The Service Curriculum is part of each grade’s Religion class. The projects are designed to address issues of Social Justice.
Each class is assigned one month for its service project. During that month, we will meet approximately 3 times (times to be decided) for developing the service project. There will be a variety of methods used to execute the service project, depending on the project, time of year, age of class, etc. The goal is to increase awareness of others’ needs and actively engage St. Joseph’s students in living their religion.
St. Joseph School is proud to continue its 8th year servicing our neighbors at the Catholic Charities Family Center in Lorain. Each Tuesday, 5 students rotated from 6, 7, and 8th grade accompany Mrs. Loos to the center to serve lunch. The students help prepare, serve and clean up the center and with the rotation will be assigned approximately 4 times throughout the school year. This is part of our Religion Service Curriculum and we have found it to be a very rewarding experience for the students.
These students will be out of the building from approximately 10:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please remind them to pack a lunch
St. Joseph School is also proud of their service to the Seniors of our Community. Each Monday, three 4th grade students and three 5th grade students accompany one of our parish priests to an area Nursing Home for Mass. The residents of Golden Acres, Hearthstone Assisted Living and Amherst Manor enjoy seeing the students participate with them as we give thanks to God together.