News Archive

From March 23-27, SJC students are having the opportunity to interact with the Eucharistic Miracles display that St. Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint who was born in 1991 and passed away in 2006, curated before his death. If you have an opportunity, stop by St. Mary’s Parish to see this wonderful reminder of God’s miracles on Earth.

Board of Trustee Meeting Highlights for March
Congratulations to the Senior Varsity Boys on their 5th Place finish @schoolsportalberta 3A Provincials 💙💚 What an incredible end to an amazing 🏀 season! Thank you to Coach Mandela & Mr. Haines for their dedication and passion this entire season, the boys are so blessed to have such incredible coaches! #DefendTheShield #SJCBall #SJC #ssaprovs
This week at SJC, students got to learn more about internet and social media safety from expert Paul Davis.
On March 19, staff and students celebrated St. Joseph’s Feast Day with a school-wide liturgy. St. Joseph…pray for us.
Just a friendly reminder that there is no school today. See you on Monday!
Good luck and God’s blessings to our Sr Boys’ Basketball team who is going for gold at the SSA Provincial Tournament this weekend in Coaldale. #GoCrusaders #defendtheshield
Congratulations to Mr. Nowosiad and Emily Deline for receiving the Sportsmanship award at Wrestling Provincials last weekend. #defendtheshield #gocrusaders
Congratulations to all our students who earned Honours and Honours with Distinction in Semester One! Keep working hard!
Congratulations to the Sr Boys Basketball team for winning the West Island College tournament last weekend! We are very proud of you, Gentlemen! #defendtheshield #gocrusaders
Hello, SJC fam! Here's your Week-at-a-Glance!
Congratulations to Mrs. Grove (seen here with CTR Board Chair Andrea Keenan) for being the recipient of the Christian Witness Award for SJC for the 2025-2026 school year! God bless you for your faith leadership in our school and community, Mrs. Grove.
Congratulations to the SJC Boys’ Curling Team for bringing home the gold! #defendtheshield #gocrusaders
The SJC Curling Team will be playing for provincial gold at 2:30 today! Keep them in your prayers. #defendtheshield #gocrusaders
God’s blessings on SJC’s curling team as they go for gold in School Sport Alberta’s curling provincials over the next several days. #gocrusaders #defendtheshield
As we start into the season of Lent, we move into more intentional prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to deepen our faith, remind us of Jesus’ sacrifice for us, and help us remember the two most important teachings of Christ: love God and love each other. “A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.”
The SJC Curling team showed up and showed out this week at South Central Zones in Cochrane, securing 🥈 and a berth in @schoolsportalberta Provincials in Slave Lake next week! The boys will be defending their 2025 Provincial Title 🥌 Let’s go Crusaders! 💚💙 #SJCLife #SJC #Curling #SchoolSportAlberta #Defendtheshield
The boys are back and ready to repeat their provincial title! 🥌 The journey begins at South Central Zones today and tomorrow! Games today are 12:00pm and 7:00pm, with playoffs tomorrow determined by today’s results! Games can be watched via Facebook Livetream (search up Team Falkenberg Brooks Junior Curling)! Go Crusaders Go! 💙💚 #SJC #SJCLife #Curling #SJCAthletics
Tonight’s the night! 💥 Your two Hometown Brooks teams face off beginning with a doubleheader with JVs at 6pm and our Senior Varsity following at 7:30pm. These are going to be amazing games, with the Sr. Varsity game featuring BCHS currently ranked #1 Provincially in 3A and your SJC Crusaders ranked #4! 🏀 The gym will be packed, you won’t want to miss it! 💚💙 📸: @adalietakesphotos
Graduates of 2025. Have you moved from your address last year? We may have some mail for you from Commencement. Phone the office to check to see if we have your Grad photo.
Here's your Week-at-a-Glance, SJC! Have a wonderful week ahead!
Both of our JV & SR Girls Teams and Boys Teams are in action tonight in Medicine Hat! JV games start at 6:30pm and SR games follow at 7:30pm! 🏀 The Boys games will be live-streamed, check out the Story to find the link to watch! 💚💙 #Basketball #SJC #SJCLife #ASAA
Our Graduation class is fundraising! Orders can be taken until February 13. Contact a member of the Grad class or go online to order: https://christtheredeemer.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/33947/18/False/True
We’re back with another SJC Basketball Triple Header! 🏀 Gr 9 Boys @ 4:00pm vs. CTK JV Boys @ 6:00pm vs. Rosemary Sr. Boys @ 7:30pm vs. Vauxhall Come on out and support! 💚💙 #SJC #ASAA #Basketball #HighSchoolBasketball
Here's what's happening this week, SJC!! Enjoy the week ahead!
Congratulations to our wrestlers for their results last weekend in Stirling. Good luck to them today at Rundle College. #defendtheSHIELD #gocrusaders
Congratulations to both the JV and Sr Girls for their results at the Strathcona Tweedsmuir basketball tournament last weekend. #defendtheSHIELD #gocrusaders
Tonight is the night! Come on out and cheer on your graduating Seniors one last time tonight against Crescent Heights at 7:30pm! 🎓🏀 These young ladies have had so many amazing memories these last few years on the court, and we can’t wait to watch them one final time in our gym! 💚💙 📸: @adalietakesphotos #SJC #HighSchoolBasketball #BallisLife #SeniorNight
Another Basketball double header tonight! 🏀 Come out to the SJC Gym to watch both our JV Girls and Sr. Varsity Girls take on McCoy at 6:00pm and 7:30pm! Let’s fill the stands and support our Girls at home! 💚💙 Thank you @adalietakesphotos for the 📸 #ASAA #highschoolbasketball #basketball #SJC
Thank you, FCSS Grasslands!!
Basketball double header tonight! 🏀 Come out to the SJC Gym to watch both our JV Boys and Sr. Varsity Boys take on McCoy at 6:00pm and 7:30pm! Let’s fill the stands and support our Boys at home! 💚💙 Thank you @adalietakesphotos for the 📸 #ASAA #highschoolbasketball #basketball #SJC
Here's your Week at a Glance, SJC! Semester II, here we go!!!
Here's what's happening, SJC! Have a wonderful week!
Happy New Year... and since we're still in the Christmas season, Merry Christmas! We hope you had a wonderful break with your loved ones! Here is our week ahead, SJC!
Happy Third Week of Advent! ... and last week before the Christmas break! Here's what's happening this week, SJC!

