Excellence in Education
Excellence in Education
St. Charles School maintains a tradition of academic excellence. Curriculum as implemented through classroom instruction combines current academic standards with research-based and innovative practices. Teachers employ effective best practices, including cross-curricular and differentiated instruction, multiple assessments, and project-based learning. Balanced instruction ensures students master foundational skills and develop higher-order critical thinking and problem-solving strategies such as application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluatation.
St. Charles School's K-8 core curriculum consists of:
- Religion and Character Education
- Language Arts (reading, spelling, handwriting, conventions of English, writing/composition)
- Mathematics (foundations of arithmetic, number sense, operations, concepts & problem solving, pre-algebra, Algebra I)
- Science
- Social Studies
- Music K-6 & Dramatic Arts 7-8
- Spanish
- Physical Education
- Art