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Principal |
Shelley Conner |
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Special features |
religious, nonprofit, before- and after- school care |
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Gender composition |
coed |
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Dress code |
Uniforms required: Navy shorts, pants or skorts. Plaid skirts, White or Navy Polo shirts. |
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School Mission
- With Christ Jesus as our guide, we are called to become one community that provides a safe and nurturing environment dedicated to developing the whole child.
We promote critical thinking, self-discipline, and excellence in Catholic Education, while empowering all community members to be life-long learners who serve God and God's creation.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on back-to-basics, traditional instruction.
- Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball, softball and volleyball.
- Boys sports: basketball, baseball and football.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: After-school sports, grades 5-8; Conserve and Preserve Club, all ages; Chess, Scouting- all ages; Irish Dance- all ages and Bookworms- two groups, one older and one younger.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: orchestra, band, theater/drama, chorus, drawing/painting and dance.
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Parent and Community Support
- Parents are trained to assist in the classroom. They also provide extra eyes for supervision, and support the administration in promoting the school in the community.
Other news or notes
- Wonderful parent involvement, strong community atmosphere, dedicated and spirit-filled teachers.
| Technology and Facilities |
- 14 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established in 2001.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
- This school was built in 2001.
- Recent or upcoming renovations: New facility (2001), Recent upgrade to outdoor play area. Campus well maintained.
- Gymnasium and physical education facilities: Multipurpose Room used when it is too hot or cold for outdoor activity.
- Library facilities: Students attend Library class 1 hour/week. Books are available for checkout durring that time or before school, at lunch and after school. Library time is used to learn library, research and study skills.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview, essays and samples of student work.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: ITBS.
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 41-60% were accepted.
- Tuition: $4000-4999
- 21-40% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- Tax Credit Scholarships are available to families that demonstrate financial need.
- Graduates typically go to: Catholic High Schools.
- Students at this school enroll by choice.
- Less than half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: After school or lunchtime detentions; In-school suspension; closed campus. Other safety and discipline-related resources include: Discipline with Purpose.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 96-100% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- Regular classroom hours: 7:45 am to 3:05 pm.
- Accredited by WCEA Western Catholic Education Associations in 2004.
- Accredited by NCA North Central Association in 2004.
- Principal has been at this school for 2 years.
- Principal has 6 years of experience.
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Volunteer requests
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Category: language arts/social studies
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Description: We can always use tutors to help with reading or math.
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- Contact name: Shelley Conner
- Contact phone: Not provided
- Contact email: sconner@sjbosco.org
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Donation requests
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Category: fundraisers/special events
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Description: Auction items or events are helpful
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- Contact name: Maureen Sullivan
- Contact phone: Not provided
- Contact email: msullivan@sjbosco.org
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 01/25/2008. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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