November 2025 Board Highlights
Congratulations to our Sr. Volleyball players Cameron, Zara, Ezra, River, and Roan who were chosen by the leagues head coaches to play in the SEVL All Star match on Wednesday, December 3rd. All Star Awards went to: Roan Strach - 2nd team All Star Ezra Lado - 1st team All Star and All Star Player of the Game. #gocrusaders #defendtheSHIELD
St. Joseph’s Collegiate is kicking off our Christmas Food Drive! 🎄✨ From December 1–17, bring non-perishable items to help fill the tree and support families in our community. Your kindness brings hope to others this holiday season. ❤️ #sjcgivesback
Join us for some early Christmas shopping, yummy bake sale and a visit with Santa! This upcoming Saturday from 10am-4pm in the SJC gym! See you there!
Happy First Week of Advent, SJC! Here's what's happening this week!
SJC is excited to host a Skilled Trades Fair for students on Tuesday, December 2. Students will learn more about how they can get into the trades after high school. #sjclife
The Sr Boys are enjoying their experience at 3A Boys Volleyball Provincials. Thank you to Louise Boucher of LMB Contracting LTD for her support and providing the guys with delicious snacks to refuel. A HUGE Thank you to Newell Denture Clinic for providing the guys with Provincial swag. #defendtheSHIELD #goCrusaders
Good luck to the Sr Boys at 3A Volleyball Provincials. The boys round robin today at 3:45 pm & 6:15 pm and tomorrow at 9:30 am then into playoffs. We are very proud of you! #defendtheSHIELD #gocrusaders You can watch by buying a huddle pass at watchschoolsport.ca/ssavolleyballprovincials/ #SchoolSportAlberta #SettheBar #HighSchoolSports

