I have driven past this cake before, but today was finally the day that I could get a good look at it!
St. Joseph's Academy began in a log cabin in the spring of 1836. Very quickly, the Sisters of Carondelet realized that they cabin could not hold the number of students enrolled. The first wing of St. Joseph's was built in 1840 and opened as a combined boarding and day school that housed the 94 girls enrolled in the program. In 1925, the academy moved to the newly constructed Fontbonne campus, where it remained for thirty years. In 1954, the enrollment outgrew the space at Fontbonne and relocated to it's present location in Frontenac. The facilities were enlarged in 1985, which added a four-story edition to the original building. As enrollment grew, in 2000 it became clear another addition was necessary. This new construction provided a state of the art gym, a 700 seat fine arts theater, four new classrooms. a guidance department complex, and a student commons area. For more on the story of St. Joseph's click here.
This cake was decorated by '93 alum Laura Francis Genovese. Similar to the University Lions Gates cake, it is titled "Where'd You Go to Highschool?" High school pennants fill the cake with St. Joseph's pennant and motto "Not I, but we" prominently featured.
http://www.stjosephacademy.org/about/news/2014/03/269-sja-takes-the-cake/
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