Mother Hilary, the founder, built the all-girls Catholic high school in 1959. She ushered in hundreds of teenage girls from around the South Bay to the new campus, which was flush with thousands of books, instruments and artwork. The school continued for several decades with the dream of instilling young women with knowledge and religion. Holy Cross closed its doors in 1972 after it merged with Saint Francis, a neighboring all-boys school. The building Holy Cross left behind went through several tenants, including a day care center, an Asian church, and lastly the South Bay Christian Center. Mozart Investments, parent company to Classic Communities, a home developer, purchased the property in late 2006 and began tearing down the old church building earlier this year. The developer plans to build 58 high-end single-family homes on the site. When the alumnae of Holy Cross heard the building was being torn down, they rallied together to save mementos from the rubble. People just started saying, Well if theyre tearing it down, I want a brick, said Rose Healy, Class of 1965. Holy Cross graduates grew up in an era when miniskirts were popular. But Holy Cross girls had to wear the uniform: blue and grey plaid knee-length skirts, white button-down shirts and white oxford shoes. Nuns often made the girls kneel on the floor to check whether their skirts hung at the proper length. Chewing gum warranted a demerit. Torn down in 2007.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:16:55 +0000
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