The following persons have served as principals of St. Anthony School:

1943-1943     Sr Aloysia Payne
1943-1944    Sr Gerard Hable
1944-1945    Sr Othmara Mueller
1945-1948    Sr Nellie Rooney
1948-1954    Sr Vitalis Bon
1954-1959    Sr Aloysia Payne
1959-1965    Sr Seferina Egger
1965-1968    Sr Amabilis Romero
1968-1970    Sr Protasia Hofstetter
1970-1971     Sr Genevieve Montoya
1971-1980     Sr Wendelina Huber
1980-1983     Sr Martha Jane Venhaus
1983-1985     Sr Amy Romero
1985-1988     Mrs. Rita Burges
1988-1989     Sr Aquinas Aragon
1989-1998     Mrs. Ann Lueb
1998-2001     Ms. Nancy Neusch
2001- 2011     Mrs. Ann Lueb
2011-2015      Mrs. Linda Aranda
2015-2016     Mrs. Ann Lueb
2016-2020     Mrs. Ana Copeland 
2020-2021     Ms. Paula Simpson
2021-2022     Mrs. Ortencia Mendez
2022-             Mrs. Linda Gonzalez
 

Since 1917 St. Anthony School has been nurturing our children's educational as well as moral growth through its Mission of developing Gospel values, a commitment to service and strong academic skills in each student.

St. Anthony School has provided continuous years of education since the 1917-18 school year.  It was staffed by the Sisters of the Atonement until 1938.  From 1938 until 1942 the school was staffed by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament of Victoria, Texas.  The first St. Anthony School building was completed in 1927.  That building is now the Deaf Smith County Museum.  In 1942, the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate came from Amarillo to staff the school.  In October 1981, the Franciscan Sisters divided their community and the group called the Mission Sisters of St. Francis continued to staff the school.  The Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate returned to teach during the 1987-88 school year and remained until the completion of the 2005-2006 school year. The school had its first lay Principal in the 1986-87 school year.  The majority of faculty is currently comprised of lay teachers.

The main building was dedicated on May 15, 1955.  There have been three additions built since the completion of the main building.  Total number of classrooms is sixteen plus a library, meeting room, cafeteria and gym.

At the end of the 1971-72 school year, the seventh and eighth grades were discontinued.  Since then the school has maintained classes through grade six.  Five year old kindergarten was added in 1970 and a pre-school program for four year olds in 1989.  After school care was offered as a service to working parents beginning in 1990.

St. Anthony Catholic School is proud to have honored and preserved the rich heritage and legacy by having celebrated “95 Years of Excellence in Catholic Education” in 2012-2013.  We believe our school is a ministry of the Parish, therefore, the Parish breathes life into the school and the school, in turn, breathes life into the Parish.

The following priests have served as pastors of St. Anthony Parish:

1917-1922   Rev. J.A. Campbell, S.A.
1923-1932   Rev. Salvator, S.A.
1932-1937   Rev. Mathias Gilberg S.A.
1937-1943   Rev. Nathaniel Madden, S.A.
1943-1949   Rev. Albert Heald, S.A.
1949-1952   Rev. Dominic Kenny, S.A.
1952-1956   Rev. Bartholomew Paytas, S.A.
1956-1959   Rev. Michael Sugrue, S.A.
1959-1962   Rev. Aloysius Craven, S.A.
1962-1969   Rev. Angelus Delahunt, S.A.
1969-1970   Rev. Simeon Heine, S.A.
1970-1973   Rev. Boniface Riedman, S.A.
1973-1979   Rev. Bernard McGorry, S.A.
1979-1981   Rev. Paul Hefner, S.A.
1981-1982   Rev. Xavier Butler, S.A.
1982-1985   Rev. Mark Traenkle, S.A.
1985-1987   Rev. Patrick Walsh, S.A.
1987-1988   Rev. Cletus McGorry, S.A.
1988-2002   Rev. Orville Blum
2002-2003   Msgr. Harold Waldow
2003-2004   Rev. James McGhee
2004-2013   Rev. John Valdez
2013-2020   Rev. Anthony Neusch
2020-           Rev. Nicholas Gerber