The purpose of the St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation is to raise, steward and distribute resources to enrich the education of students in the St. Joseph Public Schools District.
"The Spanish Club provides great opportunities for our 4th and 5th grade students. Students arrive excited, ready to learn and most importantly, have fun learning a new language and cultures. My favorite project is the Spanish speaking country project. Each student researches a new country including its traditions, cuisine and geography. The lesson incorporates cross curricular activities in a fun, cooperative and interactive way."
~Mr. Hernandez
The SJPS Foundation is pleased to provide a third grant to support the Spanish Club.
Message from Mr. Hernandez
Thank you St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation for helping us expand our program to fifth grade! This has helped students become exposed to new and diverse cultures as they continue their educational journeys.
¡Gracias a la Fundación de las Escuelas Públicas de St. Joseph por ayudar los expandir nuestro programa hasta el quinto grado! Esto ha ayudado a los estudiantes a estar más expuestos a nuevas y diversas culturas mientras continúan su viaje educativo.
Izzy Wheaton, 4th grade
"I like Spanish club because we get to learn a different language and do fun things like Duolingo and Senor Wooly that are really funny with fun games that help us learn Spanish. We also do crafts about different countries that speak Spanish!"
Jinesha Jain, 5th grade
"Spanish club helps me learn a new language and I like to meet friends and help new people improve. I also like to play the Spanish memory games. It's fascinating that I can start speaking Spanish and also speak Hindi. Hopefully I'll learn all 3 languages fluently soon."
Supporting SJPS
Emerging Bilingual Learners
St. Joseph Public Schools highly value the diverse assets and contributions that our students and their families bring to our district. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality educational opportunities for all students and are honored to provide unique opportunities for our emerging bilingual learners, those that have a native language other than English.
The Art of the Personal Note
Mrs. Klusendorf's Honors College Writing Class began their micro essay unit (several short essays of varied genres and purposes) with a lesson called "The Art of the Personal Note" after reading an opinion essay "The Found Art of Thank You Notes" (The New York Times) by Guy Trebay,stressing the importance of hand-written, detailed thank you notes on stationary. Ink on paper is ever more important to stand out or to make someone feel special.
LET'S GO JOES!
FIRST Team 3620: The Average Joes has it's first event of the year March 8th and 9th at the SJHS Fieldhouse. See all event info here.
We can offer no greater gift to our children than to dedicate ourselves to educational excellence.
January Memorials
We offer our sincerest sympathies in your bereavement. Gifts to the SJPS Foundation in memory of loved ones are a fitting tribute, and will assist the Foundation in our mission to raise, steward and distribute resources to enrich the education of students in the St. Joseph Public Schools.
