Saturday, October 3, 2015, 1:00 PM
THE HISTORY OF THE BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL
- Was opened in September of 1957
- The name of the school was St. Helena Business School
- It was created for students who were not necessarily college bound – secretarial, NYPD, NYFD, etc.
- It was a 2-year school (Juniors & Seniors only)
- The principal and teachers were mostly religious (Sisters) with some lay teachers
- The school was housed at the opposite end of the campus from the St. Helena Girls’ School & Boys’ School
- The school name was changed in 1973 to Monsignor Scanlan Business School
- The school name was changed again in 1975 to St. Helena Commercial High School
- The school eventually became a 4-year high school - still named St. Helena Commercial High School – and moved to a different building on campus
- St. Helena Commercial High School closed for good in June 2002 to the great disappointment of many
- In December 2014 the Business School Alumni Association was formed……and thanks to their efforts a Business/Commercial reunion was held on campus in May 2015 and was attended by many!
- And thanks to the generosity of many of the Business/Commercial school alumni, nearly $4,000 was raised to pay for the monument that is being dedicated on October 3rd.