School History
The Church of the Nativity Parish and Shool were established in September, 1960. The parish school opened serving students in grades fist through eigth. The school enjoyed a relatively slow but stavle growth pattern through the early years. By the late 70's and the early 80's growth became very rapid as Fargo expanded to the south. Meanwhile, Fargo's inner-city Catholic schools declined in enrollment. A city-wide Catholic School Board, developed in 1981, made the decision in 1984 to move the 7th and 8th grades to neighboring St. Anthony's school to leave room for greater growth in the lower grades at Nativity.

A Kindergarden program was then initiated at Nativity School. The Fargo Catholic City School Board paved the way for the establishment of the Fargo Catholic Schools Network, our present structure. Shanley High School was incorporated into the FCSN in 1989, completing a unified K-12 Catholic School System. In the past decade the Fargo Catholic School Board has encouraged collaboration among parishes and among communities.

Nativity School presently serves students from three southside Fargo parishes, West Fargo parishes, surrounding communities, as well as the general population. Enrollment continues to mirror the development in the city of Fargo. Through the dedication and commitment of families, the Presentation Sisters, priests, lay faculty and staff, Nativity School had provided a strong foundation for children throughout the years.

The new Shanley High School-Sullivan Middle School opened in the Fall of 2002 with a campus located at 5600 25th Street South in Fargo. The new school provides state of the art classrooms and technology as well as the opportunity for growth.

Catholic Education was established in Fargo when the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary opened St. Joseph's Academy in 1882. The sisters closed this school when they launched St. John's Free School and Sacred Heart College and Academy. St. John's was the forerunner of four parish schools (Holy Spirit, Nativity, St. Mary's and St. Anthony's), as well as of Presentation South and Presentation North Junior High Schools (now merged as Sullivan Middle School). Sacred Heart Academy became Shanley High School.

For more than 100 years, Concordia has enjoyed a reputation for excellence as a liberal arts college of the church. Here you will be challenged to excel in an intellectually vibrant and alive campus community, where supportive faculty and staff nurture your development of mind, body, and spirit. Concordia’s strong liberal arts curriculum provides a breadth, depth, and appreciation of learning that prepares you to influence the affairs of an ever-changing world.

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The campus is about 258 acres or 30 city blocks. The NDSU main campus includes 88 buildings. In all, NDSU is located on 22,053 acres of North Dakota land which includes the main Agricultural Experimental Station in Fargo and seven research centers located throughout the state. Located at 1301 12th Avenue North - Fargo, ND 58105