Above is the front page of the Lorain Journal from August 18, 1954 with the story of the school's impending opening that fall.
The article notes, "Under construction the past year, St. John Catholic School at Grove and 36th, will be opened this fall. It is the first school to be operated by St. John Catholic Church and brings to 10 the Toal number of Catholic schools in Lorain."
I'm not even Catholic and I feel bad that Lorain and the surrounding communities simply can't support very many Catholic schools these days. A quick look at the Google AI Overview (and we know it can't be wrong) reveals that Lorain only has two Catholic Schools: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School and St. Peter Catholic School.
Anyway, today the former St. John Catholic School is now Horizon Science Academy – Lorain South. It looks pretty modern to me.
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| A 2021 view, courtesy of Google Maps |
I attended a Catholic school starting in 1955. They were very popular back then, due to the surge of baby boomers like me. Some of my classes had 50 students. I don't know what is going on in Lorain these days, but in Lakewood, three schools have been combined into one - housed at a former Catholic high school.
ReplyDeleteAww…great memories there. I attended from 1975-1977. When I see the breezeway I remember everyone put their lunchboxes on the floor along the sides (mine was a Charlie Brown one and I still have an unused lunch money dime taped inside). They used to have the best fish dinners during lent and New Year’s Eve celebrations. In the earlier 70s they had a nice carnival during the summer with rides on the blacktop where we played tag, hopscotch and jump rope during recess.
ReplyDeleteThanks for leaving such a nice reminisce. I was hoping someone who attended school there would comment! Thanks so much!
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