St. Mary Springs High School
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St. Mary's Springs Academy (SMS, formerly St. Mary's Springs High School) is a private Catholic, coeducation
al, college prep
high school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
owned by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
. It was founded by the Sisters of Saint Agnes
in 1909. The three pillars of the school are Faith, Knowledge, and Community.
came to the site of the school in 1901 to open a sanitarium
after money was donated by local businessman Henry Boyle
. The first building built on the site, Boyle Hall, was named in his honor. Constructed in 1901, it was torn down in 2005 because of structural problems, after having sat vacant for nearly 25 years. This building and St. Agnes Hall, located to the left of Boyle Hall, were used as a sanitarium until 1909 when the site was changed into a boarding school
for girls. The school held its first graduation
in 1911. Though run by the Sisters of St. Agnes, it became affiliated with The Catholic University of America
in 1915 and then became known as St. Mary's Springs Academy. The main building, now known as the Administration Building, was constructed in 1928, but has been unused since 2000 because of small class sizes and asbestos
found in the building. In 1939, St. Mary's Springs Academy revised its mission and opened its doors to young men.
In 1970, the school's name was changed to St. Mary's Springs High School after receiving sponsorship from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The current academic building was also built about this time.
In 2008, St. Mary's Springs High School was merged with FACES (Fond du Lac Area Catholic Education System) to form a K-12 system. FACES consisted of two campuses, St. Joseph's Primary School and St. Mary's Middle School. The three campuses now operate under the name of St. Mary's Springs Academy.
FALL SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY – Boys:
Conference Champs (4): 1971, 1972, 1996, 2000
State Runners Up (1): 1972
State Champs (1): 1971
CROSS COUNTRY – Girls:
Conference Champs (11): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010
Sectional Champs (1): 2010
State Runners Up (2): 1994, 1999
State Champs (5): 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997
FOOTBALL:
Conference Champs (25): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009
State Runners Up (9): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2010
State Champs (11): 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2011
SOCCER – Boys:
Regional Champs (1): 2008
TENNIS – Girls:
Conference Champs (1): 1992
VOLLEYBALL:
Conference Champs (1): 1976
Regional Champs (2): 1977, 1997
WINTER SPORTS
BASKETBALL – Boys:
Conference Champs (2): 1993, 2003
Regional Champs (11): 1978, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
State Runners Up (2): 1982, 1996
State Champs (2): 1993, 1994
BASKETBALL – Girls:
Conference Champs (2): 2001, 2002
Regional Champs (3): 1990, 1992, 1999
HOCKEY – Boys:
Conference Champs (1): 2011
State Runners Up (3): 1983, 1984, 1990
State Champs (5): 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
HOCKEY – Girls:
Conference Champs (1): 2011
Regional Champs (2): 2009, 2010
Sectional Champs (1): 2009
State Runners Up (1): 2009
WRESTLING:
Regional Champs (1): 1987
State Runners Up (1): 1983
SPRING SPORTS
BASEBALL:
Conference Champs (12): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009
Regional Champs (9): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009
Sectional Champs (1): 2008
State Runners Up (1): 1985
GOLF:
Conference Champs (17): 1961, 1971, 1972, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Regional Champs (8): 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
State Runners Up (3): 1977, 1986, 2010
Individual State Runner Up: Pat Steffes – D3 2005
State Champs (1): 1959
Individual State Champs (2): Pat Steffes – D3 2006, Nate Strigenz – D3 2010
SOCCER – Girls:
Conference Champs (2): 2007, 2008
Regional Champs (5): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SOFTBALL:
Conference Champs (1): 1992
Regional Champs (8): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
State Runners Up (1): 1990
TRACK – Boys:
Conference Champs (6): 1975, 1987, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000
Regional Champs (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
State Runners Up (5): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1999
State Champs (7): 1975, 1979, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
TRACK – Girls:
Conference Champs (5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011
Regional Champs (2): 2008, 2010
State Runners Up (4): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al, college prep
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
high school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for bottom of the lake, for it is located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago. The population was 42,203 at the 2000 census...
owned by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is a Roman Catholic archdiocese headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It encompasses the City of Milwaukee, as well as the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha, all...
. It was founded by the Sisters of Saint Agnes
Sisters of Saint Agnes
The Congregation of Sisters of Saint Agnes is a Catholic religious order for women. The order was founded in 1858 and named in honor of Saint Agnes. The Motherhouse is located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.-History:...
in 1909. The three pillars of the school are Faith, Knowledge, and Community.
History
The Sisters of Saint AgnesSisters of Saint Agnes
The Congregation of Sisters of Saint Agnes is a Catholic religious order for women. The order was founded in 1858 and named in honor of Saint Agnes. The Motherhouse is located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.-History:...
came to the site of the school in 1901 to open a sanitarium
Sanatorium
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
after money was donated by local businessman Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle may refer to:*Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton , English, Irish and British MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer*Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon , Irish MP for Midleton, Killmallock and Cork County...
