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1955 |
Parents and those associated with education and the Ursuline Sisters were determined to save the school, and on May 27, 1955, the cornerstone was laid for a new Sacred Heart Model School. |
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1959 |
In 1959, a third Ursuline high school was built near St. Lawrence Church in Shively, Kentucky. It was named Angela Merici High School. | ||
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On January 16, 1962, ground was broken for a new Sacred Heart Academy, designed to accommodate 1000 students. It included a cafeteria, auditorium/gym, a chapel and convent. |
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| 1964 | The Ursuline Special Education Center for children with learning disabilities opened in 1964 thanks to generous donors, including WHAS-TV’s Crusade for Children. | ||
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The Ursuline Montessori School opened in September of 1967. Modeled after the classic work of Dr. Maria Montessori, the school’s aim is to nurture and cultivate each child’s own natural desire to learn. One year later, the Ursuline School for the Performing Arts opened to serve the various schools on the Ursuline Campus, as well as anyone interested in the performing arts. |
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| 1968 | Ursuline College became part of Bellarmine College in the 1960s, and was no longer located on Lexington Road. | ||
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1986
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In 1986, the Ursuline Sisters recognized the need to provide additional child care for working parents who had children enrolled in SHMS or the Ursuline Montessori School, and opened the Ursuline Child Development Center. | ||
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1988
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After studying the feasibility of sponsorship (a ministry of influence) and separately incorporating their community-owned schools, the Ursuline Congregation proposed in 1988 that some schools and programs on the Ursuline Campus be separate from the Ursuline Society and Academy of Education. |
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1990
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On June 26, 1990, Ursuline Campus Schools, Inc. became a separate corporation sponsored by the Ursuline Sisters. The new corporation includes Sacred Heart Academy, Sacred Heart Model School, Ursuline Montessori School, Ursuline School for the Performing Arts and the Ursuline Child Development Center. |
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Now, 150 years after three sisters arrived in Louisville with a little more than $22, their educational direction embraces much more than the beautiful Ursuline Campus and its students. The Ursulines’ vision spans across eastern Kentucky, 13 additional states in the U.S., and Peru, South America. |