Immaculate Heart of Mary School exists to glorify and serve Jesus by providing a Catholic education through faith, respect, and tradition. We enrich knowledge through rigorous academics combined with the innovations of today and foster family values steeped in cultural diversity. Our purpose being to maintain a century long legacy where students serve with the heart of Christ.

Immaculate Heart of Mary School’s vision is to bring inspiration and innovation to every student in the classroom.

• We will provide a holistic approach to education characterized by Catholic beliefs and values.

• We will provide academic excellence, mutual respect, self-discipline, faith formation, and build a sense of community within our students, faculty, and staff.

• We will develop leadership, active learners, and encourage thinking and technological skills to utilize student potential.

• We will provide a physical environment to enhance the overall vision of our school.

 School Philosophy

Immaculate Heart of Mary School seeks to offer high quality academic programs which are integrated with religious truth and values. Students are prepared for life in today's Church and society and for leadership in society and the Church of tomorrow through a strong, basic, and contemporary curriculum which includes instruction and formation in the beliefs, values, and traditions of Catholic Christianity. The development of the whole person of the student (spiritually, intellectually, personally, socially, and physically), is the focus of a Catholic education. The teachers, as partners with parents, play a significant role in this educational ministry as they daily witness the meaning of mature faith and Christian living. They are selected with care and are challenged to on-going professional and spiritual growth.

Welcome to Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and School (IHM). From our conception to present day, IHM has been a model of sustainable growth. In 1878 Polish settlers came to the Marche area and built a church on what is known as “Jasna Gora” or Blue Hill, after a shrine in Poland. The shrine has a deep meaning because of its dedication to the Blessed Mother, giving members a feeling of their heritage. Located on the outskirts of North Little Rock and deeply rooted as a community school, IHM strives to serve families from a growing geographical area.

Shortly after the foundation of the Church, the Holy Ghost Fathers built a school. The original structure was a two-story log building with two classrooms on the ground floor and living quarters for the priest on the second floor. Lay women were the first teachers and by 1884 there were 83 students.

In 1924, Blue Hill School was built teaching students through the eighth grade with Benedictine Sisters from the St. Scholastica Convent in Fort Smith. In 1927 the Pulaski County School District took control of the school, thereby making it a public school. It is often said that Father Charles Hertel would post a watch at the end of Blue Hill Road to watch for District personnel, so the nuns could teach Religion classes at the now public school.

In 1953, Blue Hill School withdrew from the District and once again became a parochial school. Under the guidance of Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Prendergast, a larger school was built and dedicated in 1960. In 1991, three classrooms and a library we built. As IHM continued to grow the “Upper Building” which includes church offices, 4th -8th grade classrooms, a cafeteria, and a Parish Life Center was constructed in 1998.

Most recently, in 2015, two Pre-Kindergarten classrooms were built using the gym area of the lower building. These rooms create a great space for our Pre-Kindergarten program giving our students a great start to our mission driven education.

Our mission is the foundation in guiding us into the future by holding on to core values of the past while assisting our graduates to the successes of tomorrow. It is legacy that continue to drive us to face the challenges of 2023 and will lead us into the next 100 years. 

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