Sixty years ago today, 63 students became the first class of Magnificat High School as the school opened with a celebration of Mary's feast on September 8, 1955 at Wooster School because the current building was not complete. Founding Principal, Sister Bernadette Vetter, H.M., known at that time as Sister Mary of Lourdes, conducted the school with two other Sisters,   Sister Bonaventure Murphy, Sister Dominica Murphy, along with Helen Lyons and  Aileen Toth. The class would move to the one completed section of the building in September 1956 at the present location of Magnificat on Hilliard Boulevard. The new building would be dedicated on another feast of Mary, the Holy Rosary, on October 7, 1957. By the time of the first graduation, 19 more students had joined the historical ranks of the Class of '59.