Primary grades at Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School focus on forming faith-first friends. All children receive preparation for two Sacraments of Initiation, First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion, both offered to second-grade Catholic students who have been Baptized. Foundational skills for reading, writing, and number sense are the academic focus during these years. Additionally, as a Leader in Me Lighthouse School, integration of Social Emotional Learning and Mental Health habits and competencies aligned to Catholic virtues are taught to students for lifelong success. A high emphasis on service for others is planted.

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A rite of passage for students entering the 3rd grade is the individual distribution of their very own Bible. Students study the forefathers of our faith within the Old Testament and other important individuals within the Hebrew scriptures. In fourth grade, students learn about the New Testament and the time Christ and His disciples lived. In contrast, the third and fourth graders’ lenses for service are focused currently on needs that exist in Indianapolis and Indiana as students study their local community and the history of the 19th state, respectively.

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The middle grades at Saint Joan of Arc are designed to teach students who they are and from where they come. A high emphasis is placed on regard for service as A focus of preparing students for junior high where students are taught by different content-area highly effective teachers in respective fields of study. Students rotate among four classrooms to receive core content instruction in the areas of religion, mathematics, literature, science and social studies, taught by separate teachers who are better able to focus on fewer areas of content. Teachers work together to incorporate Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic standards and benchmarks into lessons and throughout all instruction.

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Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School offers a resource program for kindergarten through eighth grades. Our program is designed to help meet the needs of students identified with mild to moderate learning disabilities. These disabilities are identified through a traditional testing process and in a public school setting, would warrant an IEP, Individual Educational Plan. In a private school setting, parents deny FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) and accept services private schools can provide, typically known as an ISP (Individual Service Plan.)

The program has two resource teachers, and they divide the grades K-4 and 5-8; although, cross consultation is common. The primary role of our resource teachers is to assist teachers in implementing all accommodations outlined in the ISP. Teachers push-in classes to offer support, pull-out students who need extra support and co-teach with classroom teachers depending on need.

Junior High students are taught by highly effective, licensed content-area teachers. Similar to their Middle School years, Junior High students transition from class to class for core content instruction including theology, mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies. Teachers work together to incorporate Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic standards and benchmarks into lessons and throughout all instruction. Junior High students embrace their role as the school’s leaders, are service-minded, and model integrity in their interactions with others.

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