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Our Mission

"As parents, our purpose is to raise sons in the image of our Heavenly Father. Raising sons to be good fathers means teaching them to love beauty through poetry, literature, and the first hand experience of the grandeur of creation. It means forming goodness and virtue by imitating Our Lord in physical labor with other men. By learning about created things in the natural sciences, philosophy, the study of Scripture, and most of all by meeting Him in the Sacrifice of the Mass, it means coming to know the Truth, Who is Christ the Son."

Our Educational Philosophy

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Phases of Development

Phase #1

The Bosco Program

From fall 2022 to spring 2024 we ran the Bosco program as a stand-alone course ending with a communal dinner and a single academic class. They started with tool benches and ended with a two-story addition and a barn raising. During these two years we realized just how capable High School boys can be.

Phase #1a

The First St. Josephs Summer Camp

To expand on our initial offering of the Bosco Program, we are starting a two-week summer camp where the boys will get a taste of the St. Joseph Academy experience. Learning Latin, Poetry, and History while also felling trees and laying foundations it will be a fun summer experience.

Phase #1b

The Bosco Program Expanded

As more families have expressed interested in the program we are opening up the Bosco program to four different time slots so that we can offer this trades experience to as many as possible. Because of this they will be working on even bigger projects, such as building two houses during the 2024-2025 school year.

Phase #2

First Class

Fall 2025: We will be opening our doors to three classes, Freshmen, Sophomores, and a combined Junior/Senior class. Although we will be at a temporary location, they boys will be able to learn well and build up their bodies, minds, and souls.

Phase #3

Permanent Location

With either an endowment of land or the slow growth from many construction jobs, St. Josephs will have a permanent location in the Ann Arbor area. The Bosco program will spend the year before building the students future classrooms, giving them a sense of ownership of the place itself.
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