T he school opened in a building on the grounds of St. Stanislaus Church in Lansdale in September of 1949 with only a freshman class. It was named
Little Flower Catholic High School, after its patron Saint, St. Theresa of Lisieux. Each succeeding year, another class/year was added and
in 1953, commencement exercises were held for the the first graduating class of
33 students. That building is still functioning on the property of St. Stanislaus
and today is called Little Flower Hall.
Probably the main, if not the only, driving force to bring about the
establishment of the school was Monsignor Joseph Schade, who was the Pastor of
St. Stanislaus at that time. He was aided in his efforts by the
willingness of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia who initially staffed
the school, with Sister Theresa Clare being the first principal (and one of the
teachers).
Because of the increasing enrollment, in the mid 1950's plans were put
in place for a new high
school to be located at 7th Street and Lansdale Avenue. The 'new' school
was expected to be completed in time for the Class of 1960 to finish its
senior year there. In anticipation of that happening, and perhaps
because the sports teams had long been referred to as Lansdale Catholic,
the school name was changed to Lansdale Catholic. However the
completion was delayed and the Class of 1960 never made it to the 'new'
school. And so while they officially graduated from Lansdale Catholic,
the class finished its school year in the original high school building
which is now named Little Flower Hall. The 'new' school opened in
September of 1960 with the first class that graduated from the there
being the Class of 1961.
The school continued as a "parish" high school until the mid-80's
when control of the school was taken over by the Archdiocese.
In 1988, there was the dedication of a major addition to the school. It
was made made possible primarily through the support of the Business Leaders
Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS).
In more recent years, other improvements were added including another on-site
parking facility and a baseball field.
Unfortunately in the late 90's, the Archdiocese saw fit to sell off
approximately 44 acres of the land to Westrum Developers.
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