The St. Joseph School District is celebrating School Social Worker Week.

The week runs March 7th-11th. Five school social workers and employed by the district.

“We are extremely fortunate to have some of the best school social workers in the state and nation working right here in the St. Joseph School District,” said Kim Hill, the SJSD Director of Counseling. “We would like to ask the St. Joseph community to join us in recognizing our school social workers for the important work they do for SJSD students and families! We don’t say it often enough, but we appreciate them this week and throughout the school year; we don’t know what we would ever do without them.”

The district said school social workers play an important role in removing and overcoming barriers to student success and achievement. They serve as a liaison between school, home and community and work collaboratively with many community agencies and stakeholders.