purchased this building at Sprigg and William Streets for $21,000 and renovated it for use as St. Mary High School.

Theon Schoen, then pastor of St. Mary, began plans for a new and larger high school.

Land was purchased between Caruthers and Clark Avenue from the Wulfers family for a new Catholic high school.

The new Cape Girardeau Catholic High School opened on September 13, 1954 with an enrollment of 211 students.

In 1962 Notre Dame received accreditation from the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges.