St. Joseph's Catholic School graduated its first class in May 1997. Since that time, there have been twelve graduating classes totaling 410 alumni. One hundred percent of all St. Joseph's graduates have been accepted into colleges and universities across the country, with many students receiving excellent scholarship packages.

The school celebrated its twelfth Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 31, 2008. The Class of 2008, consisting of 50 members, was awarded college scholarship and grant money in excess of $3 million dollars. Thirty-nine members of the class received scholarship money at an average of over $79,000 per student.  This figure included, but was not limited to, 24 South Carolina Life Scholarships, 8 Palmetto Fellows Scholarships, and 7 full tuition scholarships.  In addition, three students were named as National Merit Finalists, three as National Commended Students, and one as a National Achievement Finalist.  The Class of 2008 was also distinguished by the addition of 14 new colleges and universities to the ever-growing list of those to which the previous 360 graduates were accepted, including Princeton University, Roosevelt University, and Rutgers University, among others.

Other notables regarding the Class of 2008 include:  Three seniors accepted to the University of Notre Dame, the most from any single SJCS class; two seniors were awarded Furman University Hollingsworth Scholarships out of only twenty awarded statewide; and the Class is distinguished by having the first Presidential Scholar in the school’s history.

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