Middle School 6-8

 

Students in middle school call the top floor of St. Joseph School their home. Students switch classes throughout the day as they complete their core classes: Language Arts, Math, Religion, Science, and Social studies.

Weekly Arts & Humanities classes include: Art, Library, Music, P.E., Financial Literacy, and Math Lab.

St. Joseph School is pleased that our students are involved in the school and the community; 92% of our middle school students participate in a sport and/or extracurricular activity.

St. Joseph Handbook

House Program

St. Joseph School is proud to offer a special House System for middle school students in grades 6-8. Students are divided into mixed-grade houses. Each house is named for a saint, has a house motto, flag, cheer and animal mascot.

Students earn points for their house by participating in school activities, sports and clubs and performing church and community service. Bonus activities may include recycling, collecting box tops and labels, canned food drives, etc. Houses are awarded points for positive behavior and sportsmanship. Each house is mentored by a middle school teacher and led by a Captain and Co-captain. Houses with the most points are recognized and given small awards.

Through the House Program, the middle school students have volunteered hundreds of hours and helped with many projects, earning points for their houses and learning the value of teamwork and giving of themselves. For the Principal’s Challenge, they have sung songs, recited poems, calculated areas, and researched teachers’ biographies. At House Competitions they have sorted through piles of shoes, ridden scooters through an obstacle course, passed hula-hoops without breaking a human chain, and played “The Price is Right” at the monthly house competitions.

Maggie Downs, 8th grader, explains, “I think the whole middle school has benefited from the house program. It has been a lot of fun and I think the friendly competition is just the remedy to get everyone involved.”

At the end of the year, the winning house and two representatives from all of the houses enjoy a field trip.

In May, the fifth graders experience the “Sorting Ceremony” where the “Hat” assigns them to the house they will be a part of for the next three years.

St. Joe House Program

Levi Rattliff

Social Studies

Evan Gooch

Denise Palumbo

Math

Valerie Brooks

Valerie N. Brooks

Science

Buffy Mann

Language Arts

Dan Schoenfelder

Religion

Kara Lewis

Kara Lewis

Language Arts

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