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131 Years of Girls Without Limits
School News & Events
![Cookies and Cocoa with Santa!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637991578/josephinum/hiujqolj2zz266lvrtr8/JosephinumHigh-School-CookieswSantaFlyer.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637991578/josephinum/hiujqolj2zz266lvrtr8/JosephinumHigh-School-CookieswSantaFlyer.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637991578/josephinum/hiujqolj2zz266lvrtr8/JosephinumHigh-School-CookieswSantaFlyer.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1637991578/josephinum/hiujqolj2zz266lvrtr8/JosephinumHigh-School-CookieswSantaFlyer.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637991578/josephinum/hiujqolj2zz266lvrtr8/JosephinumHigh-School-CookieswSantaFlyer.png","width":1545}])
Join us on December 11th from 11am to 1pm when Good ole' Jolly Saint Nicholas makes a special appearance.
![First page of the PDF file: JosephinumFallArtShow2021v2]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1638218704/josephinum/lqqrqamaowaclsvcplbl/JosephinumFallArtShow2021v2.pdf","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1638218704/josephinum/lqqrqamaowaclsvcplbl/JosephinumFallArtShow2021v2.pdf","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1638218704/josephinum/lqqrqamaowaclsvcplbl/JosephinumFallArtShow2021v2.pdf","width":612}])
Join us on December 8th from 4-7pm at Josephinum Academy in Room 315 for the Fall Art Show.
![Josephinum Academy to Perform The House of Bernarda Alba]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637005938/josephinum/ui92sazzf93rcrfjoij6/House-of-Bernarda-Alba-sq.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637005938/josephinum/ui92sazzf93rcrfjoij6/House-of-Bernarda-Alba-sq.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637005938/josephinum/ui92sazzf93rcrfjoij6/House-of-Bernarda-Alba-sq.jpg","width":607}])
Join us on select dates November 18th through December 4th for our upcoming Senior/Junior Acting Studios production of The House of Bernarda Alba by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca (and translated by James Graham-Lujan and Richard O'Connell).
![Supporters Contribute over $500,000 for Student Scholarships at Annual Gala Event]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637007207/josephinum/tn5cclh3vocedzoujtvr/GalaThankYou.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637007207/josephinum/tn5cclh3vocedzoujtvr/GalaThankYou.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637007207/josephinum/tn5cclh3vocedzoujtvr/GalaThankYou.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637007207/josephinum/tn5cclh3vocedzoujtvr/GalaThankYou.png","width":1080}])
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart celebrated students and the Jo community at the Annual Fall Gala held virtually on October 22nd where generous supporters contributed over $493,000 for student scholarships. During a year that showed many challenges due to the pandemic, the Gala brought light to the perseverance shown by exceptional young women who attended their classes remotely.
![Josephinum Academy Celebrates the Class of 2021]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":2200}])
On Saturday, June 5 the thirty-seven young women of the Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart Class of 2021 graduated in an in-person, outdoor ceremony on the Josephinum field.