 Saint Joseph School is a community in pursuit of academic excellence through a lived experience in faith. The dignity of every person and the importance of shared responsibility for the good of all are the goals toward which we strive. We educate the whole child – spiritually, socially, academically and emotionally. Saint Joseph School exists for the education of the child as he/she relates to God, to the Church, and to himself/herself and to the communities to which he/she belongs. We accept each child as he/she is – a unique and cherished child of the Father, redeemed by Jesus Christ. The primary educators are the parents; we see ourselves as supplementing the home education so that the child becomes aware of his/her own strengths, gifts, weaknesses and needs. Aware of the changing lifestyles of today, we hope to give each child the opportunity to reach his/her optimum potential based on the two great commandments of the Church: love of God and love of neighbor. One of our goals is to teach the child respect for self and others. By building responsibility for oneself, the child will build responsibility toward others. An atmosphere of love and care for one another in the classroom is our daily concern and through this orientation to love and care, the child will learn respect for the needs and concerns of others. The evidence of God in our everyday life at Saint Joseph School is integrated into each subject thereby helping the student to realize that God is in every aspect of our lives. We are a faith community. We guide the child to develop self-knowledge, self-control, self-respect and a realistic self-image. The child demonstrates concern for others by sharing, listening and assisting whenever the opportunity presents itself. We teach the student the basic elementary school subjects and attempt to gear tasks towards each child’s potential. Each child’s best is each child’s goal. Creative powers are encouraged; we see these creative powers as a demonstration of the uniqueness of the individual student. We, the teachers of Saint Joseph School, as a part of our faith community, believe a further goal of our philosophy is the education of each child to a global awareness of his/her brothers and sisters in Christ. And from this awareness will come the student’s concern with peace and justice for the people of the community, the country and the world.
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