St. Joseph High School - Edmonton, Alberta

BB J.

Mrs Claudine Fudererer has to fix her way to teach the social class instead of teaching and let us do the Learning Guide during the class, she js makes us take so much notes on the friggin videos and thats video too fast to take notes and she still make us do learning guide at home, like why did u do like normal social teacher that gives us a learning guide and do the learning guide and takes note in that lg while u teaching miss? And it is 30 levels we do have other class and works to work on not just your class so stop make us do dome friggin a lot of note that have in text book and the lg u gives us. Dont try to teach on a special way but itsnt work. She marked us late when we late for 2 mins like this school is so big can u run up from first floor to 4th floor on 2mins like please we are grade 12 i know we have to study hard but like 2 mins late and she start tweaking BUT WHEN SHE LATE FOR 15mins and make us wait outside the class SHE DIDNT EVEN APOLOGIZE!!!!!!

Yuzaha

I don’t hate the school, but I don’t relatively like it either. Some teachers are just so rude

Like on my first day of gr 10 i went to go up to my locker completely unaware of the rule not being able to go until 8:20; since my locker was fourth floor i wanted to go up early. And this one teacher yelled at me to get down. Like I understand i broke the rule but I was unaware abt it and I WAS IN GR 10 he could have told me nicely to go down instead of yelling.

Further this same teacher can be on the floor and this one time i needed to get my learning guide checked he yelled at me again. Then again I try my best to be humble so i just left completely pissed off abt it even tho in sensitive.

I transferred to o’leary. It’s decently better there.

Joe M. P. M.

Honestly going to this school is bad. Gcl is terrible my teacher doesn’t even give feedback on what i do wrong on assignments so i have no idea how to improve. Further tcl is worse because its the same thing some teachers just spam the slides on the board and doesn’t explain everything.

Further for gcl some teachers r rude like when i went to check my learning guide the teacher on the floor yelled at me cuz she thought i was skipping. I can understand if she had a bad day but there is NO NEED TO TAKE IT OUT ON STUDENTS.

Further some students here are not it their behaviour is terrible for being in highschool. Obviously its not everyone however it makes me dislike this school ever more.

Straw B.

I was an online student and feel compelled to share my concerns about Mrs. Talia Koziak’s teaching methods and interactions with students. Throughout the course, there were instances where her behaviour was unprofessional and deeply concerning. For example, she was airing out another student’s business in front of the whole class, and that created an uncomfortable atmosphere for everyone involved. Her approach to enforcing rules, such as the “mandatory” camera policy, often came across as unnecessarily strict and lacked empathy one might expect in an online learning setting. She threatened students that she would talk to admin about the class not turning on their cameras. When a student asked to turn their camera off, her refusal accompanied by a smile, felt dismissive and unsupportive of students’ varying needs and circumstances. I believe that every student deserves a respectful and supportive educational experience, and I hope that by sharing my observations, the school will take the proper steps to ensure this environment is maintained for all students.

Cm112

This school has gone down hill drugs is all over and there are even kids bringing guns to the school along with gangs next school year its going to be worse as kids from other questionable schools will be coming in the principal has basically ruined floor time which gives no time for gcl students to do homework also there are some really nice teachers but the bad ones make the school intolerable glad i moved

Jose C.

A Catholic School is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It’s a Catholic educational institution providing schooling in high school levels, with a focus on academic excellence and moral values within the Catholic tradition.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School offers a curriculum that integrates Catholic teachings with standard academic subjects, aiming to nurture students both intellectually and spiritually. It also provides extracurricular activities, religious services, and community outreach programs to enrich students’ overall educational experience.

Linux

Rude Teachers. Leroy stang, He can be pretty nice to some students but most of the time hes rude and hes been rude to me and has no manners at all. but i guess it doesnt matter cause hes a teacher right? I politely asked for help and during the time i was explaining what i need help with he just seems unfazed and he shut me off by sayjng “why are you here?” in a very rude and loud tone embarrassing me infront of everyone even tho i didnt do anything wrong. I politely repeated myself again that I need his help with stuff that he can only help me with but then again I got a rude response “dont just come up here”. I let that slide, but he would also treat me and some students in rude way. Like when were walking in hallway even tho hes the one in the way he flips off and when hes handing thungs he throws it like your his slave and he does whatever he wants and he has a lot more problematic stuff. Literally go ask the other students as ive heard they also made comments about him but people are afraid to speak up because no teachers will care bcs hes a teacher

Jonathan P. (. J.

I was a former student at St. Joes from early 2014 to early 2018 and I just feel I need to get this off my chest after bottling it up too long.

Based on my own experience I did not have a great experience at this school.

I was forced into this school because I was in the special ed program aka WIN Program.

If it wasn't for the special ed program then I have no reasons to go to this school I don't even live in the catchment area of this school the only options of school I have at this time is to go to Austin O Brien or St. Joes. (I was suppose to go to O'Leary as I live near that school or better off Victoria School because I don't really like being forced to follow catholic religion.)

Now that ECSD offered Special Ed at almost every high school throughout Edmonton expect A. Macdonald I would think it a absurd move that they could've done this a long time ago.

I've been begging to be put into regular class to go to the UofA or MacEwan but again no because the teacher have felt that I might be overwhelmed with it no matter how much I prove to my teacher that I'm competent for it nothing have changed.

My dream career is to work as a Library Assistant, Psychiatric Nurse, or Junior High Teacher but nope being in K&E courses isn't gonna get me anywhere and my only options for job as of now is minimum wage working the grill at McDonald's or becoming a sex worker.

I didn't even earned a single credit from this school.

Also Mrs. Claudine Fuerderer is the rudest teacher I ever met I hate her so much the attitude that she gave toward her student just make me feel intrusive directly at her.

Mrs. Claudine is a terrible grad coach she recommend me to go to NorQuest and guess what I did and I did the placement test at NorQuest and I wasn't placed in my ideal course to get into university.

So I just wanna put a big middle finger to St. Joes for ruining my educational path thank a lot for having me drop out at 17 and ruining my overall mental health to the point that I ended up in the psych ward.

Also thank a lot for this school for displaying internalized homophobia and giving me UTI for constantly locking the gender-neutral bathroom because student were doing the nasty in them like bruh you won't even like let me text or call a number to unlock the inclusive washroom or give me a key for access? I think that ridiculous and need to be evaluated before some LGBTQ+ individual is at-risk of harming themself.

I was met with manipulation attempt during the open-house of this school the people that do the testimonial for this school and phrasing that it a good school are liar they are only paid actor doing it for the money.

The only reason I like this school is simply the drama class Mrs. Kirk was the best but I feel like she have certain favoritism toward her students so if you expect her to develop friendship with you after you graduate good luck cause that not gonna happen.

I also asked my teacher if they can refer me using gender-neutral terminology and they didn't obey they lied and honestly the hyper-masculinity and heteronormative vibe this school gave off made me feel dysphoric not on my own body but in social setting. (I was experimenting with my gender identity at the time)

The student here are toxic as well lot of students here have blocked me on Instagram for no damn reason I was all nice and everything and they just straight up blocked me probably because I was in special ed or I need special privilege to them like seriously the students at this school is like Mean Girls the movie don't even bother joining the student union as all the position that you wanted to do is basically nepotism same for Improv and other extracurricular as well.

Commuting to this school was a pain draining my energy and motivation to go to school I legit feel so burned out at the end of the years.

In conclusion I'm never stepping foot in this school ever again even the reunion I'm nopeing out of this school I'm not even gonna connect with any of the staff in this school because they are so toxic and a narcissist.