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The individual learning needs of the students are monitored and addressed through the study of standardized testing history, parent survey responses, and tracking of student progress by the faculty members.

Some of the features of our curriculum that are of importance include the following:

  • Weekly all school liturgies with homilies geared to children
  • Daily religion classes
  • Full day kindergarten program (5 days/week) is available
  • An optional half day (a.m. only) kindergarten program is available
  • Monthly service projects that encourage stewardship to our students
  • Peaceful, safe environment in which Christian values and caring discipline are hallmarks
  • Teachers, who are interested in your child’s wholeness, communicate with you frequently
  • On-line gradebook program allows you to constantly monitor your child’s progress
  • Honors mathematics program for students in grades five through eight
  • Small math and reading groups at all levels that allow for no more than 15:1 student/teacher ratio enhance instruction and learning
  • School staffed resource room with a special education teacher who addresses the various learning needs of all students
  • Support classes including Art, Computers, Music, Physical Education and Library for all grade levels
  • Spanish instructions in grades four through eight
  • Numerous local, state, and national competitions for student participation in areas of math, science, spelling, writing, art and physical education
  • Fully networked with internet and wireless connections available in the computer lab and classrooms
  • Laptops for student instructional uses
  • Textbook revisions/updates on a yearly basis
  • Annual standardized testing in all grade levels
  • Active parent groups including PSA (Parish School Association), Dads’ Club and School Committee allow parents to be involved in their child’s school
  • CYO cheerleading, football, basketball, volleyball, and baseball

Textbook Revisions on a yearly basis


Primary Grades | Kindergarten | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 |
Middle School Grades | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 |
Computer Science | Music | Art | Physical Education | Library | Spanish |


Primary Grade Levels (K-4)

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Grade Level Curriculums

Kindergarten

Religion

Language Arts/Reading

  • Phonemic awareness
    • Rhyming words
    • Beginning and ending sounds
    • Blending phonemes
    • Reading color words
    • Number words
    • Sight words
  • Reading strategies
    • Predicting/inferring
    • Decoding
    • Summarizing
    • Cause and effect
  • Comprehension skills
    • Compare and contrast
    • Noting important details
    • Story structure (beginning, middle, and end)
    • Characters and setting
    • Inferences
    • Drawing conclusions
    • Sequence of events
    • Fantasy and realism
  • Vocabulary
    • Concept words
    • Naming words
    • Describing words
    • Action words
    • Rhyming words
    • Singular and plural naming words
  • Writing
    • Drawing and labeling
    • Writing description
    • Journal writing
    • Writing class stories
    • Making books
Mathematics
  • Sorting
  • Geometry and Patterns
  • Positions
  • Numbers 0-10
  • Numbers to 31
  • Tables, graphs, and fractions
  • Addition readiness
  • Subtraction readiness
  • Money
  • Time
  • Measurement
  • Numbers to 100

Social Studies/Science

  • Fall/Johnny Appleseed
  • Seasons and weather
  • Five senses
  • Animals
  • Dinosaurs
  • Solar System
  • Transportation
  • Community helpers
  • Friends and family
  • Under the sea
  • Plants
  • Fire safety

Grade 1

Religion

Language Arts/Reading

  • Phonetic/level approach
  • Fostering word attack skills
  • Story sequencing
  • Parts of a story
  • Real literature combined with skill assessment activities
  • Varied materials to support literacy enjoyment
  • Extending into higher level questioning
  • Predicting outcomes

Grammar/Phonics

  • Initial/ending sounds
  • Long/short vowels
  • Initial/final consonant blends/diagraphs
  • Nouns, verbs, and adjectives
  • Pronouns
  • Contractions
  • Writing activities
  • Upper/lower case letters and usage
  • Sentence/paragraph/story construction

Mathematics

  • Recognizing/writing number sentences and story problems
  • Addition- all facts
  • Subtraction- all facts
  • Beginning geometry
  • Learning/using mathematical language
  • Time
  • Money
  • Calendar skills
  • Graphing
  • Estimation
  • Predicting outcomes
  • Patterning
  • Using manipulatives

