Saint Agnes School Community to Celebrate 150th Anniversary with Mass
Reverend Louis P. Bellopede, Pastor of Saint Agnes Parish in West Chester (Chester County) will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 150th anniversary of Saint Agnes School.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
5:15 p.m.
Saint Agnes Church
233 West Gay Street
West Chester, PA 19380 (Chester County)
Following Mass, tours of the school will be offered.
On Monday, August 29, Father Bellopede and Sister Danielle Teti, I.H.M., the school principal, greeted over 320 students including 75 new students and 40 new families to kick-off the yearlong celebration of the school’s sesquicentennial.
Background information on Saint Agnes School
Saint Agnes School opens its doors daily to provide a nurturing, affirming environment for over 300 students. Providing academic excellence since 1871, the parish school offers programs for grades pre-k (3yrs old – 4yrs old) through eighth grade in a faith-based, nurturing, and affirming learning environment. The school has won the 2015 U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award for the second time in the last two decades.
Saint Agnes School is an exceptional place of learning; an outstanding staff of faith-filled, dedicated professionals and parents collaborate in the learning process that integrates the religious formation program with sound intellectual preparation in the academic areas of the curriculum. The vision of the principal and school staff is that of a peace-filled school community in which both students and staff treat one another with care and respect.
The school’s mission is to develop every student spiritually, intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially in a faith-based joyful environment that inspires integrity, citizenship, leadership, and service to others as disciples of Jesus Christ, in the church and in the world.
For additional information about Saint Agnes Catholic School, please visit saintagnesschoolwc.org/.
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