Religion
7th and 8th Grade
The Seventh and Eighth Grade years are filled with multiple ways to deepen your child’s’ faith and relationship with religion. A few ways we will be extending your child’s faith journey is as follows: daily classroom prayer, weekly adoration, weekly mass attendance, and a focus on Saint Francis in the month of October. There will also be a grade level service project and a mission day fundraiser.
Academics
7th and 8th Grade
Within the classroom setting, students will be provided an encompassing curriculum. Students will be given instruction in religion, reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies. Our goal is to educate students while helping them grow their faith. We will provide them with ways to become critical thinkers.
Focus
7th and 8th Grade
Seventh and Eighth Graders will learn how to use critical thinking in all areas of learning, including their emotional and social development. Students will work towards becoming avid decision makers, problem solvers, experimenters, and investigative thinkers.
Special Activities
7th Grade
A highlight is March Mammal Madness. Students develop their research, reading, writing, technology, and art skills while learning about different mammals. This month-long event provides healthy competition and fun memories for students! Another highlight of the year is when students develop practical financial skills and put them into practice at Junior Achievement Finance Park. Other school favorites include field trips, guest speakers, and religious and academic projects based on our curriculum content.
8th Grade
Students have many memorable and exciting highlights throughout their last year at St. Francis! Students start out the fall with a field trip to remind students of one of our values: service. Students spend an afternoon serving at Meals for the Heartland with their peers. Some highlights that are unique to 8th graders are designing class shirts, the 8th-grade diocesan-wide dance, and kindergarten buddies. Throughout the course of the year, 8th-grade students work hard to show their buddies what it looks like to be reverent in Mass, travel quietly in the halls, and build positive relationships. Other school favorites include field trips, guest speakers, and religious and academic projects based on our curriculum content.
