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Mount Saint Joseph Semi-Military Academy

Was an All Male Boarding Roman Catholic Elementary and Middle School from 1st to 8th Grades and Military Academy (Not ROTC). The Campus was located formerly at Rural District 2 Post Office Box 101 serviced by the United States Post Office Newburgh Branch on Little Britain Road (or New York State Route 207) & formerly at 880 Jackson Avenue & presently at 84 Presentation Way, in New Windsor (formerly Newburgh), Orange County, New York 12553 United States of America, which Opened in 1924 and Closed in 1974. The Administration was comprised of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Mount Saint Joseph Convent, at 84 Presentation Way, in New Windsor, Orange County, New York 12553 (Website: https://www.sistersofthepresentation.org/ Facebook Page: Presentation Sisters Northeast). The Academic Faculty was comprised of the Presentation Sisters as Office Principals and Classroom Teachers. The Support Staff was comprised of the Presentation Sisters as Military Marching Band Moderators and Dormitory Mothers, former or Retired United States Army and Air Force Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officer Veterans from the United States Military Academy at West Point and Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh, Orange County, New York as Military Drill Instructors, Laymen as Physical Education Teachers, Sports Coaches, and Dormitory Prefects, and Laywomen as Office Secretaries, Kitchen Cooks and Cafeteria Servers. There was an Average Population of 160 Student Cadets.

The Student Cadets Marched from and to the Dormitories, Dining Room, School Building, Playground, and Sports Courts & Fields by Grade Class. The Cadets in the Color Guard, Military Marching Band, and Unarmed Drill Company Marched and Won Trophies in the Annual New York City, Yonkers, Tarrytown, Peekskill, Poughkeepsie, and Kingston Saint Patrick's and Columbus Day Parades in the Hudson River Valley of New York State. The Mount Saint Joseph Semi-Military Academy Alumni Association Wikipedia Page: Mount Saint Joseph Semi-Military Academy, Facebook Page: Mount Saint Joseph Semi-Military Academy @MSJSMA