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The History of MTCES
Because of the explosive growth in single-family dwellings in Liberty, West Chester, and Deerfield Townships, as well as the cities of Mason, West Chester, Fairfield, Hamilton, and Monroe within the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio area (Southwest Ohio), and because of the limited number of parish schools within a 20-mile radius of this area, Catholic education is unavailable to many area children. The roots for MTCES grew out of the limited availability of Catholic education. Many of the concerned parents belonged to the St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, which decided not to build an on-site school but to maintain its Consolidation Agreement with St. Gabriel in Glendale.
To provide additional classrooms, local parents formed a committee in January 1996 to investigate the feasibility of opening a localized Catholic elementary school. With the help of Sister Kathryn Ann Connelly, Director of the Education Services Department for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, these parents completed the proper steps to obtain Archdiocesan approval of the school. Their comprehensive planning efforts resulted in the Fall 1998 opening of Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School, a private Catholic elementary school approved by the Most Reverend Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and fully chartered by the State of Ohio.