Saint Raphael Junior High: What Sets Us Apart?

Faith-Centered

• Annual retreats for Junior High
• School Mass once a month, student altar servers and school choir
• Daily Mass, student lectors
• Community service hours
• Outreach to Buena Vista
• Active parish Youth Group

Student-Centered

• Small class sizes enable teachers to differentiate instruction to meet various needs and ability levels
• Understanding of each student's unique needs as teachers have on average only 60 student contacts
• Project Based Learning provides opportunities for multi-grade, small group collaboration
• Small group instruction

Academics

• Rigorous academics to meet and exceed the standards set forth by the State of California and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
• Ambitious independent reading and creative writing expectations
• Multiple levels of math for grades 7 and 8 including Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Advanced Geometry
• Up to six different teachers
• Google Classroom

Leadership & Mentoring Opportunities

• Prepared to be school leaders
• Participation in Student Council
• Act as role models to younger students through School Families and Class Buddies

Well-Rounded

• Students explore the arts and technology in an age-appropriate and relevant manner
• Electives: Yearbook or Digital Media, Horticulture, Outreach, Drama, Teacher Assistance Program
• Sports for girls and boys through the Christian Athletic League: soccer, volleyball, basketball, co-ed flag football
• Foreign language program: Spanish two days/week
• Class trips to CIMI (7th grade) and Sacramento (8th grade)
• Financial literacy
• Etiquite classes
• College tours

  See Characteristics of Successful Schools of Young Adolescents.