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Awards |
NCEA Home & School Connection Award for our Character Education program, NCEA Home & School Connection Award for our Lunch Bunch program, Safety Cadet Award from the City of Milwaukee |
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Special features |
religious, before- and after- school care |
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Gender composition |
coed |
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Dress code |
Dress code: Tops: white, powder/baby blue, navy blue or cardinal red shirts, blouses with a collar or turtlenecks in short or long sleeves.
Bottoms: slacks worn by both boys and girls are to be plain and tailored with a hem or a cuff. Slacks must be ankle length solid navy blue in classic material such as twill, tailored knit (hems, pockets, etc.) or corduroy.
*Dresses/skirts: girls may wear a navy blue jumper, skirt, or skort that has no slits and is appropriate and modest in length. |
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School Mission
- Our mission is the Christian education of children in grades K4 through 8 in a five-day primary and middle school setting. Toward that end, we commit ourselves to:
• Integrating Catholic Christian and moral values into the curriculum;
• Respecting and promoting each student's God-given uniqueness;
• Encouraging participation in Gospel-centered living;
• Instilling a Christian responsibility to serve others;
• Maintaining ongoing communication and cooperation between the school and families of our students;
• Inspiring each child to a life-long love of learning;
• Recognizing religious, cultural and learning differences;
• Fostering a caring atmosphere for the entire school community.
| Curriculum |
- This school is best known for its excellence in academics.
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- 0-10% of students receive special education services.
- 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
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Strong Literacy program in the primary grades.
- Excellent high school preparation in middle school. 90% or more of our graduates attend a Catholic High School of their choice.
- Ability grouping in math from grades 2-8 insures students are being instructed on their individual level.
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball and volleyball.
- Boys sports: basketball and volleyball.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Readers are Leaders encourages student reading - no cost, sponsored by Home & School; Character Education program featuring 5 virtues - Honesty, Respect, Peacemaking, Responsibility & Kindness along with a signed covenant and activities throughout the year; Middle school electives program featuring forensics, intramural sports & games, and foreign language; Lunch Bunch is an activity program used as an alternative to recess - no cost, sponsored by Home & School; Partnership with St. Coletta School housed in our building, a school for cognitively disabled students and Middle school travel curriculum with a 3 day, 2 night 6th grade trip to Outdoor Education program, a 1 day fine arts trip to Chicago for the 7th grade including the Art Institute and Broadway play, and a week-long trip to Washington DC for our 8th grade.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, theater/drama, chorus and State Champion Forensics.
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Parent and Community Support
- Extremely active and supportive Home & School Association in both student programs and parental support. Parents have a great relationship with the parish, especially evident in our pledge program, and community.
Other news or notes
- Learning Center services for students. A school counselor/social worker and a school psychologist are available. Title I reading and math services through MPS available.
| Technology and Facilities |
- 3 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school offers wireless internet (wi-fi) access to students.
- This school was established before 1920.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
- This school was built between 1950-1959.
- Recent or upcoming renovations: Elevators, Office suite, Learning Center & computer network with internet access installation with a complete 25 computer lab and 3-5 workstations in each classroom.
- Gymnasium and physical education facilities: Large gymnasium with movable bleachers.
- Library facilities: Roomy library with only recent books. Computerized checkout system. Four computer workstations. Staffed by 50% librarians and 50% parent aides.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: report cards and school visit.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: Brigance Screening.
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 81-100% were accepted.
- 41-60% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- At St. Sebastian School, we have no tuition - instead we have a pledge program where families pledge 5% of the family income to the parish. This plan is applicable to both parish members and non-parishioners. We also offer a cost of education fee of $4200 for those not choosing the 5% pledge. We are also part of the School Choice program and PAVE.
- Graduates typically go to: Pius High School; Marquette University High School and Divine Savior Holy Angels High School.
- Students at this school enroll primarily because they live within the school's attendance boundary.
- Students also enroll by: We are open to many communities - Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, West Al.
- Almost all of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: Peer mediation or conflict resolution program; After school or lunchtime detentions; In-school suspension; closed campus;
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 91-95% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- Regular classroom hours: 7:55 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Accredited by Wisconsin Council of Independent & religious Schools in 2007.
- Accredited by Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 2007.
- Principal has been at this school for 13 years.
- Principal has 13 years of experience.
- 5% of teachers are in their first year.
- Teachers have an average of 10 years experience.
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| 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 06/12/2009. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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