DISTINGUISHED PROGRAMS

Beyond the everyday curriculum, Saint Joseph Academy students have the opportunity to participate in unique programs designed to prepare them for a life of compassionate leadership and service in potential careers. The Health Sciences Honors Program, Engineering & Design Honors Program and the Global Scholars Program showcase how meaningful experiential learning that begins in the classroom extends into real life applications.

Engineering & Design

Health Sciences

Global Scholars

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ENGINEERING & DESIGN HONORS PROGRAM

Students in the Engineering & Design Honors Program gain insights into the interconnectivity of engineering and design disciplines in an engaging way that helps them discover potential career paths. The program encourages students to develop critical thinking skills to become compassionate leaders. Students in the Engineering & Design Honors Program use the Howley Makerspace innovation lab frequently, working on class and service learning projects. Many departments outside of engineering and science often take their classes into the Howley Makerspace innovation lab to create projects that tie back to the lessons taught in the classroom.

The Engineering & Design Honors Program includes two pathways, allowing students to choose their course of study that matches their goals and aspirations. This program provides students with the prerequisite skills and confidence necessary to become highly successful in a college STEAM environment.

Health Sciences Honors Program

The Health Sciences Honors Program is designed to prepare students for Health Sciences-related careers through mutual learning and engagement enriched by healthcare professions in education, workforce and community partnerships. Since its inception in 2016, more than 150 young women have graduated from Saint Joseph Academy’s Health Sciences Honors Program.

By offering two pathways, the program enables students to select courses that match their specific career goals, whether they want to pursue a doctoral degree or start a career immediately following college graduation. Students are provided with an authentic professional experience through experiential learning while also engaging in a rigorous mathematics, humanities and science curriculum. The program is designed to develop critical thinkers and foster compassionate leadership.

The Anatomage Table enables students to learn how to dissect and visualize real human tissue, as well as isolate areas of the human body with the simple touch of a finger. By using the Anatomage Table and the Holoanatomy® Software Suite students gain experience with advanced technology normally only available at the collegiate level. Participation in this sought-after program results in well-prepared students ready for their college-level education.

Global Scholars Program

A newer distinguished offering is the Global Scholars Program, dedicated to ensuring students develop into inventive collaborators and agents of change for our worldwide community. Participants will develop cross-cultural knowledge and communications skills and excel at thinking critically about global change. This is accomplished through the attainment of a deep understanding of the interconnected and interdependent nature of the world and the importance of establishing personal connections.

Cultural Immersion Trips

Girls’ school graduates are six times more likely to consider majoring in math, science and technology compared to girls who attend coed schools.

Dr. Richard A. Holmgren Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools