English Department Mission Statement: The Saint Joseph Academy English Department fosters student knowledge and appreciation of the human experience through critical reading and effective writing.

The English Department offers the following courses: Complete list of English courses

• English 9: Introduction to Literary Genres
• Honors English 9: Advanced Study of Literary Genres 
• English 10 
  
• Honors English 10
  
• Honors English 11: British Literature 
• English 12: World Literature 
• Honors English 12: Advanced Study of Literary Genres 
• AP English Literature and Composition
• Vietnam Experience
  
• Holocaust Experience
  
• Women Leading in the 21st Century
  
• Speech
  
• Creative Writing
• Debate

 English Department Faculty:

Michelle Kelly- Flanagan, Chair
B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College
Email: mflanagan@sja1890.org

Accomplishments:

• Associate of the Congregation of Saint Joseph
• Recipient of the James Thomas Outstanding High School Teacher Award – Baldwin Wallace College
• Recipient of the Sr. Edith Frantz, CSJ Outstanding Faculty Award.
• Recipient of eXpressions "Where Research and Creativity Meet” Innovative Teacher Award

Erin Blayney '96
M.Ed., John Carroll University
B.A., John Carroll University
Email: eblayney@sja1890.org

Accomplishments:

• Co-presenter at National Conference of Teachers of English – "Teachers and Students Together; Living Literate Lives” – topic: "Teaching Romeo and Juliet”
• Published poet
• Recipient of the Sister Edith Franz Outstanding Faculty Award
• Recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award from The College of Wooster

Paula Conti
M.A.T Marygrove College
B.A., University of Dayton
Email: pconti@sja1890.org

Accomplishments:

• Member of the AVID Team.
• Who’s Who in America’s Teachers
  
  

Marion (Mel) Kupchik
M.A., Cleveland State University
B.A., Notre Dame College of Ohio
Email: mkupchik@sja1890.org

Accomplishments:

• Forensics Team Director
• AP English Instructor
• Associate of the Congregation of Saint Joseph
• Member of the Reading Content Committee for The Ohio Graduation Test (1999-2006)

Emmy Levine
M.A., Teachers College
B.A., Ohio University
Email: elevine@sja1890.org

Robert Polk
B.A., Borromeo College of Ohio
Email: rpolk@sja1890.org

• Former editor
• Teacher of the winner of the Sister Clare Carney Scholarship for excellence in the writing of the research paper

Kathryn Tighe
B.A., University of Dayton
Email: ktighe@sja1890.org

Accomplishment:

• Member of the AVID Team

Student Accomplishments:

• Student won Blue Ribbon for her poem "Where is My Heart,” the creative component to the research on the quality of life after a pacemaker placement – Cleveland Clinic Civic Initiatives

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