On June 13, 1954, ground was broken for a $200,000 parochial school which opened its doors the following spring to 142 students, making Sacred Heart School the thirtieth elementary school in the Diocese of Marquette.

 

Initially only three classrooms were opened for grades two through six with Sister Francis Jane, CSJ acting as both the principal and fifth- and sixth-grade teacher. The teaching staff also included Sister Helen Louise, grade two; Sister St. Mark, grade three; and Sister Mary Augusta, grade four. 

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Sacred Heart School, now one of only eight Catholic schools in the Diocese of Marquette, continues to serve the people of Baraga County as well as those of Houghton and Ontonagon Counties. The school is now totally staffed by lay teachers who are eager to carry on the teaching ministry maintained by the Sisters of St. Joseph for almost half a century.

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