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Founded in 1960, St. Richard's School opened its doors to a preschool and kindergarten class of sixteen students during the 1960-1961 school year. Designed to attract and educate children in the surrounding neighborhood, many initial students actually came to St. Richard's from the parish of Trinity Church.
The initial feasibility study intended that St. Richard's School would add a grade every year through the fifth grade. In fact, in 1966, a sixth grade was added to the school. Each teacher was interviewed and selected by Father Ernest Lynch during trips to England, resulting in six teachers from England, one from the Netherlands, the French teacher from France, and two Americans. The School remained an elementary school for the next twenty years.
By the fall of 1986, St. Richard's School added a full-day pre-Kindergarten program, and in 1987 and 1988, a seventh and eighth grade were added to the school. At this point, enrollment reached approximately 200 students.
Today, St. Richard's School is home to a full day 3-year old program, a full day 4-year old program, and two classes each of Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Class sizes of 15 to 20 students per class enable teachers to apply flexible learning styles to meet the needs of his/her students.
While St. Richard's School thrives on enthusiastic and innovative teaching, today's students fondly celebrate many traditions initiated by the original children of St. Richard's School.
St. Richard's School Class of 2005 Matriculation
St. Richard's School Alumni High School Honors
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