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Primary and Intermediate

Kindergarten · Age Five

 Our kindergarten curriculum is designed to inspire, motivate, encourage and support students as they build a foundation for life-long learning. For children who will be five years old by September 1 of the enrollment year, our full-day kindergarten program coincides with the 8:00am to 2:50pm schedule followed by students in first through eighth grade.

 

Keep reading or download our information package for more information. Ready to enroll? Great! You can download the admissions documents here, or stop in the school office and pick up a package anytime we're open.

Daily instruction:

  • Superkids (Rowland Reading Foundation)
  • MyMath (McGraw Hill)
  • Faith First (Benziger)
  • Monthly thematic science and social studies curriculum

Weekly supplementals:

  • Art
  • Computer lab and iPads
  • Physical education
  • Music
  • Spanish

Favorite highlights:

  • Field trips
  • Kindergarten/8th grade Halloween party
  • 100-Day celebration
  • Teddy Bear Picnic
  • Parents' Mass & end-of-year picnic
 

  Primary · Grades 1 & 2

Our primary classrooms offer a loving, nurturing and prayerful environment for your child. We develop children eager to learn by engaging them in hands-on activities, extending their abilities to work independently and in groups, developing their social skills and promoting respect for themselves and others.

 

Keep reading here or download our school introduction package to learn more.

Primary grade instruction includes:

  • Experiencing Jesus through weekly mass participation, prayer services and monthly assemblies
  • Preparation and reception of the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist (grade 2)
  • Cross-curricular teaching, cooperative learning and small group instruction
  • Interactive atmosphere with SMART Boards and iPads
  • Supplemental support
  • Weekly art, computer, PE, library, music and Spanish
  • Curriculum-based field trips

Extracurricular activities:

  • Young Rembrandts
  • Little Star Guitar
  • Irish Music School of Chicago
  • Choir
  • Chess Club
  • BOKS fitness program
  • STEM Club
  • Scouts for boys and girls
 
 

Intermediate · Grades 3 through 5

We instill independence, responsibility, and Catholic values and offer exciting challenges to learning. Students are inspired to achieve through a well-developed curriculum that continues to build critical fundamentals, as well as introduce and advance technological skill sets with interactive SMART Boards, iPads, Chromebooks and web-based activities and resources.

 

Moving to the area or thinking about a transfer? We'd be happy to schedule a tour for you and shadow day for your student. Contact Ms. Catherine Scotkovsky, principal, to learn more.

Students experience:

  • Weekly mass attendance, prayer services and monthly assemblies
  • Cross-curricular teaching, cooperative learning and small-group instruction
  • Supplemental support from experienced learning resource experts
  • Weekly art, computer, gym, library, music and Spanish classes
  • Fully equipped science lab
  • Opportunities for environmental stewardship
  • Curriculum-based field trips

Extracurricular activities:

  • Young Rembrandts
  • Little Star Guitar
  • Irish Music School of Chicago
  • Choir
  • Chess Club
  • BOKS fitness program
  • STEM Club
  • Scouts for boys and girls
 

TRIP

The Tuition Reduction Incentive Program is a win-win way to reduce your tuition through purchases of scrip gift cards for everyday purchases. Families save hundreds, and TRIP continues through high school and college!

 

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