The first group of four Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker moved to Walton on November 1, 1974, with the intention of establishing their Motherhouse. Shortly after their arrival, some of the parishioners of All Saints asked Father Joseph Collins, the acting pastor, if he would ask the sisters if they would conduct a summer Religious Bible School for the children of the Parish. The sisters agreed. The Religious Bible School was so well attended that the parishioners again approached Father Collins to ask if the sisters would reopen All Saints School which had closed its doors eight years before.

With the permission of Bishop Ackerman, the Sisters offered their services because All Saints Parish was small at that time and could not afford to contribute the amount required by the Diocesan Office of Education to pay for lay teachers' salaries.

It took several months for difficulties to work out, but the eight-grade, four room school house opened its doors on August 30, 1976, with an enrollment of 135 students. On August 15, 1985, ground was broken for the construction of six additional school rooms, an office, a faculty room and a spacious hall underneath. (Funding was provided through the Parish.)

In 1995 (twelve years later) seeing that we were again outgrowing our physical plant, we made our cafeteria into two classrooms, moving the children to the hall for lunch. In 1996, we put our music program literally "on wheels" and dismantled our computer room to provide an additional classroom and a faculty room for our growing staff.

The next year, 1997, we obtained two office spaces across the street under a medical building for classrooms. In 1998, another office that had been vacated was obtained for our use. (Grades 6, 7, and 8 are at "Waller Hall", named for Dr. William Waller, owner of the medical building.) We also opened a kindergarten in 1998 with an enrollment of 46 students. Each years finds us "building" another room to accommodate a fast growing student body, which serves 5 counties in over 20 cities: 11% of which are non-Catholic.

St. Joseph Academy strives to preserve the rich heritage of a Catholic Christian education by means of daily Mass, regular confession, Lenten services such as the Stations of the Cross, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Devotion to Mary through May Crowning and a solid doctrinal programs which espouses the teachings of the New Catechism of the Catholic Church.