History

History of St. Matthew’s School

The Sisters of Mercy from the Sacred Heart Convent in Cedar Rapids, Iowa came to Kalispell to open the school in 1917.

The school began as a combination convent and school with boarders, grades 1-9. Grades 10-12 were added within the first four years.

Class of 1924

The high school was discontinued in 1941. St. Matthew’s Parish bought the school and property from the Sisters of Mercy in 1956, and built a new building on the site.

In 1958 St. Matthew’s School began in the new building, which still houses the school today.

 

 

Class of 1959
Class of 1959

In 1970 the people of the parish found it necessary to close the eighth grade, and in 1974, the seventh grade was closed. Kindergarten was added in 1976, and preschool classes were added in 1982.

Seventh grade was added back in 2001, and eighth grade in 2002.

St. Matthew’s is currently preschool through eighth grade.

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