Evangelize!  Educate!  Empower!  

Our Mission Statement

St. Elizabeth School is an historically Black Catholic elementary school that evangelizes, educates and empowers children and families to grow and to develop as people committed to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our School Philosophy

St. Elizabeth is holy ground which nourishes faith, teaches children a love of learning and of academic excellence, supports the richness of all cultures, and reverence for the sacredness of all life.  It is a beacon of hope for all to discover the presence of God's grace within ourselves, in this parish and school, in this local community, and in this, our world.

A reputation for excellence, A spiritual experience for life, An investment in a child's future.

St. Elizabeth School has over 100 years of academic excellence and religious education.  Our school was envisioned by Rev. Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic Priest in Chicago in the 1890's.  It was founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at the request of Miss Elsie Hodges (later Mrs. Sheperd) as St. Monica School in 1912.  Since that time the Society of the Divine Word Missionaries have ministered to the school and the church and have been joined by the Daughters of Divine Love.  

 Our children are the best!

Registration for school year 2008-9 starts in February 2008