Academy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
a/k/a I H M Academy, and l/k/a I H M High School,
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho USA
last update: 12 Oct 2007History and Miscellaneous Links
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Extensive biographical updates and census data added to 1907-1924 graduates, and other years as well. Federal census data for priests and nuns for 1910, with boarding students; also for 1920; and for 1930. Always something Senior Composite Pictures, 1907 - 1971 Pictures of nuns who served at IHM. Museum of North Idaho archive listings.
In 1903, St Cyril, which later became IHM Academy,opened in Coeur d'Alene. The original buildings for the convent and school and dormitory were the old Fort Sherman hospital and opera house, moved in 1905 to Ninth & Indiana. [Remember the aerial walkway between the convent and school/dorm building?] Read two articles from the Coeur d'Alene Press in 1953, celebrating IHM's 50th anniversary. In 1922, the high school became the first accredited Catholic High School in Idaho. The modern school building was built c1957. IHM and St Thomas Grade School closed in 1971 when the IHM Sisters [based in Scranton PA] withdrew from all western operations because of dwindling numbers of sisters. In August 1996, The old St Thomas School building re-opened as Holy Family Catholic School, serving grades K-8 in the Idaho Panhandle, especially the parishes of St Thomas, St Pius X and St George [Post Falls]. phone 208-765-4327 to donate or support the school, which now serves over 200 children at a new site, 3005 Kathleen Avenue. Or e-mail Info@hfcs.net |
In March 2006, this IHM site moved to 
- future plans:
- St Thomas Grade School information
- Panther stats
- selections from The Laurel
- selections from Le Coeur
- links to alumni via [javascript-encoded to reduce spam] e-mail addresses and home pages
Calling Scranton: connect to the IHM Web Home Page to check out the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM's). Has an e-mail directory [find Sister Barbara (DuMont)!] and links to other IHM sites.
Call-a-priest: St Thomas Catholic Church 919 Indiana, Cd'A 83814, is listed on the Parishes Online website, and has it's own site, too. (no confessions by e-mail)
St George parish in Post Falls has Mass in Latin and Spanish.
St Pius X Parish, Coeur d'Alene
Also see Jim MAKOVEC's List of permanent residents in St Thomas Cemetery, Cd'A
Longing for those 1950's & 60's Thursday hot-dog sales? Sorry! But for medals, rosaries, scapulars (with 500-day indulgence), Divine T-Shirts, jewelry, Catholic remedies and slide-shows of approved Marian apparition sites, contact IHOMM, not affiliated with IHM HS or author.
Look at a Picture of 1906/7 Juniors & Seniors in a classroom of the old fort building.
ALUMNI/ALUMNAE LINKS
- 1973 Class list, provided by Corky CHADDERDON
- 1946 Class List, provided by Ruth Ann HAGEN CARTER
- Links to all 1176 known graduates of IHM, taken from the annual senior class pictures
- MAKOVEC, Jim - see Jim's home page
To search the 1173 names in the original database, now stored at rootsweb: [reminder: spelling may vary, so try variations; Mc or Mac, "a" for "e", etc.]
web-page maintainer: Mike Ransom, IHM 1966. PO Box 1754, Albany OR 97321
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