DARE
Drug Abuse Resistance Education is a national substance abuse prevention education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled substances, membership in gangs, and violent behavior.  The Freeburg Police Department provides an officer to teach this course to our middle school students. 


Spanish
Students in PreK3 through 8th grade participate in Spanish class once a week.  Students focus on pronunciation and vocabulary building, greetings, common conversational pieces, how to order food, prayers, songs, and much more. (Picture to the left)



Pictured below:  Mrs. Natalie Pavlak, Former 4th grade teacher and woodshop moderator, assisted Emma Heap, St. Joes Alumni, in constructing a Lending Library which is located on the St. Joseph Catholic School campus.