At
St. Maria Goretti Catholic Parish School, we provide an educational
experience that is both comprehensive in meeting the standards
and expectations of a high-quality curriculum, and allows
for the uniqueness of each student's learning ability. Ours
is a school fully accredited by the Wisconsin Nonpublic
Schools Accrediting Association (WNSAA), which requires
our ongoing review and updating of curriculum consistent with
standards set by the association.
We are a Catholic school community. Throughout our curriculum,
then, we incorporate the values, beliefs and tenets of our
Catholic faith. Pope John Paul II notes:
"Catholic schools transmit knowledge and promote
the human development of their students. The mission of
the Catholic school is the integral formation of students,
so that they may be true to their condition as Christ's
disciples and, as such, work effectively for the evangelization
of culture and for the common good of society. In the Catholic
school, there is no separation between time for learning
and time for formation." (1998)
In this guide, you will find an outline of our grade-level
and subject area curricula. On a daily basis, our qualified
staff delivers learning experiences that are shaped by the
nuances of particular students' learning as well as the
demands of a contemporary, and reasonably flexible curriculum.
This approach reflects the "hands-on" research of our school's
educational leaders, with special attention given to the
Catholic Diocese of Madison Religious Education Standards
and the State of Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.
The ongoing work of curriculum development presented by
our faculty & staff in this Cardinal Curriculum Guide is
an expression of our continuous educational ministry with
the students of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Parish School.
It shows how we are.
