HISTORY
      Records show that a parochial school at St. Alphonsus was operating as far back as 1877 under the direction of lay teachers. Due to lack of funds, the school closed. Around 1893, the new priest, Fr. Lennon, re-opened the school with a lay teacher who was a graduate of the Sisters of Mercy in New Orleans. He then requested four sisters from Vicksburg (whose school had been successful) to establish a school at McComb.

       On September 8, 1901, the new school opened under the direction of these sisters. Later, in 1936, because of the deteriorating condition of the convent and school, the school was closed. Parishioners became concerned about the education of their children and once again the school and convent was rebuilt and reopened in the fall of 1958.

       The school operated for twelve years and closed again in 1970. The original school faced Minnesota Avenue where the original steps still exist along with the foundation which is now buried beneath the elementary playground of our school today.

       The primary grade classrooms were built in 1957 and McNamara Hall, our current office and kindergarten building, was the dormitory for the nuns. In recent history, the school reopened again in 1992. Each year a grade level was added; in 1997 new classrooms were constructed for the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade.

      Currently, we have 201 students enrolled from preschool (1 year old) to eighth grade.