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Our School Mission:

The St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Community shares in the educational mission of the church: message, community, worship and service. We are to provide a quality education, within a Catholic environment, which has th4e needs of the child as its focal point.

The School seeks to education the “whole” child – both the mind and the soul, with educational programs that are designed to nurture the spiritual life, to bring about full human development, and to foster a just society.

The History of Our School

The St. Joseph School was originally established in 1918 by the Sisters of St. Agnes, with the construction of the first Church on Taylor Street. With the exception of a brief 3-year period in the 1920’s, the school has operated continuously since 1918. In 1953 the current school building at the St. Joseph campus was opened. With the establishment of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in the 1990’s, the school served the same population, now split between two parishes. In 1997, the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish added the Catechetical Center, allowing the expansion of the School to utilize space within both parishes to handle the rapidly growing enrollments. The parishes of St. Joseph and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton jointly operate the school today, with both pastors, the School principal and elected representatives from both parishes comprising the St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Board.


St. Joseph Campus		St. Elizabeth Campus

	The St Joseph-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School serves two parish communities, the St. Joseph Parish of Fort Wayne (at Brooklyn and Hale Avenues) and the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish of Fort Wayne (Aboite Center Road). The School serves a wedge-shaped geographic area encompassing 15% of Allen County. The School utilizes two campuses (6.8 miles apart) to serve our students; kindergarten through second grade is at the St. Elizabeth site and third grade through eighth grade at the St. Joseph site. Our School Mission: The St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Community shares in the educational mission of the church: message, community, worship and service. We are to provide a quality education, within a Catholic environment, which has th4e needs of the child as its focal point. The School seeks to education the “whole” child – both the mind and the soul, with educational programs that are designed to nurture the spiritual life, to bring about full human development, and to foster a just society. The History of Our School The St. Joseph School was originally established in 1918 by the Sisters of St. Agnes, with the construction of the first Church on Taylor Street. With the exception of a brief 3-year period in the 1920’s, the school has operated continuously since 1918. In 1953 the current school building at the St. Joseph campus was opened. With the establishment of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in the 1990’s, the school served the same population, now split between two parishes. In 1997, the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish added the Catechetical Center, allowing the expansion of the School to utilize space within both parishes to handle the rapidly growing enrollments. The parishes of St. Joseph and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton jointly operate the school today, with both pastors, the School principal and elected representatives from both parishes comprising the St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Board.