The following is a historical timeline highlighting the growth and development of St. John Brebeuf School from 1953 to the present.

1955

• St. John Brebeuf Grammar School opens with six sisters, two lay teachers and 420 students in grades six through eight.

1956

• Contracts are issued for the construction of six more classrooms and a hall.
• The school has grown to 550 children.

1957

• SJB students win the first of three consecutive awards for Fire Prevention activities which culminated in a “First” prize in 1980.

1958

• SJB School has its first 8th grade graduation with 62 students.

1961

• The school population had grown so large that the primary grades were on split sessions, one group attending in the morning, the other in the afternoon.

1962

• Twelve classrooms were added to the school to accommodate 1,470 children.

1964

• The last addition to the school is completed.  This brought the school to 38 classrooms.

1967

• School enrollment peaks at 1,600 students.  There were five classrooms for each grade from one through five.

1968

• An elected School Board was created with nine lay members to work with the Pastor and the School Principal in all matters related to curriculum and finance.

1976

• SJB School opens it doors to the first Kindergarten class.

1978

• “Jubilee Year” for St. John Brebeuf Parish marks its 25th Anniversary with 2,620 families and 699 school children being taught by 12 sisters and 20 lay teachers.

1980

• Sr. Rita Green became Principal of St. John Brebeuf School.

1985

• In spring, the after-school program for students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade begins.

1994

• The first Gala, a cocktail and dinner party with a silent auction, was started as a new vehicle for raising additional parish funds.  Proceeds from Gala go to support the parish school.

1995

• Margaret Whitman is hired as Principal of St. John Brebeuf School.

1997

• The Commemorative Walkway between the church and the school was started as a way to help support special school projects.  The committee was Fr. Robert Banzin, Principal Margaret Whitman, Pete Zonsius, Tony LaCorte, Joe LoVerde Jr., and Don Wiedemann.

1998

• SJB School receives a gift of art.  A wood carving, life size, sculpture titled “Jesus Welcoming All Children” is installed at the front entrance of the school.

2003

• An all-class reunion held on April 11th for all SJB graduates to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Parish.