Grade 2

Religion

Language Arts

  • Capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
  • Grammar, correct usage
  • Writing complete sentences
  • Recognizing nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
  • Writing paragraphs and stories
  • Master manuscript
  • Begin cursive writing

Reading

  • Introduction of fiction and non-fiction
  • Comprehension
    • Main idea
    • Cause/effect
    • Predictions
  • Vocabulary- classifying, webbing, etc.
  • Phonics- consonants, clusters, diagraphs, and silent letters

Mathematics

  • Adding and subtracting
  • Understanding numbers
  • Money
  • Measurement
  • Time
  • Problem solving
  • Geometry
  • Fractions

Social Studies

  • What is community?
  • Geography and how it helps us
  • Why we learn about history
  • Why people work
  • How our government works

Science

  • Living things- how they grow and change
  • Homes for living things
  • Exploring Earth’s surface- space and weather
  • Exploring matter
  • Energy in motion

Grade 3

Religion

Language Arts

  • Sentences- definition and kinds of
  • Subjects, predicates, and sentence combining
  • Common and proper nouns
  • Singular, plural, and possessive nouns
  • Commas
  • Capital letters
  • Verbs- action, tenses, linking, helping, and irregular
  • Contractions
  • Apostrophes
  • Pronouns- singular, plural, and possessive
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Writing- expository, descriptive, narrative, explanatory, informative, and creative

Reading

  • Listening, speaking, and viewing skills
  • Review alphabetic principles, sounds, and symbols
  • Introduce vocabulary and word identification skills
  • Comprehension strategies
  • Study skills
  • Literature appreciation
  • Interpret graphs, tables, and graphs

Handwriting

  • Continue mastery of manuscript
  • Development of cursive

Mathematics

  • Adding and subtracting
  • Understanding numbers
  • Money
  • Measurement
  • Time
  • Problem solving
  • Geometry
  • Fractions
  • Statistics
  • Graphing
  • Probability
  • Decimals
  • Division- one and two numbers
  • Multiplication- one and two numbers

Social Studies

  • Maps and globes
  • Graphics, charts, and tables
  • People/communities
  • Government
  • Cultures and diversity
  • “Time for Kids”

Science

  • Life sciences
  • Plants and animals/interactions
  • Earth sciences
  • Earth’s land
  • Cycles on Earth and in space
  • Solar System
  • Physical sciences
  • Investigating matter
  • Exploring energy and forces

Grade 4

Religion

Language Arts

  • Sentences
  • Parts of Speech- nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs and introduction to Prepositions
  • Mechanics of writing
  • Study skills
  • Writing process
  • Spelling-weekly tests and spelling patterns
  • Handwriting- applying cursive

Reading

  • Comprehension
  • Vocabulary
  • Study skills and graphic aids
  • Literary appreciation
  • Language usage
  • Predictions

Mathematics

  • Numbers
  • Addition and subtraction
  • Measurement
  • Multiplication and division
  • Geometry
  • Fractions and mixed numbers
  • Tables
  • Problem solving
  • Probability
  • Decimals

Social Studies

  • Basic geography skills
  • Michigan history
  • Regions of the United States- history, geography, culture, and economy

Science

  • Living things
  • Ecosystems
  • Earth’s surface
  • Patterns on earth and in space
  • Matter and energy
  • Forces and Motion

Spanish

  • Pronunciations
  • Vowels and the alphabet
  • Numbers and colors
  • Days of the week and months of the year
  • Greetings
  • Oral conversations
  • Vocabulary development
  • Beginning grammar structure including verb conjunctions

Middle School Grades (5-8)

Religion
Language Arts

Spanish grades 5-8
Mathematics
  • Honors Mathematics
  • Pre-Algebra
  • Algebra
Social Studies
  • U.S. History grade 7
  • Geography grade 8
Science
  • Life Science grade 7
  • Physical Science grade 8
Art
Music
Library
Computers
Physical Education

