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MISSION:Christ is the reason for our school. He is the

unseen but ever present teacher in our

classrooms. He is the model for our faculty

and the inspiration of our students.

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College Destinations:Arkansas State University, Arkansas Tech University, Belmont University,

Central Baptist College, Dartmouth College, Hendrix College, Millsaps

College, Pulaski Technical College, University of Arkansas, University

of Arkansas Community College, University of Central Arkansas

35Number of Students:Scholarships

Offered: $1,582,390Scholarships Accepted: $923,990

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

(Proverbs 22:6)

1 National Merit Finalist

WHO

WE AREOUR TOP 10 QUALITIES• Kindergarten—12th Grade Catholic School

• Encourage Religious Vocations

• Family—Prayerful and Supportive

• Christ-centered

• Strong Academics

• Deeply Experienced to Prepare for Faith and

Life, Not Just Academic Excellence

• Parental Involvement

• Service-oriented

• Multiple Extracurricular Activities

• Love Students and Remain Connected to Them

LIVING:We foster personal moral development and social consciousness

in our students, guiding them in transforming the Gospel into

action. Through a service-oriented curriculum, we promote

social justice, the dignity of human life, and an active life in the

catholic community and world.

FAITH:We integrate religious truth and values into core

curriculum to enhance the faith formation of our

students as they seek God throughout their lives.

LEARNING:Using contemporary teaching techniques, technology,

and the wisdom of our faculty, we offer quality academic

programs aimed at preparing our students for success as

they develop into community leaders.

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FAI HFor by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

(Ephesians 2:8)

• All Saints Day• Kindergarten ABC’s of Christmas• Kindergarten Way of the Cross• 3rd Grade Saint Reports• 1st Grade Baptism Demonstrations• Ash Wednesday• Catholic Schools Week• Adopted Seminarians for Prayer• 2nd Grade First Reconciliation and Communion• 9th grade Confi rmation• Prayer Buddies• 9th Grade Chastity/Purity Rings• Mother’s Day Treats• Seminarian Pen Pals• Catholic School Pen Pals• 7th Grade “What does God look like?” project• Sacred Heart Parish Mission• High School Advent “We are God’s Presence (presents) to

One Another” Project• 1st Grader Donating Hair to Locks of Love• Middle School Christmas Play and Band Concert• Living Rosary• March for Life• Kindergarten and 1st Grade Easter Egg Hunts• 6th Grade Shadow Stations of the Cross• Parish Lenten Suppers• Carmelite Sisters in the Classroom• Middle School Lenten Almsgiving Project• Operation Rice Bowl• St. Joseph Altar Decorative Breads• Positive Student Evaluations of Theology of the Body

for Middle School• 8th Grade Evangelization PowerPoint Slideshows

• 8th Grade Solar System Models• Spring Equinox Egg Balancing Project• 8th Grade Museum of Discovery Field Trip• Middle School Naked Egg Experiment• 8th Grade Arkansas Counties Puzzle• Middle School Throwing Pottery• Middle School Internet Safety Presentation• Elementary Operation Railroad Safety Presentation• Kindergarten Dental Health Presentation• Mobile Computer Lab Installed at Elementary• Kindergarten Bubble Project• 8th Grade Volcano Project

LEARNING

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• Potato Sugar Biology Lab• Middle School Digging Up Arkansas• Weather Presentations• Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast• Geometry City Maps• ABC Storybooks• Culinary Arts• 12th Grade Punic Wars Reenactment• Science Night• Gel Electrophoresis of DNA Samples• 3D Cell Models• Spelling Bee

• 8th Grade Public Service Announcements• 5th Grade Conway Recycling Center Field Trip• Oral Communication Job Interviews• “My Favorite Character” and “My Favorite Book” Art Contests• Middle School Cross Contamination and Measurement Lab• Arkansas Expedition of Hunter-Dunbar in 1804 Presentation• Arkansas History Tour of National Historic Site in Fort Smith• 11th Grade “I Am From” Poems• Arkansas History Tour of Little Rock Central• Anatomy and Biology Dissections• Union Pacifi c Railroad Operation Lifesaver• 2nd and 3rd Grade Election Voting• 4th Grade Lessons on Drugs and Alcohol• Civil War Women Presentation

