Many photographs of the school's professors and students perpetuated. Graduates together with their form-masters traditionally posed for common photographs in front of the school building and ordered a decorative tableau. (Photo No. 382) The picture of the teaching staff taken during a break in the staff room is exceptional (Photo No. 381).

Already in 1906 Józef Stiastny, who performed the role of the school janitor, conducted violin classes for gifted students. Shortly after a string band under his supervision was created in the school, which added splendour to all school celebrations and many ceremonies in the town. (Photo No. 422) Stiastny composed as well, he is the author of the march „Krotoski” (interesting contribution to the old customs), written for the headmaster of the school on the occasion of his name's day, and the music of „Hymn Podhalański" [Podhale Anthem] – „Nie damy popradowej fali” to the lyrics by Zygmunt Lubertowicz. What is interesting, this melody became the outline of the song of Warsaw Uprising insurgents from the batallion „Parasol” entitled „Pałacyk Michla”. Józef Stiastny from Slovakia was awarded the Independence Medal in 1932 by the president Ignacy Mościcki for his participation in fighting for the independence of Poland.

In 1904 on Jan Bednarski's initiative, a St. Stanisław Kostka High School Dormitory Association was created, which aimed at providing material help for students of the newly opened school. Soon they began to collect funds to build proper dormitory for the youth of Podhale, Spiš and Orava. In 1909 the town authorities donated for this purpose a parcel on the Nadwodna Street, which was then Studencka Street.  In 1911 construction works started according to the project by the town builder K. Wiśniewski, which corresponded with the school building in style but included a secessionist element of the main gate's detail. (Photo No. 237, 254) In 1913 the building came into use, it was consecrated by the bishop Anatol Nowak. Jan Bułat became the first prefect of the Dormitory. The dormitory accommodated 60 students, students with a difficult financial situation could count on the material help provided by the Association, many of them received discounts or did not have to pay at all. The dormitory serves its function until today.. In 1993 the activity of the High School Dormitory Association was reactivated and named after Jan Bednarski to honour his contribution to Nowy Targ.

 In August 1914 the buildings of the high school and dormitory were taken over by the Galicia Red Cross for its purposes. (Photo No. 263, 265) High school students together with teachers worked on adjusting the rooms to fit the needs of a war hospital. On 17 September archduke Leopold Salwator Habsburg paid a visit to the school as he stayed in Nowy Targ together with a part of Court Headquarters. The first one hundred wounded soldiers were brought here on October 3, 1914 In January 1915, lessons in the school were resumed. Classes were taught in rented rooms in the buildings of the Fire Brigade, People's School, "Falcon" and private houses: at Jędrzej Różański's on Długa Street and at Józef Rekucki on Kościuszki Street. Many high school students of Nowy Targ, who joined the army, could take yearly exams and the so called war hagh school finals during leaves. About 50 students used this opportunity. 41 student soldiers fighting on the fronts of World War I passed their high school exams in the school years 1914/15 and 1916/17.

Within a war humanitarian action which aimed at helping the refugees of those regions Galicia where hostilities took place, a decision on establishing a dormitory for boys was met by the Central Committee of Ethical Protection in Vienna. In the dormitory they could find a shelter, care, material help the opportunity to continue education which was stopped by the outbreak of the war. The Choceń Dormitory (Photo No. 383) owes its name to the of the biggest refugee camps in the eastern Galicia, which was set up near to the Czech town Choceń. On 13 October 1915 first boys from this camp arrived in Nowy Targ. At first they were accommodated in the Hotel Herza and in December they were moved to a house at 68 on Długa Street. Although in the beginning they had some behaviour issues which could be explained by bad experiences and conditions in the overcrowded camp in Choceń, with time they could enjoy approval and friendship of the inhabitants of the town and its surroundings. The housewives of Nowy Targ organized for them Christmas Eve, Christmas gifts, Easter and hosts of the surrounding countryside willingly had them as guests during their trips. They continued education in high school and were supervised by the dormitory prefect, professor Engelbert Kermel until his death in 1917. Professor Kermel was buried in the graveyard in Nowy Targ.