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Former St. Scholastica members reunite

February 13, 2006

Debbie Bell
The Daily Record

Old yearbooks, photographs and newspaper clippings brought smiles and laughter Sunday afternoon as Benedictine Sisters, graduates and teachers of St. Scholastica Academy reunited in celebration.

The reunion was conducted in another local school, Garden Park High School, in honor of the Feast of St. Scholastica, which is traditionally Feb. 10.

 

“Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Scholastica and the fact that our school closed, but it is still going to be a school,” said Sally Fieth, who spent 31 years at the school.

Fieth’s involvement at the academy mainly centered on her duties as head nurse, but she also pitched in to help out wherever needed and assisted with office work, housekeeping and volunteerism.

“We had said when the school sold we were finally going to have a party,” Fieth said. “We are all so thankful the sisters were finally able to sell. But that was just before Thanksgiving. Then, it was Christmas.”

After one interference or another, the group decided to gather to celebrate the Feast of St. Scholastica.

Sister Kathleen McNamara was the unofficial leader of the group Sunday, having spent 44 years at the school. She was selected to give a toast to those attending.

“We spent our very best years at the very best school in the country,” McNamara said. “We loved it then, we love it now, and we always will. St. Scholastica was a part of our history, a part of your history.”

Michelle Taylor, a 1987 graduate of the academy, also worked for a year in the dormitory after graduation. She spent part of Sunday afternoon with her children, Shayne, 12, and Darian, 4, looking through historical materials of the school.

Lora Eslick taught art at St. Scholastica for 20 years. When the school closed in 2001, she was not ready walk away from her chosen profession so she began teaching art at Cañon City High School.

“Kids are kids,” Eslick said. “It’s fun to work with teenagers. I am so glad to have had both experiences.”

One recurring sentiment felt throughout the afternoon was the joy the group felt at the sale of the school grounds to Octwell LLC of Utah, which will open the Royal Peak Academy as early as this Friday. The academy will be a year-round coed school for students ages 14 through 18.

 

 

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