The history of Catholic education in Harrison County predates the official establishment of the parish in 1864. While still a mission of the Church of the Annunciation, Paris, KY the parish rented the Wall School House as a site for worship – no Catholic Church building then stood in Harrison County. With the availability of this building, Catholic children began attending classes in 1858.

Twenty years later, in 1878, the first order of nuns arrived to teach the children. The Sisters of Mercy came and served Catholic children for three years. After their departure, Fr. Zang oversaw the school for the next five years. For reasons unknown to us … the school closed.

From current sources we do not know if the school was active in the years following 1883, until 1920. In 1920 property adjacent to the church was purchased and the Sisters of Divine Providence came to serve St. Edward School. The school has been in operation ever since. The sisters established eight grades, along with a good music program.

For 61 years the Sisters of Divine Providence served the school well and faithfully, establishing St. Edward as an educational leader of Harrison County schools. In 1982 the order could no longer staff the school. In their place the Sisters of Notre Dame took up the charge and staffed the school until 1994 when they were no longer able to staff the school. The sisters continued God’s service to the children of St. Edward Church and maintained and built on St. Edward School’s reputation for discipline and high academic achievement.

Our school enrollment and our available space require that we have double grade classrooms. There are advantages to having a small enrollment and combined grades. The school becomes a large family. The students, faculty and staff come to know and understand those who participate in the educational endeavor we call St. Edward School.

The future looks bright as we (parents, faculty, staff and students) work together for the betterment of those who walk through the doors of St. Edward’s. Our legacy is one which involves the sacred and the ordinary. It is Jesus who is the center for our purpose, and it is He who leads and guides us still today.

St. Edward School.... where learning has no limits.