For the first time in nearly 40 years, Key West has a Catholic high school housed in its own building, complete with a state-of-the-art science lab, student lounge, lockers and an adaptable classroom that can be separated with a movable wall to split it into two separate rooms, or combine it for larger group learning.
The Basilica School of St. Mary Star of the Sea on Dec. 13 celebrated the dedication of its high school building on the campus of the existing pre-K-8 school that has been shaping young minds for more than a century. The high school is housed in the school’s former auditorium building, which is now unrecognizable, and will officially open to students when they return to class on Jan. 6.
Although the school has been accepting ninth, 10th and 11th graders for a few years now, the high school building was only recently completed, thanks to a capital campaign that raised about $7.5 million…