We believe in taking tradition into a new age.

St. Viator School was started in 1902, 14 years after the Clerics of St. Viator founded the St. Viator Parish. Father Thomas McCormick, the pastor of the parish at that time, chose the Sisters of St. Joseph to be the teachers in the school. At the beginning, there were 40 school children taught by two sisters.

At first, the school was a modest building located near the parish's frame church. But in 1910, the original part of the present school building was built. The church was on the first floor, and the classrooms were on the second and third floors. From 1916 until 1924, the Sisters of St. Joseph also ran a girls' high school in the school building. In 1929, when the present Church was dedicated, the entire building became an elementary school that had an enrollment of about 800 students.

No matter how things have changed over the years, one thing remains constant. St. Viator School is, and always will be, guided by Father McCormick's belief that setting high standards for education is an utmost priority