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January 31, 2014 Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the “Rooted in Faith – Forward in Hope” campaign of the Diocese of Cleveland. The grant was made through the “Expanding the Educational Landscape with Innovation” component of the campaign.
“We are very grateful to the diocese for its commitment to keep us ahead of the curve,” said VASJ President Richard Osborne ’69. “The funds will be used to continue our ongoing facility enhancements, all focused on maintaining the highest-quality and most modern, safe and secure environment for our students.”
VASJ is one of 59 schools that received awards totaling $1.9 million through the diocesan grant program this year. Last year, the school received $41,500 for facility and technology upgrades that are now complete.
VASJ’s impressive campus gives testimony to both its long history and recent past. Situated on the shores of Lake Erie in the historic Collinwood/Euclid neighborhood, the school’s main buildings were built in 1950. In 1990, the all-boys St. Joseph High School merged with the all-girls Villa Angela Academy, which was established in 1878 near Euclid Beach Park.
“When we reach the quarter-century mark as VASJ next year, it will be a celebration not only of our proud past but of our 21st century leadership in education,” Osborne said. For the past two years, 100 percent of the schools graduates moved on to college. The school’s enrollment has steadily risen during the same period, making it the fastest-growing private high school in Ohio.
“It is important that our facility reflects our growth, vitality and tradition of academic excellence,” Osborne said. “The generous support of our donors as well as donors throughout the diocese makes this possible.”
