St. Francis Xavier Cabrini High School was built in the 1960's and officially opened in November, 1968.  Curling had at that time an adequate primary and and elementary school with the Sacred Heart School but there was need for a girls high school.  Through the efforts of Msgr. Stoyles and with the support of the laity in the area plans for our new school were set in place. 

Upon completion Cabrini began serving the school communities of Curling as well as those of Halfway Point, Benoit's Cove, and Frenchmen's Cove until the implementation of a co-educational system in September 1982.  Prior to this Cabrini was an all girls high school.  We said goodbye to our friends who had been for so long a part of our school life and welcomed new ones.  The boys who were previously enrolled at Regina High School and other schools throughout the city were now a part of ours, and ours, theirs.  

Through the years the students of Cabrini won numerous awards and attained great achievements. In Cabrini's successful participation in the annual speak-offs, sponsored by both the Lion's and Columbus Clubs from 1968 to 1982, Cabrini speakers came first seven times in fourteen years. The Glee Club dominated the Rotary Music Festivals from 1970 to 1979, winning first place at the Provincial Choir in 1977.  The Drama Club's success in the City Drama Festival won them the trophy in 1975 and 1976.  The Cabrini Super Stars captured the All Newfoundland Girls Volleyball Championships twice, in 1974 and 1977.  The Thunderbolts, another senior team, took the all city and regional Volleyball Championships from 1978 to 1980.  The years proceeding this saw the Cabrini boys and girls excel and win championships in various sports including basketball, volleyball and softball but unfortunately they cannot be documented here due to the unavailability of that information.  I'm hoping some of you will help in retrieving them and other scholastic awards so that it may be included here among the school's achievements.

The average annual enrollment of students at Cabrini High hovered between 225-250.  To accomodate the students and to facilitate the need for extra courses, renovations were made in the summer of 82 for a new science laboratory, home economics lab, and woodworking area.  Cabrini had found itself as modernized as any of the newer schools in the Corner Brook area and offered its students a chance for more opportunities to advance in their future careers.  But this would not be possible without the teachers of Cabrini who guided us through our studies and lent support when it was needed.  ...They were the foundation.

In 1991 we saw the end of an era and the doors to its physical foundation closed forever.  No longer are there sounds of bells ringing to signal the start and end of class, or the sound of lockers clanging open and shut, the happy chatter of conversations among students, or teachers' voices echoing through the classrooms.  There is no more except the foundation on which all memories fall.  A certain friend, teacher, a single event, a new book, may help us recall.