École Saint-Joseph

École Saint-Joseph (Saint-Joseph Elementary) is a French Catholic school based in Solesmes, France. It was founded in 1892. It is attached to the Cambrai - Le Cateau-Cambrésis educational district. As of September 2018, it has more than three hundred pupils.

École Saint-Joseph
The school in 2009
Latin: S. Ioseph
TypeKindergarten & Primary school
Established1892
Parent institution
Academy of Lille
Religious affiliation
Catholic
Academic affiliation
Zone B, Code: 0596420H
Officer in charge
Valérie Caron
Academic staff
Faculty: (±) 25 including administratives
Students(±) 320
Address
9 place Jean Jaurès
,
Solesmes, Nord
,
Hauts-de-France
,
59730
,
France

50° 11′ 2.5″ N, 3° 30′ 14.2″ E
CampusRural
LanguageFrench
Websitebeneylu.com/ent/os/fr/app/minisite/site-ecole-saint-joseph-solesmes-nord/accueil-2006/

Consortium

École Saint Joseph is part of the Saint-Pierre consortium comprising four other schools: Institution Saint-Michel in Solesmes; Saint-Joseph in Le Cateau; Sainte-Maxellende in Caudry and Saint-Thérèse in Le Quesnoy.

History

Prior to 1900, École Saint-Joseph was a girls' school located in a building on the Rue du Pontceau, with classes taught by nuns.[1] The school became a co-educational institution in 1999 by incorporating the Saint-Mary School for Boys, which was founded in 1892.[2] Since then, it has been located at 9 rue Jean Jaurès, and serves Solesmes and the surrounding area.[3]

Arts and culture
  • On Monday 29 February 2016, Saint Joseph School parents, teachers, and pupils held a picnic and participated in several craft and sports activities in order to support peace.[4]
Some École Saint-Joseph' pupils in a horse-drawn cart after the end-of-year show at Institution Saint-Michel (June 1997).
  • Every year on the eve of the Christmas holidays, a Christmas market is installed in the refectory, selling floral compositions, pastries and other hand-made objects.[5]
  • At the end of the 2014-2015 academic year, Saint-Joseph students won the 3rd national prize in the "Dog, Cat and me" contest organized by Purina. The €600 cash prize was partly donated toward the acquisition of a guide dog for a visually-impaired man.[6]
  • Every year since 2009, a representative from a children's charity in Cotonou, Republic of Benin visits the school, and pupils donate the proceeds of their Lent charity activities.[7]

Sports

The school holds sports classes at the nearby municipal swimming pools, the Marie Amélie Le Fur Sports Hall, and the Édouard Delberghe building's indoor courts and martial arts room, where they practice circus disciplines.[8]

References
  1. Châtellier, Louis (1986). "Sœur Hélène Derréal, Une source pour l'étude du renouveau religieux au XVIIe siècle : la correspondance de saint Pierre Fourier". Presses Universitaires de Nancy. Les Réformes en Lorraine (1520-1620): 119–124. ISBN 2-86480-240-6.
  2. Consortium Solesmois (7 January 2017). "About the School - Saint-Joseph". SITE WEB OFFICIEL DE L'ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. Doctor Bombart, Henry (2001). Histoire de la terre et seigneurie de Solesmes. Cambrai: Imprimerie et lithographie de Régnier, 1902; Cambrai : Nord patrimoine éd. pp. 1 vol. (420 p.- 416 p. de pl.) : ill. ISBN 2-912961-13-0.
  4. QUENNESSON, Dorothée (8 March 2016). "All united for peace". CathoCambrai.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. "Noël at Saint-Joseph". SITE WEB OFFICIEL DE L'ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. "Thanks to the solidarity march of students, a dog for a visually impaired person". La Voix Du Nord. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. "Arrival of Sister Monique from the Republic of Benin". SITE WEB OFFICIEL DE L'ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  8. "Solesmes Inauguration de la halle des sports : un moment de consensus républicain". La Voix du Nord. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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