. The first building built on the site, Boyle Hall, was named in his honor. Constructed in 1901, it was torn down in 2005 because of structural problems, after having sat vacant for nearly 25 years. This building and St. Agnes Hall, located to the left of Boyle Hall, were used as a sanitarium until 1909 when the site was changed into a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for girls. The school held its first graduation
Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
in 1911. Though run by the Sisters of St. Agnes, it became affiliated with The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...
in 1915 and then became known as St. Mary's Springs Academy. The main building, now known as the Administration Building, was constructed in 1928, but has been unused since 2000 because of small class sizes and asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
found in the building. In 1939, St. Mary's Springs Academy revised its mission and opened its doors to young men.
In 1970, the school's name was changed to St. Mary's Springs High School after receiving sponsorship from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The current academic building was also built about this time.
In 2008, St. Mary's Springs High School was merged with FACES (Fond du Lac Area Catholic Education System) to form a K-12 system. FACES consisted of two campuses, St. Joseph's Primary School and St. Mary's Middle School. The three campuses now operate under the name of St. Mary's Springs Academy.
Notable people
- Wisconsin State Senator Warren BraunWarren Braun-Biography:Braun was born on June 12, 1934 in Eden, Wisconsin. He graduated from St. Mary Springs High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin before attending the Marquette University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University Law School. Braun served in the United States Army...
is a graduate. - Rabies survivor Jeanna GieseJeanna GieseThe Milwaukee protocol is an experimental course of treatment of an acute infection of rabies in a human being. The treatment involves putting the patient into a chemically induced coma and administering antiviral drugs. It was developed and named by Dr. Rodney Willoughby, Jr., M.D., following the...
graduated in 2007. - Varsity football coach Bob Hyland is the first high school coach in Wisconsin to break three hundred career wins.
Athletics
- 1982 WISAA Boys State Basketball Runner-Up.
- 1993 WISAA Boys State Basketball Champions.
- 1996 WISAA Boys State Basketball Runner-up.
- 2010 WIAA Division 6 Football State Champions.
- 2010 WIAA Division 6 Football State Runner-Up.
- 2009 WIAA Division 5 Football State Champions.
- 2005 WIAA Division 6 Football State Runner-Up.
- 2003 WIAA Division 6 Football State Runner-Up.
- 2002 WIAA Division 6 Football State Champions.
FALL SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY – Boys:
Conference Champs (4): 1971, 1972, 1996, 2000
State Runners Up (1): 1972
State Champs (1): 1971
CROSS COUNTRY – Girls:
Conference Champs (11): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010
Sectional Champs (1): 2010
State Runners Up (2): 1994, 1999
State Champs (5): 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997
FOOTBALL:
Conference Champs (25): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009
State Runners Up (9): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2010
State Champs (11): 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2011
SOCCER – Boys:
Regional Champs (1): 2008
TENNIS – Girls:
Conference Champs (1): 1992
VOLLEYBALL:
Conference Champs (1): 1976
Regional Champs (2): 1977, 1997
WINTER SPORTS
BASKETBALL – Boys:
Conference Champs (2): 1993, 2003
Regional Champs (11): 1978, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
State Runners Up (2): 1982, 1996
State Champs (2): 1993, 1994
BASKETBALL – Girls:
Conference Champs (2): 2001, 2002
Regional Champs (3): 1990, 1992, 1999
HOCKEY – Boys:
Conference Champs (1): 2011
State Runners Up (3): 1983, 1984, 1990
State Champs (5): 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
HOCKEY – Girls:
Conference Champs (1): 2011
Regional Champs (2): 2009, 2010
Sectional Champs (1): 2009
State Runners Up (1): 2009
WRESTLING:
Regional Champs (1): 1987
State Runners Up (1): 1983
SPRING SPORTS
BASEBALL:
Conference Champs (12): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009
Regional Champs (9): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009
Sectional Champs (1): 2008
State Runners Up (1): 1985
GOLF:
Conference Champs (17): 1961, 1971, 1972, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Regional Champs (8): 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
State Runners Up (3): 1977, 1986, 2010
Individual State Runner Up: Pat Steffes – D3 2005
State Champs (1): 1959
Individual State Champs (2): Pat Steffes – D3 2006, Nate Strigenz – D3 2010
SOCCER – Girls:
Conference Champs (2): 2007, 2008
Regional Champs (5): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SOFTBALL:
Conference Champs (1): 1992
Regional Champs (8): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
State Runners Up (1): 1990
TRACK – Boys:
Conference Champs (6): 1975, 1987, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000
Regional Champs (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
State Runners Up (5): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1999
State Champs (7): 1975, 1979, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
TRACK – Girls:
Conference Champs (5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011
Regional Champs (2): 2008, 2010
State Runners Up (4): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999