Academics
6-12 Academic Philosophy
Our grade 6-12 academic program and our coordinated bell schedule between the high school and middle school allow many advantages to our academic community. Although we acknowledge and support a clear developmental distinction between our middle school and high school youngsters, our common schedule offers many opportunities for collaboration across the grades. Our schedule allows our high school and middle school faculties to meet periodically in their 6-12 academic departments to plan curriculum so that specific learning objectives build on each other.
Our younger students begin to develop the academic skills and study habits necessary to be successful learners in the upper levels of our program. Similarly, our high school program is informed by the integrated and experiential curriculum of our middle school. In addition this schedule gives our younger middle school students the opportunity to be placed in various high school classes depending on their ability levels. For example, this year we have 23 middle school students taking high school classes primarily in world languages and math.
Perhaps most importantly, we have many opportunities for our students to share in the rich student culture for which Eastside Catholic is so well known. These connections include time for common prayer and liturgy as well as for student assemblies and mentoring types of projects. By the time our students are ready to graduate from our seven year program, we believe they will have both the academic foundation and study skills required for college, as well as a strong grounding in their faith that will enable them to be positive contributors to society.