St. Michael's High School

st. michael's or, as it was first known, el colegio de san miguel, was conceived in the mind of jean-baptiste lamy, the first bishop and archbishop of santa fe, nm. he began efforts to establish a school upon his arrival in santa fe in 1851, but it took seven years to recruit four christian brothers from his native france. brothers hilarien, gondulph, geramius and galmier joseph arrived on october 27, 1859, exhausted after two and a half months of travel by ship, train, and covered wagon. the brothers set up in the first buildings of el colegio de san miguel made of adobe and dirt floors. many of these buildings still stand today on old santa fe trail and de vargas street, including the san miguel chapel - the oldest active church in the us. in 1965 a new piece of land was acquired and construction of the "new" campus on siringo road began. that same year the loretto sisters announced the girl's school would close and the all boys school and all girls school combined at the curr