Saint Joan of Arc Grade School

Saint Joan of Arc Grade School Indianapolis Indiana

My family arrived in Indianapolis, Indiana May4, 1957. We had lived in the south for over 5 years.

Of course since the school year was not over, Dad enrolled us in the near by Catholic School. We were lucky since Saint Joan of Arc Grade School was one of the best grade schools. It created quite a stir at the school when 4 sisters all blond and suntanned (no one used sun block back then), show up.

I was in 7th grade, Kathy 5th, Mary 3rd and Joan kindergarden. We were freezing and in sweaters, while the other students thougt it was warm and in shirt sleeves.

My Saint Joan of Arc graduating class celebrates a 50 year reunion this July. I was startled to get an invitation except for one thing. The school has fund raisers for various reasons and manages to track down graduates. The Catholic families of those days were huge. We were only six children while 12, 13 and even 16 children were common. So if a Dunlevy (my maiden name) was in a class so was a Quinn, Chrapla, Feeny, Quiser and so on.

My family moved out of the Saint Joan of Arc Parish in 1962 but the parish is still part of our lives. Friends are buried from the wonderful church, weddings take place there and of course the fund raises are several times a year.

If you visit Indianapolis, be sure to drive by Saint Joan of Arc Church at 42nd and Central.