Ursuline High School

Ursuline High School was a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Santa Rosa, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California.BackgroundUrsuline High School was established in 1880 by the Ursuline Sisters. The school moved to their present location in 1956 from its previous location downtown. The school was a boarding school until 1974HistoryUrsuline High School served students grades 9 through 12 in Santa Rosa, California. Ursuline was a private, independent, Catholic, college-preparatory high school for girls which was owned and operated by the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union. Ursuline’s heritage was rooted in the founding of the Ursuline Order by Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy, in 1535. The vision of Angela spread throughout Europe and beyond – the Ursulines were the first religious order to reach the New World. Eight pioneering Ursuline Sisters from Brown County Ohio established Ursuline, Santa Rosa, at its original 10th and B Street site. Ursuline had educated young women in Sonoma County since 1880, guided by the Ursuline mission of academic excellence, leadership and service. Ursuline moved to its current campus on the old Howarth Estate in 1957.Students at Ursuline High School found a supportive and challenging learning environment which encouraged not only strong academic growth, but also spiritual and personal growth fostered by the school-wide learning expectations, the mission, and philosophy of the school, and the Ursuline tradition of “Serviam”. Community-based service learning which culminated in the Senior Project was one of the key ways in which this tradition was supported.