November 2025 Newsletter
Good morning, SJC!!! Here's your Week-at-a-Glance. Have a wonderful week ahead!
A bus load of students attended the Medicine Hat College Open House today! They toured several departments: Nursing, Paramedics, Trades, Power Engineering, Counselling, Social Work, Education, and University Transfer Sciences. Students were given a free lunch and were able to apply to MHC for free if they are in Grade 12. It was an informative trip. #sjc #sjclife
Congratulations to the Sr Boys Volleyball team for their fantastic 2nd place finish in the Olds Koinonia Tournament. Thank you to the JV boys who were pulled up to help round out the Sr Boys roster. You were very appreciated. #defendtheSHIELD #gocrusaders
Congratulations to the SJC JV Girls volleyball team for their amazing volleyball results since we have been back in action. They earned 2nd place in their home tournament and advanced to the semi finals in the South Eastern Volleyball League Championships. #defendtheSHIELD #gocrusaders.
Do you want to learn more about your faith? Come to Mrs. Shiels’ room on Thursdays at lunch for faith, food, friends, and fun!
Happy Monday, SJC! Here's what's happening this week:
Clocks get turned back one hour at 2am on Sunday morning. Don’t forget. We get an extra hour of sleep!
From unicorns to emergency responders, Wolverine and sports moms to whoopie cushions and a plethora of Mr. Hartery’s, Halloween costumes were out in full force at SJC today! #sjclife #sjc
At SJC, our classrooms are buzzing with curiosity and creativity; students are growing in faith, knowledge, and confidence every day! #sjc #sjclife
SJC would like to extend a warm welcome to our new trustee, Mrs. Michelle Gietz (standing next to Father). We look forward to working with her and the entire CTR Board of Trustees (pictured here) to continue to make SJC a wonderful place to learn and work. #sjc #weareCTR #IBelieveinCatholicEd
Welcome back to school, SJC! We missed you and are thrilled to be able to learn with you again. #sjc #sjclife #wearectr #manyandonectr
CTR WELCOMES STUDENTS BACK! We’re grateful to welcome students and families back to CTR Catholic schools. This week is about reconnecting, re-establishing routines, and meeting students where they are at. Our teachers, administrators, educational assistants, and support staff are ready to listen, support, and help every child settle back into learning in caring, faith-filled classrooms. #WeAreCTR #ManyAndOneCTR

Resumption of Classes
Congratulations to our high school volleyball teams for their awesome results this weekend!!! JV Girls - 3rd in Hanna JV Boys - 1st in High River Sr Boys - 1st in Olds #GoCrusaders #DefendtheSHIELD
St. Joseph’s Collegiate hosted its annual Meet the Teacher and Parent Council AGM tonight. Thank you to all the parents who came to hear about our Parent Council and to say hi to their children’s teachers. Parents are always encouraged to reach out to teachers and administration if they have questions about the school, and are always invited to Parent Council meetings and events.
SJC Families! Come join us TOMORROW, September 25 from 5:30 – 6:50 PM in the SJC gym for our Parent Council AGM and Meet the Teacher event! It’s a great chance to connect with teachers, learn about the progress of the new school, and see how you can be part of shaping our school community. We can’t wait to see you there!

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Another full and exciting week ahead at SJC! Here’s your Week-at-a-Glance, St. Joe's. We wish you blessings and joy.
Families of SJC! Join us on Thursday, September 25 at 5:30 p.m. for our Meet the Teacher event where you’ll hear an update on the progress of the new high school granted for our community. This event will also serve as our Parent Council AGM. We look forward to seeing you there!
Friday afternoons are professional learning opportunities for HFA, CTK, and SJC staff. This Friday, staff partnered with our local RCMP to explore ways that education staff and law enforcement can work hand-in-hand to support the safety, wellbeing, and success of our students in Brooks. #hfa #ctk #sjc #safecommunities
Complementary courses remind us that God gave us many gifts, and our teachers help students discover and share them. Our teachers really spice things up—literally in Foods, and figuratively everywhere else!
Want to say "Thank You" to your coaches? Say #ThanksCoach on social media: Follow National Coaches Week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using #CoachesWeek and #ThanksCoach.
SJC's English Department doesn't just teach nouns and verbs… they help students write their own story. They really know how to capitalize on student learning!
Social studies reminds us that history is really His-story, and we’re blessed our teachers tell it so well.

