Our Process

List of 3 items.

• Faculty PD by subcommittees (motivation, controversial topics, HW, assessment)

  Throughout the Curriculum Development process, subcommittees have presented findings and provided professional development for faculty colleagues.  These PD workshops have covered a wide range of topics, including Student Belonging, Student Motivation, Best Homework Practices, Reimagining Assessment, and Our Mission and Identity.

• New Classes

  In response to extensive discussion and research on cross-curricular teaching, and in an effort to enhance student learning with relevant courses, a number of new classes are now offered.  These classes include the following:
  
  

  • African Experience
  • Financial Literacy
  • Statistics
  • Art History
  • Native American History (beginning in 25-26 school year)
  • Mock Trial
  • Creative Writing
  • Bible and Pop Culture
  • Liturgical Theology
  • US History II & Gov/OK History is now 2 separate classes:  OK History and Intro to Gov
  • US History III/IV & Gov is now US History

• Report Cards

  The report card was assessed both for format and content.  Finding that the Work Habits ratings of N, S, and E were not particularly helpful for parents, students or teachers, new categories for High School Readiness (Middle School) or College Readiness (Upper School) were developed to indicate readiness in 3 non-academic areas: Communication, Perseverance, and Organization.  These categories were implemented for the 2025-2026 academic year.  Prior to implementation, teachers spent time developing the expectations for each level of the ratings.  
  
  The formatting of the report was changed to add a key, explaining the expectations for the categories and levels of the readiness standards.