The initial contact person in the newly formed Diocese of Lexington was Monsignor Ralph Briting.

To pay the expenses, the fathers relied on grants, donations, and income from making mission calls.

The Piarist School opened in August 1990 to serve all those desiring a quality education within a Christian setting.

The following year, Mr. Ken Rose was hired as the first lay faculty member to teach history.

Then on May 28, 1994, the school graduated its first class of three seniors: Leigh Ann Blackburn, Duran Bryant, and Brandon Scott.

One notable Piarist alumnae is Dr. Nora Traum '01, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University.

It complements the School's academic endeavors, and the Outreach Program connects those in need in Eastern Kentucky with the help offered by others throughout The United States."

Each year the Outreach Program, assisted by numerous groups, provides Christmas gifts to hundreds of underprivileged children from three different counties.

But perhaps the most telling facet of the Outreach Program is the number of parishes and volunteers wanting to work with the School from around the country.

Numerous parishes contact Mrs. Collins to coordinate donations for both the School's students as well as the people of the surrounding area, or to coordinate the services of those volunteers who travel to the area and work hard on projects that benefit the people served by the Program.

Such services include providing food, clothing, assistance to burn-out victims, school supplies, Christmas presents, household items to needy families, and the operation of the Summer Emergency Home Repair Project.

The Mission Statement of The Piarist School is that "The Piarist School provides a college preparatory education, involving the development of an educational community which includes parents, teachers, students, and members of the local community as co-workers in promoting the physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth of the students.

The School is not just a place for the conveyance of subject matter to objects to be educated, but is one where the creativity needed for continuous renewal of society thrives and where formal and non-formal education are so integrated that the School becomes a center for social and cultural activities."

In October 2009, Coach Tackett organized his first MidKnight Madness, which is the school's big annual pep rally.