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why catholic schools
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The Diocese of Kalamazoo and its schools strive to provide an exceptional educational experience in which all children can flourish. As parents, you send your students to Catholic schools because you want their whole person nurtured ~ mind, body, and soul. You trust our schools to provide not only a wonderful education but also to reinforce the morals and values you set in your home. We care about your students both now, as they mature into their adult life, and in the future as they look to their eternal life.
FAITH...
Our Catholic faith is at the center of all we do. We start and end our days with prayer and our students participate regularly in weekly Masses. Through the regular presence of parish priests and chaplains, and regular visits from our Bishop, students are exposed to the various aspects of religious life. Our teachers have solid faith formation and serve their students as role models of our Catholic faith, reinforcing the lessons you teach at home as they care for their spiritual and educational well-being.
KNOWLEDGE...
We strive to set your children up for future success and we know that requires a rigorous curriculum and high academic standards. We focus on teaching each child using diversified teaching styles, learning environments and subject matter. Our students regularly meet and exceed local and national test scores and thrive in our well-balanced school environments.
SERVICE...
Our students put their faith and knowledge into action through service to others. Through a variety of service projects and servant leadership opportunities, we instill in them one of the principles of our faith - to serve others before ourselves.
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school ACCREDITATION and strategic plansOur schools strive to be excellent. The National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools describes how the most mission-driven, program effective, well managed, and responsibly governed Catholic schools operate. They are school effectiveness standards rather than curriculum content standards, although they support curriculum development consistent with national standards and the Common Core State Standards.
National Standards Document
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Curriculum
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TESTIMONIALSThe most important role I have in my children's lives is to foster in them a familiarity, appreciation, and openness to a life lived in faith through the Catholic Church. The largest portion of their time for nine months of the year is spent in a school and school activities. How does it make sense not to choose Catholic schools for my children? Catholic schools are a partner in the faith formation of my children. -Ed Carey
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