Curriculum Highlights

St. Patrick Catholic School is accredited by AdvancEd and all teachers are certified through the State of Kansas. Faith is the foundation by which we teach all content and curriculum outlined by Archdiocese of Kansas City. We teach Core, Supplemental and Social Emotional Content. Students at St. Patrick have the opportunity to partake in many extracurricular activities (also listed under our "Student Life" tab to the left).All content areas are in place to ensure a well-rounded Catholic Education.

If you would like to read up on the specifics of our curriculum please check out the Archdiocese of Kansas City website at:
www.archkck.org/schools/2015/schools7-curriculum-by-subject

Core Content

• Religion & Theology
• Reading
• English Language Arts
• Math
• Social Studies
• Science

Supplemental Content

• Science Technology Religion Engineering Art & Technology (STREAM)
• Music & Band
• Physical Education
• Broadcasting Opportunities for 7^th & 8^th Grade students
• Self Quest
  • What is Self Quest? We have implemented a program for our middle school students called Self Quest. It is a 4-year program with a key focus each year. 5th grade focus—Reflection. 6th grade—Education. 7th grade– Exploration. 8th grade— Preparation.
    The objective is to have our students develop skills that are necessary for scholarly and career success and to develop the traits that will foster their faith in order to grow closer to Christ. Students will participate in writing various themed projects, making presentations, researching careers and vocations, developing a resume, and learning how to develop individualized learning plans. 8th-grade students will also take part in making an individual presentation in front of a panel of adults in an effort to prepare them for job interviews/scholarship interviews, etc. Students will also collect community/church service hours for the year. Each student in grades 5-8 are required to commit to at least 15 hours of documented community service or church service hours during the course of the school year. 

Social Emotional Content

• Catechesis of the Good Shepard (CGS)
• Virtuous Behavior Formation (VBF)
• Teaching through the Gospels
• FORMED Catholic Media offered by St. Patrick Church
• Core Virtues

Extra-Curricular Activities

• Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Sports for grades 4^th-8^th
• Young Rembrandts Drawing Classes
• "Mad Science" Classes
• Math Club
• Student Council
• Girls On The Run (GOTR)
• Student Ambassadors

Assessments & Progress Monitoring

• Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) Grades 3-8
  • Reading
  • Math
  • Science
  • Social Studies
• Measure of Academic Performance (MAP) Assessment Grades K-8
• Fountas & Pinnell (F&P) Reading Assessments Grades K-5
• Grade Level Common Assessments Grades K-8
• Dibel’s Grades K-2

 

Perfect Wings
 
The education of children with exceptionalities in Catholic schools requires acceptance, belonging, and community with open hearts and open minds. Perfect Wings is designed to support schools in maximizing the God given gifts and talents of all students enrolled in our schools.
 
Guiding Questions to determine levels of support:
 

• What do you want students to learn?
  • We set goals and expectations.
• How will you know when they are learning it?
  • We utilize formative and summative assessments.
• How will we respond when they do not learn it?
  • We reteach and provide different levels interventions &support.
• How will we respond when they already know it?
  • We provide extensions, more in depth content and/or have students research and apply it to the real-world.

 
Here at St. Patrick we support each student within the classroom, based upon their specific needs, by providing minor adjustments and multi-leveled tiers of support to meet their learning needs. As the needs of the student increases, the intensity of the interventions and support increases. We closely monitor through our student intervention team, set goals, and assist each child in growing and learning.
 

Grading Scale

Grades are only one of the many ways teachers communicate academic progress of students. Students are graded on mastery of skills and outcomes as demonstrated through formative and summative assessments, participation, projects and activities. The grading scale used by St. Patrick is consistent with Archdiocesan policy.

Grades K-2

• + = Consistent Performance
• S = Satisfactory Performance
• / = Needs Improvement
• Blank = Skill not taught at this time

Grades 3-8

• A = 94%-100%
• B = 87%-93%
• C = 75%-86%
• D = 68%-74%
• F = 67% and below

What is unique about St. Patrick?
 

• We are a Google school with 1:1 Chromebook’s for students’ grades 5-8.
• We offer mass twice a week. 
• We are innovative and preparing students to learn and grow as disciples of Christ in a global society.
• We teach students that they are each a masterpiece of God, created with precision for a specific purpose.
• We are the only Archdiocesan Catholic School in Wyandotte County that offers Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to our younger grades.