September 2025 Newsletter
The SJC Science Department where, "“The teachers remind us daily that God is truly the author of life’s cell-fie.”
Who's teaching Math at SJC this year? Take a look! They are truly integral to the school and their teaching really multiplies student confidence!
SJC would like to recognize our volunteer community and staff coaches during National Coaches’ Week. We are grateful for your dedication, time, expertise, and commitment to supporting and bettering our athletics program. Your efforts are seen and greatly appreciated! #GoCrusaders #DefendTheShield
Here's your Week-at-a-Glance, SJC! Have a wonderful week!
Congratulations to the JV Girls for their third place finish in Strathmore this weekend! It was a great first tournament and the girls played well. #GoCrusaders #defendtheshield
Today we remember and give thanks for the Cross of Christ—once a symbol of suffering and death, now the greatest sign of victory, hope, and salvation. May we, too, take up our crosses each day and follow Him with faith and love. "We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world."
Christ The Redeemer - Brooks is at the City of Brooks’ Welcome and Wind Down event from 11-2 today. Come join us and say hi! #HFA #CTK #SJC #SLO #CTR #CityofBrooks
SJC and CTK were blessed today to celebrate our opening mass for the 2025-2026 school year with St. Mary's Parish priest and our schools' shepherd, Father Eligio Canete. Afterwards, Father Eli blessed our classroom prayer corners.
Here's your week-at-a-glance, SJC! Have a blessed week!
We warmly invite you to become a member of our SJC Parent Council. The council provides a wonderful opportunity for parents and guardians to work together with school administration and staff in supporting student learning, enriching faith life, strengthening school culture, and enhancing the overall educational experience of all students. Our first Parent Council AGM and Meet the Teachers Night is on Thursday, September 25th, at 5:30 pm. Everyone is welcome!
We so thrilled to welcome Ms. Yoner to the SJC staff! 💚💙 Make sure to come and see her as well as all of our staff Thursday September 25th at 5:30pm! #SJC #GoCrusaders #SJCLife #CTR
We so thrilled to welcome Ms. Penner to the SJC staff! 💚💙 Make sure to come and see her as well as all of our staff Thursday September 25th at 5:30pm! #SJC #GoCrusaders #SJCLife #CTR
We so thrilled to welcome Ms. Shiels to the SJC staff! 💚💙 Make sure to come and see her as well as all of our staff Thursday September 25th at 5:30pm! #SJC #GoCrusaders #SJCLife #CTR
Good morning, SJC students! Please be advised that the last day to get on the list for course changes is this Friday. Please visit our office to schedule an appointment.
Hello students and parents! We have a new bell schedule! Students, please ensure that you are on time and ready to learn when your classes begin. Also, a reminder that this weekend is Labour Day Weekend! NO school on Monday! Day 2... here we go!

SJC Bell Schedule (Altered 2) - 2025-2026

SJC Bell Schedule (Altered 1) - 2025-2026

SJC Bell Times - 2025-2026

School Supply List
The grand march for the SJC 2025 graduating class
The 2025 Grad Commencement
The mass for the graduating class of 2025
🏆 Congratulations to Our 2024–2025 Fine Arts Award Recipients! 🏆 The various Band, Art & Dance awards (including Genesis & Golden Sun awards) celebrate students who exemplify beauty and grace through The Arts. As a community rooted in faith and committed to seeking excellence for all, we are proud to honor your remarkable contributions and spirit. 🌟 #Band #Art #Dance #TheArts #SJCBand #SJCLife #SJC
As a school, St. Joseph's Collegiate raised $905.00 for St. Vincent De Paul during their Lenten fundraiser! Thank you to the Student Council and all other staff and students who were able to contribute to this amazing cause! #SJCLife #CTR #SJC #LeadershipInAction
🏆 Congratulations to Our 2024–2025 Principal’s Award Recipients! 🏆 This award celebrates students who exemplify leadership, character, and consistent excellence both in and out of the classroom. As a community rooted in faith and committed to seeking excellence for all, we are proud to honor your remarkable contributions and spirit. 🌟📚 #PrincipalsAward #LeadershipInAction #AcademicExcellence #SJCLife #SJC