Saint Joseph Academy (Brownsville, Texas)
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101 St. Joseph Drive Brownsville, Texas, (Cameron County) 78520 United States |
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| Coordinates | 25°55′7″N 97°30′.57″W / 25.91861°N 97.5001583°WCoordinates: 25°55′7″N 97°30′.57″W / 25.91861°N 97.5001583°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars through Difficulties) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic Marist Brothers |
| Established | 1865 |
| President | Michael Motyl |
| Principal | Melissa Valadez |
| Faculty | 72 full-time |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 752 (2011-12) |
| Average class size | 24 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15:1 |
| Language | English only campus |
| Campus type | open |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics conference | TAPPS |
| Mascot | Brutus the Bloodhound |
| Team name | Bloodhounds |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Publication | PAW (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Hound Collar |
| Tuition | $8,382 per year |
| Athletic Director | Ben Sandoval |
| Website | Official school website |
Saint Joseph Academy, sometimes referred to as St. Joe or SJA, is a private school conducted by the Marist Brothers of the Schools. It is located in Brownsville, Texas, and serves junior high and high school students of the lower Rio Grande Valley and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The school is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.
St. Joseph Academy was founded in 1865 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the downtown area of Brownsville, Texas. The school closed and re-opened many times under the Oblates in its earliest years. In 1906, however, the Marist Brothers arrived from Mexico and re-opened St. Joseph Academy, and it has remained open ever since. Initially, SJA was an all-male elementary school; and in 1926 a three-story building was constructed, known as the "Old Saint Joseph", where the International Bank of Commerce now stands in downtown.
In 1930, the first high school class graduated from St. Joseph, and by 1940, the Sisters of the Holy Ghost assumed the administration of the elementary school. The new campus, found on 101 St. Joseph Drive in Brownsville, Texas, relocated in 1959 from its historic downtown campus to its current campus on the wooded and picturesque banks of a resaca (a regional Spanish word for oxbow lake), serving boys from 7th to 12th grade. In addition, the original site became the parochial school for Sacred Heart Church (established 1912), under the direction of the religious order now known as the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate.
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