SCHOOL MINISTRY

Academics

Core Curriculum

Our Lady of Peace provides an excellent elementary and middle school education grounded in the Catholic tradition and based on the conviction that education is the cultivation of knowledge, and the search for truth, beauty and goodness.

Religious Studies

The study of Sacred Scriptures and the Catholic tradition form the core for the religious studies curriculum. Through these we work to inspire children: to understand that God lives among us, within us, and is present all around us; to honor, value, respect and reverence the human dignity of every person; and to be oriented to Christian service.

Language Arts

We prepare students to communicate thoughts and feelings both in written and spoken word with clarity, confidence, and correctness. We prepare students to creatively express themselves in dialogue and composition being effective in and receptive to communicating through various media.

Mathematics

Through our mathematics program we prepare students to be mathematically literate with a core of basic knowledge and skills; confident and competent in understanding concepts, inferring relationships and solving multi-dimensional problems; astute in creative problem solving, and investigating new possibilities.

Social Studies

Through our social studies program we prepare students who are able to differentiate and appreciate individual persons and groups' diverse cultures, physical differences, and varying beliefs, background and values. Students learn how to recognize the need for structure, order, and authority in human organizations; recognize and uphold the democratic stance of representative rule of the people and so become an informed, responsible participant in decision-making processes hold human rights for all.

Science

Through our science program we prepare students to probe with curiosity, analyze scientifically, and hypothesize theory about the form, rhythm, balance and order found in the micro and macrocosm of the earth and the earth's living creatures. Students learn to respect all forms of life, grateful for the variety of forms; delight in the enhancement that color, light, heat, and sound bring to this earth; are fascinated by attraction, force, and motion, by ocean depths and mountain heights.