With the announcement that the school would be closing, St. Albert’s also realized that without the students and their parents, the festival would be impossible to operate and maintain. Since the children would be going to other schools, their parents would be busy with responsibilities at their families new school. Thus after 52 years of educating the youths of Dearborn…

When the little friends graduated in 1975 the graduating class size was 64, in 2004 the graduating class size was 16, and in 2007 the graduating class size was 7. During the time the little friends were at St. Albert’s the entire school hosted about 600 students, in 2007 St. Albert’s hosted 91 students. The dwindling size of the school…

St. Alberts wins another CYO Trophy, this one is awarded to the 2006 Boys Baseball team for being Champions of the G division!

St. Alberts wins another CYO Trophy, this one is awarded to the 2006 Boys Basketball team for being Champions of the O division!

St. Alberts wins another CYO Trophy, this one is awarded to the 2006 Boys Baseball team for being Champions of the F division!

While the 50th anniversary celebration was over it did not prevent the 51st years festival celebration to be anything less as it was gigantic. Once again the St Albert festival redefined the suburban skyline with huge rides and giant ferris wheels. There was just so much to do for the entire family this year as the planning commission really went…

One of the last team photos taken at St Alberts was the soccer teams who played behind the gymnasium. There were four teams from St Alberts in 2006.

An afternoon of basketball courtesy of the basketball teams of St. Albert the Great in 2006.

If seemed as if it was just yesterday when St. Albert’s celebrated their 25th Anniversary and now they were at their 50th Anniversary. Just like they had done back in 1980 they printed out a book for the celebration, but this book was a full color, hardcover, 70 plus page book that included many historical pictures plus a parish directory…

St. Alberts wins another CYO Trophy, this one is awarded to the 2004 Boys Baseball team for being Champions of the G division!