We focus on our youngest community by having a specialized room for 12 month old to 36 month olds and two rooms for our preschool friends (3 – 5 year olds). These are small classrooms with focused attention on social emotional growth and academic exposure. It is a language rich environment with diverse sensory experiences. The preschool class age students also get to visit our Unified Arts team once a week. Our team of loving caregivers focus on meeting the individual needs of our youngest students!

In our primary classrooms we continue to focus on the early developmental stages of the whole child. We look to develop children’s fine and gross motor skills along with language, visual, and spatial abilities to strengthen their capacity to grow academically. Learning happens through small group and individual work focused on the high interest areas of our children. These are years highlighted with special occasions such as First Communion and Reconciliation.

At Holy Spirit we embrace technology and engage the role it plays in our daily lives by modeling through our classrooms. Our students’ one to one experience begins in 4th grade. Each student is assigned a device that students use to manage assignments and activities during the school day. Intermediate students enjoy moving from class to class for reading, science, math, and language arts. Their homerooms meet together for religion. This allows our students to address grade level specific content, student interests and model healthy relationships.

While all students participate in the Unified Arts classes, the 5th grade explores band. Students and parents select an instrument. They meet twice a week to practice and participate in an annual presentation. This allows students the opportunity to make an informed decision when choosing between band or choir in middle school.

Our middle school students begin to choose from a variety of leadership opportunities. Upperclassmen may choose to apply to be an ambassador. They participate in planning and delivering a character lesson to multi-age family groups. They may also apply to participate in our school’s student council which helps plan school wide events and service projects. Other options include National Junior Honors Society, Mother Theresa club, Annual Fund Dinner Theater, as well as our upperclassmen jobs within the school.

Students all participate in Unified Arts classes which includes band or choir, PE, art, and Spanish. These are in addition to their core curriculum classes which prepares them for their upcoming high school experience. Each student is assigned a device that they use to manage assignments and a school email for classes. Teachers communicate assignments, expectations and follow up through the iPad. Students are responsible for taking these devices home for the school year. The 8th grade even use their device to capture special memories for a recap of their class trip to Washington DC.