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= St. Joseph School = St. Joseph School was a co-educational Catholic school in Holbrook, Massachusetts, United States.

History: In 1959, the parishioners of St. Joseph Parish in Holbrook began a fundraising campaign for their new Catholic school. On September 6, 1962, St. Joseph School opened with two classes of grade one, two classes of grade two and a staff of five Sisters of the order of the Daughters of Charity (one principal and four teachers). A grade was added each year until 1968. By that time, the school had grades one through eight with two classes in each grade level. For the first three years, the Sisters resided in a portion of the school building. In 1965, however, they began living in the newly constructed convent, which still houses a group of sisters.

On September 22, 1962, His Eminence, Richard Cardinal Cushing dedicated St. Joseph School. In his address to the people, he referred to the school as a "Monument to a Christ-like man, Rev. Charles Murphy", who was the pastor of St. Joseph Parish for twenty-two years, and was very instrumental in acquiring the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity to staff the school. The Cardinal paid tribute to the Daughters of Charity and also thanked the town officials who helped make the project possible assuring them, "That no parochial school has conflicted with a public school system. There has always been complete cooperation between the two school systems and this will also be the case in Holbrook."

Mission: Saint Joseph School provides excellence in Catholic education by forming the uniqueness of each child for life long discipleship and dedicated leadership in the Church, community and world.

On the half-day of January 17, 2020, the principal and the priest went to each classroom to discuss that the school would be closing after the academic year was over. This was a result of a steady and steep drop in enrollments from the past three to five years. Down some 30% in that time frame, the school was operating with a small enrollment of 182 students at that time. The drop in enrollment prevented them from continuing to give children high-quality Catholic educational experiences. The school later closed on June 10, 2020.