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Our Mission Statement

The mission of St. Joseph School is to nurture Gospel values in an environment of living faith and academic excellence according to the Catholic tradition.

St Joseph School Today

St Joseph School educates just over 100 students per year. Sixty-eight percent of them have at least one parent or grandparent who is graduated from St. Joseph. Grades one through four are now separated into single classrooms. Students in grades five through eight change classrooms and teachers for some subjects. Students have physical education, music and computer class once each week. The school uses the classrooms behind the church as well as the convent building, where a classroom and computer facility have been constructed. Children attend daily Mass and still come running to the sound of the clanging antique recess bell.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

St. Joseph School is a living/learning community striving for academic excellence and the transmission of the Catholic faith.

  • The purpose of the school is focused upon the total development of the chilld.
    • Therefore, we believe that academic excellence should be achieved through the learning/teaching process; and:
    • That the teachings of the Church are to be implemented by staff, parents, and students; and:
    • That the curriculum should assist in the total development of each child.
  • Parents are the primary educators of their children.
    • Therefore parents and school personnel must be committed to a parent school/parish relationship; and:
    • That parents as first educators of their children are called to witness and model their faith and be supported in this effect by the school.
  • The school is a place that provides an environment for personal growth and relationships.
    • Therefore, we believe that the school should provide consistent opportunities for growth in faith throughout the liturgical year; and:
    • That the school should assist the child in developing responsible self discipline, and:
    • That service is an integral part of a person's formation.