Personal Responsibility. Confidence. Critical Thinking. Prepared for the Challenges Ahead.

Upper school (middle school) is a challenging and exciting time. We believe that the middle school years are critical to a child's development into adulthood. 

We emphasize opportunities to build their moral compass as well as confidence in their intellectual abilities - encouraging them to ask questions and think critically. Our inquiry-based learning style involves asking questions, problem solving and drawing parallels from a variety of solutions. We focus on the classics and root words to prepare them for the ACT and SAT they will encounter in high school.

Upper school students are also on a block schedule and experience a greater level of independence as they change classes, which prepares them for high school where higher levels of personal responsibility are required.

Teachers communicate frequently with each other to individualize each student’s education as much as possible. We work with each student according to his or her proficiency and special talents in each discipline.

Students study eight different subjects each day. Beginning in the sixth year, our students learn the fundamentals of how to write a research paper, and will write one paper each year. All students complete Pre-Alegbra, Algebra, and Algebra I.

Students can also apply for membership in BETA, participate in service projects, attend and facilitate weekly Mass.