From the fall of 1908 until the spring of 1922, back to school applied to girls and boys on our campus! The Sisters established St. Joseph Academy for Girls shortly after arriving in Tipton in 1888. The high school Academy moved from Mill Street in Tipton to a wooded area one mile north of town in 1904 to what is now the St. Joseph Retreat & Conference Center. The St. Mary's School for boys opened in 1908.