Mother Cabrini High School was founded in 1899 by St. Frances Xavier Cabrini as Sacred Heart Villa and continues to be sponsored by her order, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What began as a “residential school for young ladies” remains today an institution dedicated to secondary education of young women. Mother Cabrini High School is among the nation’s award winning schools and is the only Catholic High School in New York State to receive the U.S. Department of Education “Blue Ribbon School of Excellence” award for 1997-98. MCHS previously won the award in 1986-87.