Loretto Academy (El Paso, Texas)
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1300 Hardaway Street , , 79903 United States | |
Coordinates | 31°47′10″N 106°26′5″W / 31.78611°N 106.43472°W |
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Type | Private, All-Girls for grades 6-12 |
Motto | A Tradition Of Excellence/ Let Loretto Be Loretto Forever |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1923 |
Founder | Mother M. Praxedes Carty |
President | Nicole Ortega Cobb |
Principal | High School: Homero Silva Middle School: Mary Ann Olivas |
Grades | Pre-K–12 (Boys PreK-5, girls all grades) |
Color(s) | Yellow, Black and White |
Slogan | Four Core Values: Faith, Community, Justice & Respect |
Mascot | Angels |
Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
Newspaper | The Prax |
Affiliation | Sisters of Loretto |
Elementary Principal | Norma Lopez |
Athletic Director | Angela Glover |
Architects | Trost & Trost |
Website | http://www.loretto.org |
Loretto Academy is a private Roman Catholic school in El Paso, Texas. It was opened in 1923 and was founded by Mother M. Praxedes Carty. is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso. Grades Pre-K3-5 are coeducational, while grades 6-12 are all girls.[2]
Background
[edit]The Sisters of Loretto had previously established several schools in Las Cruces and El Paso.[3][4] In the early 1920s, Mother M. Praxedes Carty of the Sisters of Loretto came to El Paso to establish a new school.[5] On March 20, 1922, she purchased 19 acres of land in the Austin Terrace area, which was considered a bad place to put the school.[6][7] The area was open desert on a hilltop and was accessible by streetcar.[8] For the time period, it was considered to be a long distance from the downtown area.[6] Because of the location, people were unsure if parents would send their children to the school.[8] People began to call the project "Praxedes' Folly."[8]
The building was designed by Trost & Trost.[9] Gustavus A. Trost was friends with Mother Praxedes and may have done most of the primary architectural drawings.[10] The buildings were "designed to face Mexico" in a welcoming gesture for all people to join the community.[4] They were built using stuccoed brick and red Spanish tile on the roof.[9] The first building was started in the fall of 1922.[11] The cornerstone for the chapel was laid down on March 20, 1924.[7] The entire campus was not complete until the 1930s.[9] However, the first school building was ready in 1923. Loretto Academy in El Paso opened on September 11, 1923 with 186 students, of which 20 lived at the school as boarders.[7] In 1928, the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools admitted Loretto as a member.[12]
The boarding school closed in 1975.[13] Students from Ciudad Juarez also attend the school.[4] As of the early 1990s the school had over 900 students.[14]
After 22 years, in 2022, Sister Mary E. "Buffy" Boesen stepped down as president of Loretto.[15] Loretto alumna, Nicole Ortega Cobb, became the next president of the school in June 2022.[15]
Notable attendees
[edit]- Stevie Nicks.[16]
- Maureen McDonnell.[17]
- Karla Martínez de Salas.[18]
- Amirah Kassem.[19]
- Michelle Dipp.[20]
- Mago Orona Gándara.[21]
- Mary Helen Garcia.[22]
- Alicia Gaspar de Alba.[23]
- M. Sue Kurita.[24]
- Pat Mora.[19]
- María Guillermina Valdes Villalva.[25]
- Patricia Roybal Caballero.[26]
- Andi Teran, author.[27]
Notable faculty
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ "Admissions Archived 2011-01-16 at the Wayback Machine." Loretto Academy. Retrieved on May 24, 2011.
- ^ "History of the Loretto Academy: Mother Praxedes Arrives". NMSU Library. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b c Perez, Daniel (1989-12-13). "66 Years Later, Nuns' 'Folly' Is an El Paso Landmark". El Paso Times. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Manweller, Christina (Spring 2019). "Deus providebit: Loretto's Legacy in Texas". Loretto Magazine: 9–11 – via issuu.
- ^ a b Metz, Leon (2004-01-19). "Lorettos's History a Story of Mother Praxedes". El Paso Times. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-09-14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Graham, Marjorie (1956-04-22). "$450,000 Loretto Diamond Jubilee Construction Program Scheduled". El Paso Times. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Phelon, Craig (1978-08-05). "Loretto Academy Outlasts Rest". El Paso Times. p. 27. Retrieved 2020-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Loretto Academy El Paso". Henry C. Trost Historical Organization. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ Englebrecht, Lloyd C.; Engelbrecht, June F. (1990). "Loretto Academy". Trost Society. National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ "Work is Begun on College at El Paso". The Oklahoma City Times. 1922-09-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Admit Loretto College". El Paso Evening Post. 1928-12-12. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Saenz, Bernadette; Valdez, Victoria (2000). "Sisters of Loretto Have Long Tradition in Southwest". Borderland. Vol. 19.
- ^ McKee, Okla A. "Loretto Academy". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ a b Fischer, Fallon (2022-04-14). "Loretto Academy selects new president". KFOX. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "Stevie Nicks: 'El Paso ... is the place where I learned how to sing'". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Virginia's Former First Lady Maureen McDonnell Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison". NPR. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "GLOBAL EDITORIAL LEADERS". Condé Nast. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ a b Moreno, Iliana (7 February 2020). "Decade's accomplishments from Loretto's alumni". The Prax. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ Loretto Academy 2010, p. 30.
- ^ Loretto Academy 2010, p. 38.
- ^ Loretto Academy 2010, p. 39.
- ^ "About". Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ Loretto Academy 2010, p. 54.
- ^ Solorzano, Rosalia. "Valdes Villalva, María Guillermina (1939–1991)". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Loretto Academy 2010, p. 88.
- ^ Loretto Academy 2010, p. 100.
- ^ "Loretto Librarian to Attend Meeting". El Paso Herald-Post. 1955-04-04. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-06-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vitello, Paul (2012-01-24). "Jacqueline G. Wexler, Ex-Nun Who Took On Church, Dies at 85". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
Sources
[edit]- Loretto Academy (2010). Loretto Academy Alumnae Directory 2010. El Paso, Texas: Harris Connect.
External links
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