Academics – Grades 7-8
We at St. Patrick School incorporate a variety of instructional methodologies to equip our students for success. Our goal is to teach students to communicate effectively, create strong study habits, and recognize the value in different perspectives. We learn, reflect, and work hard each day to pursue our goals. The use of games, peer editing, note taking, study guides, and interactive student notebooks helps students study and solve problems. Within the junior high, we focus on developing study skills that will follow students through high school and beyond.
Every school year we begin with a presentation and reflection activity about digital etiquette (sending emails, commenting to others, etc.) and another about academic honesty. Students set academic and spiritual goals throughout the year, returning to these goals to track progress as the trimesters progress.
Both accelerated and standard grade-level math and ELA classes are offered in 7th and 8th grades. This allows for smaller class sizes in core subject areas and differentiates content to meet the needs of junior high learners.
All student grades are posted in your online portal for you to see at any time.
Religion
We prioritize our student’s engagement and growth in their relationship with Christ. By putting God’s word into action, we seek to understand the teaching and traditions of the Catholic Church. Students participate in monthly school wide masses with each grade hosting one mass each year. After each Mass, students reflect on the ways they grew closer to God in Mass, the Gospel readings, and how they will take these lessons and put them into action.
Mercy/Service Projects
Within religion class time, junior high students actively engage in three-four mercy projects per year. This includes:
Annual Valentine’s Market: With the money raised, we purchase duffle bags and birthday boxes for children in foster care within the community
Schoolwide Toiletry Drive: Schoolwide Toiletry Drive for the shelters run by the students
Special Olympics: Our junior high students run games at the Special Olympics
Community Service
Our students must complete 25 hours of community service each year in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. This is one way students build compassion as they actively respond to the needs of the world around them.
Field Trips & Enrichment Opportunities:
Our students participate in student retreats off campus, 6th Grade Science Camp, and every other year take a trip to Washington DC for 7th and 8th graders to learn more about our government.
Student Council is another avenue in which students are offered opportunities to develop leadership skills in 7th and 8th grade.
Electives
Students choose three electives and get to rank their choices. They are not the same every trimester but can include:
- Stage Crew (help with musicals and productions on campus including sound and lighting)
- Academic Decathlon
- Floral Design
- Cooking
- Choir
- Newspaper
- Meditation and Gardening
- Mixed Media Art
- Graphic Design
- Science Experiments
- Drawing and Sketching
- Financial Futures
- Storytelling Through Art
School Fun & Community Building
Our Junior High Students are leaders on campus and important role models for the younger grades. Our first and eighth grade classes are Buddies and seventh and second grade are Buddies. They sit together at masses and work on projects together throughout the year.
Campus events include:
- Color Run
- Halloween parade
- Dessert walk
- Catholic Schools Week
- Pep Rallies
- Pet Blessing
- Red Ribbon Week
- Play Day (hosted by the 7th graders)
- 8th grade is full of tradition, including
- the time-honored mother-daughter volleyball game
- and the father-son basketball game!
- Graduation (8th Grade)
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