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St. Joseph Regional Jr. High School is the only Manchester Catholic school focused exclusively on 7th and 8th-grade students' education. 

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A Holistic Experience

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Students are encouraged to explore their interests within a structured curriculum designed to help our students develop in heart, mind, body --- and soul. St. Joseph Regional Junior High School students build a solid foundation in academic teaching organization, personal responsibility, and study skills. We know parents and families are their first teachers, so we also provide support and resources for parental development, such as videos, articles, weekly newsletters, a principal's blog, and personal conversations with trained teachers and expert administrators.

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A Rigorous Experience

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At St. Joseph Regional Jr. High School, we define rigor in the following ways:

• Students are learning intellectually stimulating, relevant content.

• Students are learning intellectually complex and necessary content and processes.

• Students are accountable for high-quality work.

• Students are learning to be flexible, creative thinkers.

• Students are learning to examine and reflect on over-arching questions. 

• Students are learning to read, write, think, solve, question, evaluate, analyze and act on behalf of their knowledge.

• Students are learning to plan, prioritize and organize time, materials, and energy.

• Students are learning to advocate for themselves and others.

 

Course disciplines include:

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Religion                                             

Spanish                             

English                                              

Reading                                           

Writing                                               

Art                                                       

Band                                                    

                                              

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An Individualized Experience

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Assessment Techniques

In addition to formative and summative classroom assessments, at St. Joseph's we conduct standardized assessments three times each school year to assure students are growing in measurable ways. The NWEA assessment has been correlated with the SAT and ACT tests used for college admissions.

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Band

Our band puts on two concerts per year. Check out this video of our performers! 

 

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