Saint Joseph High School is a private, parochial Roman Catholic high school in Harrison Township, Pennsylvania. It is the only parish-operated high school in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.HistorySaint Joseph High School was established in 1915 by Bishop Regis Canevin as part of Saint Joseph Church, a parish in Natrona, Pennsylvania. Originally, the high school only housed 9th and 10th grade students until becoming a four year institution in 1922.The school opened the Walter Dlubak Athletic Center in 2009, home to the SJHS Spartans; math and science classes are also held in the building. It shares its main school building with Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament School, an elementary school for grades Pre-K through 8In September 2015, Saint Joseph High School celebrated their Centennial which continued with other celebrations throughout the 2015-16 school year. Some of these included the rental of a snow cone truck, a pilgrimage to see Pope Francis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pep rallies, and a special red centennial school uniform sweater with the centennial logo.TraditionsOn the first day of each new school year, SJHS holds a Moving in Ceremony, in which new students are welcomed into the school community. A few days later, the students travel to Harrison Hills Park for an all school picnic. This picnic formerly contained a freshman vs. senior football game until it was cancelled in 2015 and replaced that same year with a class-against-class whiffle ball tournament.
