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Quick Facts
Principal Mrs. Barby Magness   email the principal
Special features religious, before- and after- school care
Gender composition coed
Dress code Uniforms required: Shorts and polo shirts in summer and jumpers or skirts and button down shirts in winter for girls. Shorts & polo shirts in summer and pants with button down shirts in winter for boys.

School Mission
  • The school motto, Seeking Knowledge + Modeling Christ + Serving Others is paramount for daily student life. As a Catholic elementary school, our goal is to educate the whole child, spiritually, intellectually and emotionally so that they will be life-long learners.

Curriculum
  • This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
  • Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
 
 
Instructional Program Highlights
  • Integrate curriculum focused on teaching students to be readers, writers and thinkers.

Activities and Sports
  • Girls sports: basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and volleyball.
  • Boys sports: basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer and swimming.
  • Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Forensics.
  • This school has the following art(s) programs: band and drawing/painting.
 
 
Technology and Facilities
  • This school was established in 2001.
 
 
Admissions and Enrollment
  • Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview and recommendations.
  • Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 61-80% were accepted.
  • Tuition: $4000-4999
 
 
Other Features and Highlights
  • 96-100% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
  • Regular classroom hours: 7:50am to 3:00pm.
  • Accredited by SACS in 2004.
 
 
Source of Data
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 09/17/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.  

 
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