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance. (Proverbs 1:5)

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SERVICE• Kids Night Out• Veterans Day Service• Cards for Carmelite Sisters• Food Drives• Read to Feed• 2nd Grade Letters to Army APC in Af-

ghanistan• After School Program Facility Renovation• Angel Tree Project• Donation to CAPCA• 3rd Grade Assist Preschool to Class• Christmas Cards and Prayer Cards for Shut-ins• Christmas Caroling at Nursing Homes• Treats for W2W Retreat, CCM, RCIA, Parent’s Night Out,

Thanksgiving, and PTO• Gifts for Family in Need• Set up, Serving, and Clean-up for Bazaar Dinner, Hospitality

Room, Endowment Dinner and HOOKS Dinner• Loose Change for Seminarians• Veteran’s Day Service• Recycling Reindeer• Valentine’s Day Treats• Toad Suck Daze Volunteering• Collection and Wrapping Gifts for Fill the Boot Campaign

ENRICHMENT• Hispanic Flamenco Ballet• Middle School Pastel Turtles Project• 10th Grade Conway Arts Fest• Flu Clinic• “Superheroes of the Orchestra”• Branch Out Paint Bar• Elementary Reading Oasis Book Fair• Red Ribbon Week• 5th Grade Lake Sylvia Field Trip• 1st Grade Ginger Bread Houses• Middle School Reading Round-up

Book Fair• Mardi Gras Masquerade Prom• Teddy Bear Clinic• UCA Furry Tails Traveling Theatre• Conway High School Peter Pan Play• Crawl, Drag, Squirt with Conway

Fire Department• Students Published 6 Issues of

the Bulldog Spirit • 180 Page Full Color Yearbook• Middle School Free Enterprise Day• 8th Grade Field Trip to Apple Store• Choosing to Excel Infant

Care Program• ArtRagin’ Cajun Drama Production• Grandparents Days• Eco-Fest Ragdolls• 3rd Grade Dr. Seuss Reading Day• Christmas Gingerbread Houses• Together We Read• Family Movie Nights• Elementary Choir Performance at

State Capitol• All Middle School Students

Completed 26.2 Mile Marathon

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

(Romans 12:2)

• Religion Taught Daily

• Strong Emphasis on Basic Skills in Primary Grades

• K-2 Reading Intervention Specialist

• Resource and Speech Program

• Accelerated Reading K-6/Accelerated Math 4-6

• All Core Academic High School Courses

• Family and Consumer Science Lab

• Spanish Lab

• Oral Communications Lab

• Technology Lab

• College Preparatory and Honors Classes

• Concurrent Credit with University of Central Arkansas

St. Joseph School’s curriculum is aligned vertically and horizontally to state

and national standards and is documented via on-line software and updated

monthly. Instructional delivery strategies include: written, oral, digital stories,

journaling, blogs, wikis, electronic presentations, interactive, and project-based.

SJS student’s SAT-10 scores are consistently above state and national averages.

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APPLICATIONS• Project-Based Learning• High School Triptych on Jesus’ Birth• High School and Elementary Religion PicCollage• High School Online Surveys• Elementary and High School Saint Reports• Prezis• Research on Chromebooks• Digital Venn Diagrams• Digital Timelines• Student-Created Class Websites – “The Medieval Times” and Travel Websites• Kindergarten Word Families on Magnetic Letters iPad App• Sports Research and Reports• Honors Algebra Stock Market Project

• Smores by Middle School Students• Glogs on Elizabethan England• Middle School Glogs• Google Presentations about the 1920s• 5th Grade Socrative Review Games• Kindergarten Seed Planting Recording• Agatha Christie Glogs• 11th Grade Native American PicCollage• Mythology Presentations• High School Glogs on Novels• 2nd Grade Animal Group PicCollage• 5th and 6th Grade Student Profi les in Art

ACTIVITIESCLUBS• Art Club• Band• Battle of the Books• Book Club• Chess• Choir• Drama Club• E.Y.E. Club• FCCLA• Junior Optimist Club• National Honor Society• National Junior Honor Society• Octagon Club• Quiz Bowl• Running Club• Safety Council• Science Club• Spirit Squad• Student Ambassadors• Student Council

