Dear St. Joseph Families, First, we need to take a moment and express an enormous amount of gratitude towards our PTO for putting together such an extraordinary event on Saturday. While this is a fun time for our parents and partners in education, the key to the event’s success is realizing that it is to [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, Welcome to Catholic Schools Week! This is an annual celebration of different activities that celebrate different aspects of Catholic education and our Catholic community. While our school was founded as part of the original mission of our parish back in 1951 under the direction of Bishop Charles Greco and Fr. Joseph [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, Happy Tuesday, Falcons! 9.5 inches of snow in Lafayette and here we are, enjoying the sunshine and clear skies. We missed enough due to snow days the last few years. Let South Louisiana have their turn! Our PTO has sponsored a number of activities lately. On behalf of the PTO and [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, Well wasn’t that an interesting first week back?! While there are varying opinions on weather days, we are certainly happy that all of our families were able to return safely to school on Monday morning. It is a warmer week but we have heard that next week will be another encounter [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, Welcome to 2025! This year almost seems like something that we once heard in sci-fi movies when we were going up with flying cars and in-home robots. We’re not exactly there but not far off either! It appears that 2025 is off to a difficult start for some. Let us pray [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, This is the last edition of the Falcon News of 2024. Christmas is right around the corner. Yes, you read that correctly. Christmas break is upon us. With this in mind, I would like o take a moment to express my gratitude for a number things from this semester. First, I [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, I have said this already this weekend but it bears repeating: I wish to express my gratitude towards our St. Joseph PTO as well as our Dad’s Club for putting on another amazing Pancakes with Santa. It was not simply a blessing for the students of school, but for many outside [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, We have now entered the season of Advent. Let us be mindful that the season is a time of preparation. Often, we seem to bypass Advent but it is a time to prepare ourselves for the celebration of the Christ child. This period of time should allow us to reflect on [...]

Dear St. Joseph Families, As we prepare for Thanksgiving break (I know we are all chomping at the bit), I wanted to communicate with you about your involvement in the upcoming process through Lumen Accreditation. In past years, St. Joseph has gone through the accreditation process through SACS, AdvancED, and most recently through Cognia. As [...]