St. Mary’s High School NEW Development Plans!
St. Mary’s High School is an exceptional all-male Catholic high school located right here in the 25th Ward. Located at 4701 South Grand (near Grand and Itaska), St. Mary’s educates approximately 400 boys annually and has granted over 11,000 diplomas to students since it first opened its doors in 1931. Former Alumni include St. Louis City Mayor Francis G. Slay and my two sons, Dan and Tim Singler! 
Recently, School President Rev. Mitchell Doyen unveiled the new and exciting development plans for St. Mary’s High School at both the Dutchtown South Community Corporation General Meeting on November 3, 2008 as well as at our local Neighborhood Association meeting in the Resurrection School Building on Tuesday November 11, 2008. There was also a story written about the plans at the St. Louis Business Journal here.
St. Mary's Sports Park (Click Picture to Enlarge)
St. Mary’s acquired the property and 164-unit apartment complex to the West of the school and has plans to construct a baseball field and tennis courts on the property. All of the tenants in the apartments have been relocated and demolition should begin by the end of November once the asbestos abatement has been completed. Demolition should take between 6-8 weeks. Father Mitch announced that by June 30, 2009 the site should start looking like a ball field, and will be available for use once grass starts growing and other improvements are added. Plans also include converting the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys into a “South Side Campus” and creating a Center for Applied Sciences to teach AC Electricity and add HVAC in the Fall of 2009.
St. Mary’s has also acquired Beckerle Park located at Spring and Itaska and plans to make improvements to that area as well! Once construction is complete, local organized community groups will be able to sign-up to use the field!
Go Dragons!
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