St. Joseph Elementary School

Oh, St. Joesph Elementary!This school has been such a blessing for me and my family. From the staff, kiddos, parents, and grandparents, to SJND and the parish staff; It has the feeling that we are one big happy family. We definitely have good days and bad days, but the fact that we all show up and work together for the common goal of raising these children to be kind, respectful, faith-filled, and contributing positivity into the world; human beings is the real reward. The teachers are committed to a high level of education, yet are patient with those who need a little extra time and attention with challenging topics and curriculum. Mrs. Colvert is an amazing principal, one of the best I have ever encountered. She is at the forefront of her team and she seems to lead seamlessly throughout the past few years. They offer top-notch sports, extracurricular, activities, and events throughout the year. St. Joseph truly promotes student growth as a whole (academic, spiritual, emotional, and social) and I am so happy to be a part of this community.

It was alright. As a former student, teachers were always uptight and children were rude (both to the teachers and peers). Little to nothing was done when a student was being made fun of or bullied (except for our math teacher at the time expressing his concerns). One of the teachers would always make rude comments, such as laughing at anti-Semitic jokes- two of our teachers were Jewish- and making rude comments such as when someone said they were going to convert (religion undisclosed), she said, "as long as it's to Christianity!". Had an awful classmate and no one would do anything about it one of the teachers said she pitied him. The principal, Colvert, was quite dismissive of any concerns and did not contribute to a positive learning environment. A few of my teachers were stressed and just overall exhausted, and I felt bad for them. Other than that it was your average Catholic school, I would rate it a 4/10. Do better!

We are SOOO glad we moved our kids to St. Joe’s. We aren’t even Catholic, but they could not be more welcoming to our kids. We have one who has learning challenges and one who excels at everything and they are both supported and challenged and are flourishing.

This is a good school because they produce a large amount of learning for the students.

To be fair, when we first enrolled our child back in Kindergarten, we were very pleased with how the school was mitigating school bullying. Now that our child is more than half way through elementary, the school administration seems to be VERY lenient on school bullying. Year after year, we feel that there isn't a good selection process in place for new students since some kids getting admitted has ferocity issues and takes it out on our children. With the amount of reports to the current Principal, you would think she would take action? The fact that our child is still going home crying does not show that the Principal is rectifying the situation, though she said she takes these things seriously. It's such a shame since the school takes pride on being kind to one another since it’s a “Catholic School”. The hypocrisy needs to stop and the school administrator / principal needs to address kids with bad behavior and to hold them accountable once and for all! During a PTG meeting, they say that the parents are the school’s best advertising platform, how do you expect us to recommend SJES when you can’t honor your anti-bullying policy from your handbook?