Editing St. Joseph, Minnesota (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary education===
St. Joseph is served by the [[St. Cloud Area School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27145_stearns/DC20SD_C27145.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Stearns County, MN|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=November 7, 2022}}</ref> The majority of St. Joseph is zoned to Kennedy Community School (PK-8).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/elemboundrymap.pdf|title=Elementary Attendance Areas|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [http://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/kennedyboundary.pdf Detail map] [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 which is linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref> while some portions in the east are zoned to Westwood Elementary School and North Middle School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/westwoodboundary.pdf|title=WESTWOOD Versatrans Base Map|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 Linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/northboundary.pdf|title=NORTH Versatrans Base Map|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 Linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref> The zoned high school is [[Apollo High School (Minnesota)|Apollo High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/apolloboundary.pdf|title=APOLLO Versatrans Base Map|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 Linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref>

[https://www.isd742.org/Page/21 Kennedy Community School] is a PreK-8 grade school, serving families from St. Joseph. The school opened in the Fall of 2008 following a successful referendum to build a larger school about a mile outside of town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/Page/1411|title=Kennedy Community School History|website=Kennedy Community School|access-date=January 31, 2020}}</ref> The prior school, Kennedy Elementary, was established in 1968.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

[http://www.stjosephccs.org/ Saint Joseph Catholic School] is a parochial school located in St. Joseph and has been associated with the local parish of the same name since the 1850s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjosephccs.org/about-us/history/|title=History - St. Joseph Catholic School|website=www.stjosephccs.org|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> At that time there was no money to pay a teacher, so parents did work for a local farmer, who in turn, taught the children. The school got its own building in the 1920s. For many years, it served as the only school in town and as the community center.<ref name=":0" />  The school later collaborated with the College of St. Benedict to become a lab school in the 1970s. In the 2000s, it joined with St. Cloud area parochial schools to become part of All Saints Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allsaintsmn.org/about-us/history/|title=History - All Saints Academy|website=www.allsaintsmn.org|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref>

===Higher education===
The [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|College of Saint Benedict (CSB)]] is a four-year, private liberal arts college and the nation's only Benedictine college for women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/about/college-of-saint-benedict/csb-history|title=CSB History|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University|language=en|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> The college opened in 1913, with six students enrolled, and grew out of St. Benedict's Academy, which was founded by [[Saint Benedict's Monastery (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|Saint Benedict's Monastery]] in 1889. The Benedictine community incorporated CSB in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/csb-archives/csbhistory|title=CSB History|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University|language=en|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> The college is also connected to [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|Saint John's University (SJU)]], which is a male-only university in [[Collegeville Township, Stearns County, Minnesota|Collegeville Township, Minnesota]].