New Opportunities

ID: 1738 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred Marlar ~ Date: March 15, 1946
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New Opportunities

The option to board at the school provided educational opportunities for families living outside of downtown Waco. The boarding school became quite popular among girls whose families lived and farmed in the rural areas surrounding the city. 

This file appears in: Academy of the Sacred Heart

By Geoff Hunt
On the corner of Eighth Street and Washington Avenue once stood a Catholic school and convent that taught thousands of students during its years of operation from 1874 to 1946. The Academy of the Sacred Heart received its name partially because the…