St. Joseph High School

Address

80 Willoughby Street Downtown Brooklyn New York City (Downtown Brooklyn) , New York 11201 United States
Coordinates	40°41′32.5″N 73°59′8″W / 40.692361°N 73.98556°W / 40.692361; -73.98556
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Saint Joseph
Established	1904
Founder	Sisters of St. Joseph
Principal	Maysa Antonio
Faculty	50
Grades	9-12
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	around 300
Average class size	21
Student to teacher ratio	20:1
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Song	Alma Mater
Athletics	JV/V Basketball, Track & Field, STEP, Softball, Speech
Athletics conference	CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens section
Sports	Basketball, Softball
Mascot	Lady Cougars
Team name	Cougars
USNWR ranking	8.5/10
Newspaper	Parmentier
Tuition	$6,500
Alumni	7000+
Website	http://www.stjosephhighschool.org

St. Joseph High School was an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school in Brooklyn, New York. Established in 1904 by the Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ), and basing their educational mission on CSJ principles, St. Joseph High School is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.^[1]

Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ) Schools are Catholic college-preparatory educational communities.

History

Established in 1904 in downtown Brooklyn, St. Joseph High School was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, New York.

In the beginning, SJHS provided a two-year commercial curriculum to the daughters of immigrants and the working class. In 1936, SJHS became a four-year high school, and in 1965 it adopted a college preparatory curriculum.^[2]

In 2019, it was announced that St. Joseph High School would permanently close in June 2020.^[3]^[4]

Academic Curriculum

All students are required to take 4 years of English, Religious Studies, Mathematics and Social Studies, 3 years of Science, and 3 years of Spanish, Physical Education, Dance, Art, or Computer Technology. They may also take electives in Fine Arts, Business, Mathematics, Psychology, Science Research, Journalism and Yearbook.

Athletics

Basketball A member of the Catholic High School Girls Athletic Association, the Basketball Teams play on the varsity and junior varsity levels. The teams enjoy a partnership with St. Francis College, where they practice and play home games.
Softball A member of the Catholic High School Girls Athletic Association, the softball team plays on junior varsity level. Home games are played locally at Commodore Barry Park or McLaughlin Park.
Track & Field A member of the Catholic High School Athletic Association, the Track and Field Team meets twice a week at the Brooklyn Bridge, the Cadman Plaza Park, the school's fitness room, The Brooklyn Promenade and Tillary Park. During the winter, the team meets at the YMCA gym to perfect skills in jogging, power walking, weight training, Zumba fitness and proper daily nutrition. The team competes at the Colgate Games for Women.
Volleyball Intramural volleyball team practices and plays at St. Francis College.
Step Team A 10-year tradition at SJHS, stepping is a sport that uses the body as a percussive instrument, creating complex beats through movements including stomping, clapping and shouting. Stepping is rooted in movement and rhythm traditions from African and African Diaspora cultures.^[6] The SJHS Step Team won first place in the 2017 CHSAA Championships.

Clubs and Activities

Student Ambassadors
Book Club
Robotics & Logic Club
Society of Hispanic Engineers
Spanish Club
Anime Club
City Explorers
Culture Club
Cooking Club
Dance Club
Drama Club
Model U.N.
Speech and Debate Team

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Performance venues	Brooklyn Academy of Music Mark Morris Dance Center Theatre for a New Audience
Restaurants	Brooklyn Fare Gage and Tollner Junior's
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Transportation

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Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

See also: Brooklyn Community Board 2

Education in Brooklyn

Public schools

Closed	Bay Ridge HS Boys HS Canarsie HS Eastern District HS Girls HS Erasmus Hall HS Thomas Jefferson HS Lafayette HS Franklin K. Lane HS Metropolitan Corporate Acad Prospect HS Sheepshead Bay HS South Shore HS Samuel J. Tilden HS George W. Wingate HS

Private schools

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn schools

Closed	Bishop Kearney HS Brooklyn Prep St. Joseph HS

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Closed	Business & Career Library

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
Bishops	Ordinaries John Loughlin Charles Edward McDonnell Thomas Edmund Molloy Bryan Joseph McEntegart Francis Mugavero Thomas Vose Daily Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Robert J. Brennan Auxiliary bishops Gerald Barbarito Anthony Bevilacqua John Joseph Boardman Frank Joseph Caggiano Ignatius Anthony Catanello Raymond Francis Chappetto Octavio Cisneros Joseph Peter Michael Denning Raymond Augustine Kearney Charles Richard Mulrooney George Mundelein Edmund Joseph Reilly Paul Robert Sanchez Guy Sansaricq John J. Snyder Joseph Michael Sullivan René Arnold Valero Bishops who served as priests in the diocese Vincent DePaul Breen Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
Churches	List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn Co-cathedral Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Brooklyn Basilicas Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn Parishes Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise, Brooklyn Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn Holy Cross Church, Queens Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Queens Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Victory Church, Brooklyn Queen of All Saints Church, Brooklyn St. Adalbert, Queens St. Barbara's Church, Brooklyn Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church, Queens Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church, Brooklyn St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn St. Sebastian Church, Queens St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Queens Transfiguration, Queens St. Matthias Church, Queens Former parishes Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Brooklyn St. Blaise's Church, Brooklyn St. Monica's Church, Queens
Education	Seminary Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Queens High schools, Brooklyn (diocesan and independent) Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School Fontbonne Hall Academy Nazareth Regional High School St. Edmund Preparatory High School Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn Xaverian High School High schools, Queens (diocesan and independent) Archbishop Molloy High School Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary Christ the King Regional High School Holy Cross High School Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School St. Francis Preparatory School St. John's Preparatory School The Mary Louis Academy High schools, former Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School, Brooklyn Bishop Kearney High School Catherine McAuley High School Dominican Commercial High School St. Agnes High School St. Joseph High School, Brooklyn Stella Maris High School
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Young Women's Leadership, Brooklyn
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Became coed, closed	Girls' Commercial
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Private girls' schools

Manhattan	Brearley Cathedral HS Chapin Convent of the Sacred Heart Dominican Acad. Hewitt Manhattan HS for Girls Marymount Sch. of New York Nightingale-Bamford Notre Dame Spence St. Jean Baptiste HS St. Vincent Ferrer HS
Brooklyn	Beth Jacob HS Beth Rivkah B’nos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva B’nos Yisroel HS for Girls Fontbonne Hall Acad. Merkaz Bnos HS Shulamith Sch. for Girls of Brooklyn Soille Bais Yaakov HS Saint Saviour HS of Brooklyn Tomer Devora HS for Girls Yeshivat Shaare Torah Girls MS
Queens	Mary Louis Acad. Shevach HS St. Agnes Academic HS Torah Acad. HS for Girls Yeshiva Univ. HS for Girls
Bronx	Acad. of Mount St. Ursula Preston HS St. Barnabas HS St. Catherine Acad. St. Raymond Acad.
Staten Island	Notre Dame Acad. St. John Villa Acad. St. Joseph Hill Acad.
Became coed	Moore Catholic HS (Staten Island) St. Joseph by the Sea HS (Staten Island)
Closed	Aquinas HS (The Bronx) Bais Yaakov Acad. (Queens) Catherine McAuley HS (Brooklyn) Dominican Commercial High School (Queens) Mother Cabrini HS (Manhattan) St. Joseph HS (Brooklyn) St. Michael Acad. (Manhattan) Stella Maris HS (Queens) St. Peter's HS for Girls (Staten Island) St. Pius V High School (The Bronx) Bishop Kearney HS (Brooklyn)