastor, was opened, in 1953. Since then 10 classrooms and a library havebeen added and enrollment the past year was 710.Trinity began in ‘53: Trinity High started as Holy Trinity High back in 1953 in the old Holy Trinity Grade School at4011 Frankfort Avenue. The first year it had only, a freshman class. A class was added each year until finally it was afull—fledged four year high school.The first graduating class in 1957 numbered 82 students. The 1958 class was 91 graduates, and this year the number was133.Since 1956, the School has been called simply “Trinity High.”A new wing, valued at $350,000 to $400,000, was begun in 1956 and dedicated in 1957. Enrollment last semester stood ataround 750.Two private schools: Two private schools rounded out the education picture. The Louisville Country Day School on RockCreek Lane near Seneca Park was established in 1951, for grades one to 12. The original building cost $150,000, and a1954 addition of science and art rooms, four classrooms, and a gym cost another $160,000. The headmaster is Harry S.Ludwig, and expected enrollment next semester is 300 pupils.The Catholic Country Day was established on the Thomas Monohan estate on Browns Lane near the Expressway in 1957.The school represented something new in local Catholic education, as it was staffed by laymen and was eventually to be acombined elementary and high school, though it started out with grades one to nine.June ground-breaking: Ground was broken in June for an $85,000 building and the school opened in September. Classeswee limited to 20 boys each. A kindergarten was added in 1958, as well as 10th grade. An 11th grade will be added thisFall.Present enrollment is 171. In March a $100,000 fund-raising drive was launched to build four classrooms, two sciencelabs, and shower and locker rooms. There is ample room on the 23-acre site for expansion. Headmaster is Daniel M.O’Neill.The Greater Louisville College of arts and Sciences a Baptist institution, is scheduled to be built next year on a 238-acresite on Shelbyville Road next to Moorgate. A total of more than $2,000,000was raised towards a goal of $3,000,000 by February 1958. Ultimately theschool is expected to cost $15 to $20 million.And two more Catholic grade schools are due to open soon—Mother ofGood Council on Westport Road near Plantation Swim Club, and St. Albertthe Great near Herr Lane and Westport Road.In 10 years