The founders set aside classroom space for four boys and ten girls at St. Anthony's Elementary school.

With this new land, a second Saint Mary's was built by the Franciscans whose goal was to educate those boys displaced by the closure of Brophy High School.

Green, O.D., Bishop of Tucson, performed the dedication ceremony for the new seven-room addition to the school, including a ramada and a library.

The ravages of time and the rapid development of downtown Phoenix caused Saint Mary's to halt its growth on their inner-city campus.

In 2007, the Virginia Piper building was completed, which houses fine arts classrooms, computer labs, and the 275-seat Wiegand Auditorium.

After this first step was completed, volunteers pulled together and began creating a gym from parts of other buildings all over the city.

[clarification needed] The school's athletic program could not afford the time and risk of trying to dry out the maple floor.

With the insurance company's permission, Saint Mary's took the donated wet wood to dry out in a warehouse.