ATHLETICS• Baseball• Basketball• Bowling• Cheerleading• Golf• Pee Wee Basketball• Soccer• Softball• Volleyball

PROGRAMS• After School Care• Edge Junior High Ministry• Family Movie Nights• Field Days• St. Joseph High School Youth Group• Summer Art Camp• Summer Basketball Camp• Summer Science Camp• Family and Career Sciences Summer Camp• Talent Shows

Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

(Joshua 1:9)

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LEADERS• 2013-2014 Conference, District and Regional Champions; Boys Baseball• 2013-2014 State Final 8; Baseball• 2013-2014 Conference, District and Regional Champions; Boys Basketball• 2013-2014 St. Joseph Classic Runner-Up; Boys Basketball• 2013-2014 Conference and District Champions; Girls Basketball• 2013-2014 Conference 2nd Place; Boys and Girls Bowling• 2013-2014 Conference 3rd Place Individual Medalist; Boys Bowling • 2013-2014 State 3rd Place; Girls Bowling• 2013-2014 State 4th Place; Boys Bowling• 2013-2014 State 3rd Place; Boys Golf• 2013-2014 District Champions; Girls Golf• 2013-2014 District Champions; Boys Golf• 2013-2014 State 1st Place Individual Medalist; Golf • 2013-2014 State Semi Finalist; Girls Soccer• 2013-2014 State Final 8; Softball• 2013-2014 District Champions; Volleyball• Baseball No-Hitter Game• Alumni Inducted into Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

COMMUNITY

LEADERS• 6 Faulkner County Youth Leadership Institute Graduates

• Invitation to “Arkansas’ Young Voters Workshop” Leadership Forum Hosted by Arkansas Secretary of State

• Boy Scout Eagle Scouts• Invitation to “Empowering Women and Girls”

Dynamic Panel at Clinton Library• Conway EcoFest 5 Year Service Awards• 1st Place Faulkner County Fair Parade;

High School Float• 1st Place Conway Christmas Parade; School Float

CREATIVE

LEADERS• “Most Creative” Habitat for Humanity Homes for Happy Hounds Extreme Dog House Competition

• 3rd Place Habitat for Humanity Homes for Happy Hounds Extreme Dog House Competition

• Honorable mention Central Regional Art Competition

ACADEMIC

LEADERS• National Merit Finalist• Arkansas Governor Distinguished Scholar• Candidate for Presidential Scholar• 1st & 2nd Place “Voice of Democracy”

Veterans Essay Contest• 2nd Place Regional Quiz Bowl• 6 Middle School Students Eligible for 8th Grade EXPLORE Test; 2

Scored in 100th Percentile in 1 Subject Area, and Others Scored Above the 90th Percentile in Various Subject Areas

CLUB

LEADERS• 1st Place K-5 Chess• 1st Place K-3 Chess• 1st Place Individual Chess

St. Joseph School is a

dynamic, K-12 parochial

Catholic school in Conway,

Arkansas committed to

developing adults of faith

and intelligence. Since

1879, families have chosen

St. Joseph School for their

child’s education and

religious formation.

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1896

The Holy Ghost Fathers were granted permission to

build a church in Conway to increase Arkansas

Catholic population. St. Joseph School was established

in May of 1879, following the dedication of St. Joseph

Church earlier that year.

The Sisters of St. Joseph de Cluny from France were

the fi rst teachers, but left in 1896 and the school

closed. The school re-opened in 1898 with one lay

teacher for all 30 students.

The School Sisters of Notre Dame of Germany arrived

and began teaching by the end of 1898. The Sisters of

Notre Dame started the St. Joseph Bazaar in 1912 to

raise money for school supplies.

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Instruction through 9th grade was fi rst offered in 1926

and the school expanded during the next four years

to include the 10th through 12th grades in 1930. The

Sisters of St. Joseph du Puy arrived in 1971 to teach

junior high and high school.

St. Joseph Endowment and Charitable Trust was

formed in 1976 to provide fi nancial aid and support

to the school.

