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St. Stanislaus Kostka Mission

20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United StatesChristian organizations established in 1901Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of BoiseChurches on the National Register of Historic Places in IdahoGothic Revival architecture in Idaho
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St Stanislaus Kostka Church Rathdrum Idaho
St Stanislaus Kostka Church Rathdrum Idaho

The 'St. Stanislaus Kostka Mission is a historic Roman Catholic church in Rathdrum, Idaho. It serves as a mission and chapel of ease of the Parish of St. George in Post Falls, both within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. The church was established by Fr. T.J. Purcell, who as a young coal miner in Pennsylvania had aspired to the priesthood, but been unable to pursue it due to epilepsy. He prayed to St. Stanislaus Kostka of Poland, who also faced obstacles in his path to a religious vocation, promising to build and dedicate a church to the saint if he were cured. He relocated to Spokane, where he met a bishop who invited him to study for the priesthood in Montreal. Purcell built the Rathdrum church to fulfill his vow. A mural of St. Stanislaus kneeling before the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus was donated by Gonzaga University and restored in 2014.Designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style, the church was built in 1900 and dedicated in 1901. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church built with bricks in the state of Idaho. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 17, 1977.

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Lakeland High School (Idaho)

Lakeland High School is a four-year public secondary school in Rathdrum, Idaho, one of two traditional high schools in the Lakeland Joint School District #272 of northern Kootenai County. The current campus opened in 1979 as a senior high school(grades 10–12); The two high schools of Rathdrum and Spirit Lake camp together to form Lakeland High School in the fall of 1961. The campus located at the now Lakeland Middle School was built in 1962 and was moved into as soon as it was completed. In 1979, that building became the junior high school. The school colors are green and gold and the mascot is a hawk. Even though Rathdrum is a small city, many people attend Lakeland High School. As of January 2008, the school enrolled about 800 students in grades 9–12. It serves students from the Rathdrum, Hauser Lake, Twin Lakes, Spirit Lake and Garwood communities, and other nearby areas. The Lakeland Joint School District was formed in 1948 by consolidating 13 smaller districts; the existing high schools in Rathdrum and Spirit Lake to the north operated until the first Lakeland High School opened in 1961. It took 13 years and 14 elections until the funding for LHS was approved by voters in June 1961. The initial Lakeland High School site on Main Street was deemed inadequate and the present site, now the junior high, was finished in 1962. The district's second high school, Timberlake, opened its doors in 1998 in Spirit Lake. The two high schools from Spirit Lake and Rathdrum came together in the fall of 1961 to create Lakeland High School. The original site of Lakeland High School was in the Rathdrum High School, now Mountain View High School, on Main Street in Rathdrum.