ABOUT OUR HISTORY
When the sisters Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor arrived in El Paso in 1919, their main purpose was to take care of children of working women in the border city.  They founded Asilo Guadalupano in central El Paso and Sacred Heart of Jesus Orphanage in the outskirts of the city.  They wanted to be part of the border life and share with the immigrants their charisma of promotion and evangelization of the poor.  During the Mexican Religious persecution in 1926, Bishop Schuler gave the sisters shelter and they ministered in different towns and locations, including Fort Stockton, Fabens, Presidio, Alpine, and Marfa. 

This circumstance gave the sisters a new perspective.  While they learned the culture of the Southwest, they understood the reality of the Mexican immigrants and their limitation of the English language.  When new vocations entered the congregation, they undertook the administration of parochial schools in Alpine, Marfa and Hebronville.  They founded Father Yermo Elementary on September 8, 1958 and the High School two years later, on 1960.  Father Yermo Schools obtained accreditation from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS-CASI) in 1966 and, together with the other Diocesan parochial schools, from the Texas Education Agency.

Father Yermo High School was the first Catholic school in Texas to undergo the joint dual visit from SACS-CASI and Texas Catholic Conference when TEA stopped its accreditation of private schools.  Father Yermo Schools has consistently been accredited in good standing by the two agencies for more than 42 years.

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