The Sisters of St. Joseph du Puy and all but two Sisters

of Notre Dame left around 1980 and all nuns were

gone at the end of the 1980-1981 school year. The

1981-1982 faculty consisted of all lay people.

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2010

In the early-1990s, school uniforms were required. By

the mid-1990s, the small school gym was transformed

into a parish hall/school cafeteria, and a spacious

Family Activities Center became the new gym.

At the start of the 2000-2001 school year, the

St. Joseph Elementary School, purchased by the

Friends of St. Joseph, and later assumed by the

St. Joseph Endowment, was dedicated. It now

houses Pre-K through 3rd grade.

In 2010, St. Joseph Church and School became a

part of the Diocese of Little Rock.

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St. Joseph Parish PastorJohn Marconi

St. Joseph School PrincipalsJoe Mallett • Susie Freyaldenhoven • Matt Tucker

DevelopmentOffice

SchoolAdvisory Board Faculty Support Staff

DevelopmentAdvisory Board

Annual Fund

Publicity andCommunications

Special Events

Enrollmentand Retention

AlumniRelations

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Bazaar

Tuition & Fees57%

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Salaries64%

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St. Joseph School

benefi ts from the generous

support of donors and

volunteers. The Development

Offi ce promotes a culture of

philanthropy which is mirrored in

the student body through the many

service opportunities in which they

participate. Each year, members of the

community can show their support for

exceptional Catholic college-preparatory education through giving opportunities such as:

The Annual Giving Fund, Adopt-A-Student, Bazaar support, Flea Market donations,

Endowment & Charitable Trust, and the H.O.O.K.S. – Helping Out Our Kids’ School.

Joe Mallett

Susie Freyaldenhoven

Matt Tucker

Fr. John Marconi

Fr. Joseph Archibong

Nicole Rappold,Development Director

St. Joseph School Bazaar, which began in 1912, is an annual fundraiser for the operation of St. Joseph School, raising necessary funds to keep tuition at a manageable cost. This year’s Bazaar is August 1st & 2nd, and includes a Spaghetti Dinner, Box Lunches, and Midway. The Silent & Live Auction event will be August 9th.

The St. Joseph School Endowment is a private, secular, non-profi t fund established in 1976 to provide fi nancial aid and support to St. Joseph School in Conway, Arkansas. During this past year the Endowment has given over $265,000 in support to the school. $63,000 Unrestricted & $23,690 Tuition Assistance/Books (refl ected on Income by Source) $15,195 Maintenance/Beautifi cation 10,405 Music/Art 4,445 Athletics 4,585 Teacher Bonuses/Training 5,495 Library/Math-Science/Language/Technology/Other 138,339 Rent Value of the Elementary School Property 1,858 Class Fund GrantsOver the years, the Endowment has contributed a total value of $3.1M to the school.This total value includes the use of the Elementary School property which is an asset ofthe Endowment.

The St. Joseph Flea Market is a volunteer-managed thrift store. Originally, the Flea Market was a part of the annual Bazaar. In 2002, it became a year-round business with its own location. All Flea Market proceeds are used toward the school. The Flea Market is contributing $210,000 to the 2014-2015 school budget and $45,000 toward our new school bus.

St. Joseph H.O.O.K.S. (Helping Out Our Kids’ School) is an annual fi sh fry with silent and live auctions to benefi t St. Joseph School. This fundraiser is led by the Bob and Cheryl Imboden family and the Ray and Betty Luyet family. January 25, 2014 marked the 9th annual H.O.O.K.S. dinner, contributing $68,000. H.O.O.K.S. has raised nearly $400,000 in the past 9 years for St. Joseph School. Funds have been used for a bus, books, technology, security systems, cafeteria upgrades, and more.

Individual Donors. Over the past 135 years, individual donors have greatly contributed to the success of St. Joseph School through prayer, time, and fi nancial gifts. We acknowledge all individual donors at every level for their contribution to the mission of St. Joseph School. Individual investors are alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty and staff, St. Joseph Church parishioners, and community members.

St. Joseph Catholic School • 502 Front Street • Conway, AR 72032501-329-5741 • www.StJosephConway.org

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday: 8-12Thursday, Friday & Saturday: Regular Store Hours

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