On March 19th of last month, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the new home of St. Joseph’s School for the Blind—a state-of-the-art facility, located at 761 Summit Avenue in Jersey City. Hundreds of elated guests showed up for the official opening. With a current population of 130 blind and visually impaired students and those with multiple disabilities from infancy to age 21, St. Joseph’s School for the Blind has always been known as one of the most caring facilities for the blind. St. Joseph’s is the only school of its kind in New Jersey.

The former St. Joseph’s School for the Blind, located on Baldwin Avenue in Jersey City, was a worn down relic of another era with an elevator that barely worked. The new, two-story facility, offers 20 classrooms as well as an Enrichment Media Center, a heated therapeutic swimming pool, a therapy suite; used for occupational therapy, physical therapy, and orientation and mobility training, plus a large gymnasium and an art and music room. At the ribbon cutting event, a group of St. Joseph’s students sang an uplifting song called “St. Joseph’s Family” to the cheering audience; it captured the joyful feeling of the day.
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