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Sainte Marie High School Building 1922 - 1946
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Book TItled "History of Sainte Marie, St. Mary Church, AND Sainte Marie Township"

Sainte Marie School & St. Mary Church 1878
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Book TItled "History of Sainte Marie, St. Mary Church, AND Sainte Marie Township"

The History of Sainte Marie High School
 
Sainte Marie (population 261) is located in southeastern Jasper County in the lower eastern portion of Illinois.  County Road 1900th Street E and 600th Avenue N intersect at Ste. Marie. A town of note near Ste. Marie includes Effingham just 30 miles to the northwest. 
 
Information on the history of Sainte Marie and its former high school is very limited to this date. The spelling of the town's name is of French origin. According to a website found on the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway:
 
"Ste. Marie was settled by a group led by Joseph Piquet in 1837. It was also known as St. Mary's and for a short time Colony Des Fresas.  It was platted in June of 1847 and incorporated in 1870."
 
A nice history of the town of Ste. Marie and of Ste. Marie High School was located in a booklet titled "History of Sainte Marie, St. Mary's Church AND Sainte Marie Township"  found at the following web address:
The information regarding Ste. Marie High School is as follows:
   
     "The Ste. Marie High School opened its first year in the fall of 1916 in the old two-room Weber Hardware Store building. The elementary school building was becoming unsafe and four years later they moved the grades to the north room of this old store building. Local interest in the High School grew rapidly and had a strong local support. However, the District area was off-center for Ste. Marie and it was seen that the area would not justify the construction of a four year high school building. As the result of a petition the high school district was voted out in 1921 and the area reverted to non-high school territory.
  
     Immediately the Public School directors proceeded to move on the construction of a two-room building. One room was for a two-year high school and the other for a public grade school. This building was occupied in the late fall of 1922 with Merle D. Yost Teaching the 9th and 10th grades of the high school and *Miss Christine Alblinger teaching the eight grades in the elementary school.
  
     This organization continued until 1946 when the Newton High School District was incorporated into the Newton Community High School District."
    
*Note: Ms. Alblinger would teach at the Ste. Marie school district from 1922 through 1946, teaching the HS grades from 1926 - 1946. 
    
Ste. Marie High School existed from the fall of 1916 through the spring of 1946 as a two-year high school. Ste. Marie students who wished to attend high school after their two years at Ste. Marie and after the spring of 1946 would begin attending high school in nearby Newton. The high school students of Ste. Marie continue today to attend school in nearby Newton.
 
Sainte Marie High School Quick Facts
 
Year 2-year HS opened:                1916
Year closed:                                   1946
Consolidated to:                            Newton School District
Ste. Marie HS team nickname:     "Saints"
Ste. Marie HS team colors:           unavailable
School Fight Song:                        unavailable

Athletics and Extra-Curriculars
 
We believe that the Ste. Marie High School boys competed in basketball, possibly baseball as well.  Other organizations and opportunities such as band, chorus, FFA, FHA, ect., may also have been offered.  We are in need of several "quick facts" items and any information others would like to share with us.
   
Baseball
   
The book titled "History of Sainte Marie, St. Mary Church, AND Sainte Marie Township" had a one-paragraph statement regarding sports under a section titled "History of Ste. Marie Schools." That statement is as follows:
  
"Across the street (from the school) south is the village park given by Joseph Piquet when the village was laid out in 1847. Shaded by the fine old maple trees on four sides, a baseball diamond is the center attraction.  Sainte Marie has always had a good baseball team. The Saints have always given a good account of themselves, each year winning more games than they lost."
 
Seeking More Information
 
If you have ANY more information regarding the great history of Sainte Marie and its educational past please take the time to share it with us. We are especially hopeful to share a photo of the old high school building.  Photos and information can be e-mailed to us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net.  You can also write to us at:
 
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Photos from the Book in 1962
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Book TItled "History of Sainte Marie, St. Mary Church, AND Sainte Marie Township"

Photos of Sainte Marie from Book in 1962
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Book TItled "History of Sainte Marie, St. Mary Church, AND Sainte Marie Township"