The students of the school voted to change the mascot from the Roses to the Crusaders in late 1992.
The school opened in 1876 as St. Rose Academy on top of Salem Avenue in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
The school was located at the Brennan Estate, a large Victorian-style mansion at the top of Salem Avenue.
At the time, the Brennan Estate also housed the novitiate for the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM).
Due to rising enrollment, a two story extension was added to the Estate building in 1915, and the school became co-ed in 1926.
The newly enstated Bishop Martino decided to close grades 9–12 due to a massive debt and low enrollment.
In October 2023, developers were looking for approval to convert the property into a 28-bed drug and alcohol detoxification facility.