A street named after Catholic School mascot

Photo courtesy Danielle Falcione, Saint Joseph Catholic Schools.

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A street named after Catholic School mascot
The Jayhawk Way that leads to Saint Joseph Catholic Schools, will be blessed and officially inaugurated October 14th.

OGDEN- On Oct. 14, alumni, families and friends of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Schools will be gathering at Dee Park to begin with the celebrations of the grand opening of Jayhawk Way, a street that will help people easily locate the schools.

“It’s time to let others in the community to know we are still up there providing a catholic education excellent education to the children,” said Danielle Falcione, special events coordinator of Saint Joseph Catholic Schools.

The festivities will start with a parade up Jayhawk Way to a cookout during the girls home volleyball game against Intermountain Christian School. This will be followed by the student production of “The Mad Woman of Chaillot.”

The street will also be blessed in a small ceremony.

Everyone is invited to decorate their cars according to themes such as the Jayhawk logo, the school colors of green and gold, . The cars will be judged and awards presented.

“We are very pleased that the city …(was) able to get that honorary street for us,” said Norm Allred, Saint Joseph Catholic High School principal. He was been with the school for 23 years. “We have been wanting some kind of signage, some kind of recognition so people can find us.” “We are proud to have our mascot named on a major street leading the way to our campus,” said Falcione.

The Saint Joseph Catholic High School community greatly values its diversity, Falcione said, with 24 percent of its students belonging to faiths other than Catholic. The student population is 74 percent Caucasian, 14 percent Hispanic, 6 percent Asian, 3 percent African Americans, 2 percent Pacific Islanders and 1 percent American Indian.

The class of 2009, with 49 students, achieved a 100 percent graduation rate, a 100 percent college acceptance rate and more than $2.4 million in combined college scholarships, while serving over 6,390 community hours.

“This is for everybody; it is something that we have been wanting. I think we would love to have something similar for the elementary school; it’s something that has been needed and wanted and they are getting excited,” said Allred.