Grade Level Curriculums

Grade 5

Religion

Language Arts
  • Sentence structure and diagramming Parts of speech Mechanics of writing
    • Spelling
    • Punctuation
    • Grammar
    • Capitalization
    • Vocabulary
  • Writing Process
  • Literary elements and devices
Reading
  • Predictions
  • Previewing
  • Inference of story meaning
  • Comprehension
    • Independent
    • Group based
  • Listening skills
  • Vocabulary strategies
  • Study skills
  • Informational resource skills
  • Literary skills
  • Writing skills
Mathematics
  • Place value of whole numbers
  • Adding and subtracting whole numbers
  • Place values of decimals
  • Adding and subtracting decimals
  • Multiplying and dividing
    • One-digit numbers
    • Larger numbers
    • Two-digit numbers
    • Decimals
  • Analyzing and graphing data
  • Circle, bar, and line graphs
  • Probability
  • Measurement using metric units
Social Studies
  • Map reading
  • Basic geography skills
  • Map identification/features
  • U.S. history from 1500 through current events
  • Study of cultures
    • Geography
    • History
    • Economy
  • Relating past events to personal life and current events
  • Introduction of Constitution
    • Bill of Rights
    • Declaration of Independence
    • Democratic system of voting
Science
  • Living systems
  • Systems and interactions in nature
  • Processes that change the earth
  • The solar system and beyond
  • Building blocks of matter
  • Energy and motion

Grade 6

Religion

Reading
  • Novels, short stories, non-fiction, and poetry
  • Literary elements
  • Point of view
  • Main idea/details
  • Comprehension
  • Use of library
  • Book reports
  • Figurative language
  • Word origins, suffixes, prefixes, and root words
Spelling/vocabulary
  • Word meaning
  • Correct spelling
  • Proper use of words to complete sentences
  • Word classification and relationships
English
  • Sentence structure
  • Parts of speech and their proper usage
  • Punctuation
  • Subject, object, and predicate
  • Study skills
  • Use of references
  • Types of writing including essay, research, and creative
Mathematics
  • Number sense and operations
  • Fractions
  • Geometry and spatial reasoning
  • Statistics, graphing, and probability
  • Algebraic equations, relationships, and integers
  • Proportional reasoning
  • Measurement: one, two, and three-dimensional
  • Geometric patterns and operations
Social Studies
  • Early history of man
    • Fertile Crescent
    • Nile River
    • Huang He River
    • Indus River Valley
  • Ancient World
    • Greece
    • Rome
    • Arab worlds
    • Africa
    • Europe
    • South America
    • Asia
  • The world expands and changes
  • Stormy century
    • WW I and WW II
    • Cold War
    • Conflicts in the Middle East
    • Struggles in India
  • Geography and map skills
  • Biographies of important people
  • Integration of music and literature
Science
  • Understanding living things
  • Living things grow and respond
  • Living planet
  • Cycles in earth and space
  • Matter and energy
  • Forces and machines

Grade 7

Religion

Literature
  • Mythology
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Short Story
  • Novels
English
  • Grammar
  • Capitalization
  • Punctuation
  • Writing
    • Exposition
    • Character Sketches
    • Descriptive
    • Outlines
Mathematics
  • Number connections and expression
  • Operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, integers, and rational numbers
  • Algebraic expressions, equations, inequalities, and linear equations
  • Geometry
  • Ratios, rates, proportions, and percents
  • Statistics, graphing, and probability
  • Measurement
Social Studies (American History)
  • WWII
  • Cold War
  • Korean War
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Vietnam War years
  • 1969- Present
Science
  • Introduction to Biology
  • Cells
  • Body Systems
  • Genetics
  • Protists
  • Plants
  • Animal diversity
  • Ecology

Grade 8

Religion

Literature
  • Mythology
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Short Story
  • Novels
English
  • Grammar
  • Capitalization
  • Punctuation
  • Writing
    • Exposition
    • Character Sketches
    • Descriptive
    • Outlines
Social Studies
  • Geography Skills
    • World Geography
      • Earth
      • Climate, water, and vegetation
      • People
  • U.S. and Canada
  • Latin America
  • Europe
  • Russia
  • North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia
  • Southern Africa
  • Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Science: Physical Science



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