Welcome to the St. Joseph School web site.
The institution is 100 years young. I have had the
distinct honor of serving at the school for
thirty-four years. I have been the principal for the
last thirty-one years.
We are a dynamic educational institution centered on the Gospel. We are the largest Catholic grade school in the Pacific Northwest. There are three classes at each grade level. We have additional specialized staff for music, art, library, technology, counseling and physical education. We also have a department dedicated as a Learning Resource program. All of these are detailed in the appropriate areas of this web site. I encourage you to visit and browse topics that may be of special interest to you.
There is a strong sense of community that the school is built upon. Parents are very involved in the school. They help in the classroom and coach. They are active in a multitude of committees and governance bodies.
All who work at the school seek to understand and develop the whole child. Academic life, spiritual life, physical life and civic responsibilities are developed and nurtured. The institution fosters the concept of stewardship in everyone and calls upon the development of servant-leadership.
A good deal of time and resources are invested in staff development. We believe we must always challenge ourselves to do our best and to be our best. Recently, staff members were in-serviced in Dr Mel Levine’s Schools Attuned Program. That philosophy has become basic to our approach to teaching.
Our curriculum is standard and traditional. It is sequential flowing from one grade to the next. The overwhelming majority of our graduates continue in Catholic or private schools.
We prepare our students for the tomorrow that will come. So, if you want to give your child a head start on tomorrow, enroll in St. Joseph School today.
We think our web site is fantastic, but we are even better in person, so stop by sometime.
Thanks for taking the time to read my little introduction.
George Hofbauer
Principal
We are a dynamic educational institution centered on the Gospel. We are the largest Catholic grade school in the Pacific Northwest. There are three classes at each grade level. We have additional specialized staff for music, art, library, technology, counseling and physical education. We also have a department dedicated as a Learning Resource program. All of these are detailed in the appropriate areas of this web site. I encourage you to visit and browse topics that may be of special interest to you.
There is a strong sense of community that the school is built upon. Parents are very involved in the school. They help in the classroom and coach. They are active in a multitude of committees and governance bodies.
All who work at the school seek to understand and develop the whole child. Academic life, spiritual life, physical life and civic responsibilities are developed and nurtured. The institution fosters the concept of stewardship in everyone and calls upon the development of servant-leadership.
A good deal of time and resources are invested in staff development. We believe we must always challenge ourselves to do our best and to be our best. Recently, staff members were in-serviced in Dr Mel Levine’s Schools Attuned Program. That philosophy has become basic to our approach to teaching.
Our curriculum is standard and traditional. It is sequential flowing from one grade to the next. The overwhelming majority of our graduates continue in Catholic or private schools.
We prepare our students for the tomorrow that will come. So, if you want to give your child a head start on tomorrow, enroll in St. Joseph School today.
We think our web site is fantastic, but we are even better in person, so stop by sometime.
Thanks for taking the time to read my little introduction.
George Hofbauer
Principal