St. Joseph Elementary School

I love the way the staff help students. They always make sure that students are paying attention. All the fun field trips are going with what the students are learning. For example, If the students are learning about static electricity, they take them to Lawrence Hall Of Science. This school is great for me.

I love the environment at St. Joseph School. The staff is very hard working, and the children are happy. The academic standards are set very high, and there are many wonderful enrichment programs such as, music, art, spanish, and PE. These types of programs have been cut at many public schools. I feel bad that there are people who feel the need to take what was intended as a private comment out of context and display it publicly. Those types of actions do not reflect or model the character traits, and Christ-like actions that the teachers at St. Joseph's work hard to teacher our children everyday.
--Submitted by a parent

I attend St. Callistus Church. My children have to pay more tuition because we don't go to St. Joseph Church. There's a lot of ridiculous penalties. This school is all about money!!!!
--Submitted by a parent

I think that it is such a shame that the negative reviewers from March 3rd and 4th sought to grind their own axes instead of giving an objective rating of St. Joseph School. St. Joseph is not perfect but it has a wonderful committed staff and principal. St. Joseph has high standards and one of its main goals is to teach the students how to become responsible, productive citizens some day. Each student needs to learn to be responsible for personal actions and possessions. This process is started in Kindergarten. There are many wonderful parent group sponsored events (fundraising as well as free events to families). This is a great community with many fantastic parent volunteers. There are a few challenging students, but the staff does everything that they possibly can to help them. In some instances, when there is a student who has behavioral issues, it is usually a lack of parental support or denial of the problem by the parent rather than a lack of effort on the part of the staff. As for teacher bullies PLEASE!! As far as I know it is not being a bully to have consequences (time outs etc) when a student doesn't follow the rules. St Joseph is a great place to send your kids.

What a hard working environment! Teachers who want to get it right everyday. To say, this community has survived several traumatic episodes, dealing with the passing of loved ones, is amazing!!!! Very lucky students. The principle has dedicated teachers who provide a wealth of knowledge to the students and work daily at tapping into resources as they present themselves.

AWESOME!!! What a great place to be a part of!!! If you don't believe it, go and see it for your own eyes....
--Submitted by a parent

I love St. Joseph School! The teachers and staff work so hard to give children a rigorous academic program, as well as feeding their souls with music and art! Faith is a given at this school. It is woven into all aspects of what happens here!
--Submitted by a parent

If you've done your homework on East Bay Catholic schools, then you know that St. Joseph's is quite a bit lower on the food chain than places such as St. Jerome or School of the Madeleine. However, we were surprised at how poor the interaction is between staff and students. The kindergarten teacher has very little patience with the kids and interacts with them like she's in a corporate environment. The principal is just as bad. I would avoid this school.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is horrible! This school has no Special education teacher but they except students that are special ed and have behavioral problems they are unable to help these students. Some teachers don't have no control in the classroom. There are a lot of students and teachers bullies. Catholic school has changed for the worst! I regret sending my children here. This school is a waste of money.
--Submitted by a parent

St. Joseph provides thoughtful curriculum that our children can easily apply in "real life." The teachers are nurturing, yet set high standards for students' academic achievement and personal development. And most of all, the parent community is very suppoprtive and involved. This is an awesome school!
--Submitted by a parent