Holy Family High School (Glendale, California)
high school in California, United States
Holy Family High School was a Catholic, all-girls preparatory school in Glendale, California. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Background
Holy Family Girls High School, a college-preparatory school, opened its doors to 21 freshmen in September 1937. For three years, classes were held on the top floor of the grade school and were conducted by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Sister Mary St. Bertha, B.V.M., as principal until 1943. Members of the charter class recall that the chemistry lab was a former piano lesson room, that the first issue of the school paper was published under the most adverse conditions, and that only high school girls could use the front stairs.
In 1940, because of the growing enrollment, Msgr. Galvin purchased the old Knights of Columbus Hall on Lomita Avenue and converted it into a four-year high school. There were seventeen members in the charter graduating class of 1941, and, as enrollment continued to grow, so did the very special spirit that has characterized Holy Family High from its earliest years.
In 1951 Msgr.
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