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Schools & Colleges
1958 – present
Founded: The city's independent school was founded in 1958 by Mary (Mollie) Bernard, supported by her husband Leon, as the Mary Reid Cleland School — named for Mary's grandmother, a schoolteacher in Scotland. It began with kindergarten and first grade and added a grade a year until it served kindergarten through eighth. In 1964 it was renamed the Stanley Clark School, for a prominent South Bend physician.
Present state: The school stands at 3123 Miami Street, independent and coeducational, serving preschool through eighth grade. It was recognized in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 1985–86.
Sources:
- The school's standard reference record — the founding of 1958 by Mary Bernard as the Mary Reid Cleland School, the grade-by-grade growth, the renaming of 1964 for Dr. Stanley Clark, and the Blue Ribbon recognition of 1985–86.
- Current school directories — the school at 3123 Miami Street, preschool through eighth grade.