Upper Hall (5th & 6th)

Primed for success beyond the gates of JGS School, 5th and 6th grade prepares students for academic success in junior high school, while encouraging students to navigate the social and emotional challenges of adolescence. Your student learns to hold his/herself to high academic standards, demonstrate critical thinking in all subjects, while creating, collaborating, and communicating. Students are challenged to be their own advocate in the classroom and among their peers. With a continued emphasis on building Catholic character through authentic experiences, JGS teachers help students enrich their faith and promote goodness, discipline, and knowledge.

A DAY IN THE CLASSROOM

A typical JGS day involves hands-on, experiential learning, roundtable discussions, and serving as lectors and altar servers during all school Masses. The core curriculum, combined with the ancillary enrichment classes, allows students to grow as individuals of Christ within a community faith. JGS 5th and 6th grade students leave JGS with a true sense of fellowship and belonging. 

Students in 5th and 6th grade have seven class periods per day. Each class is taught by a teacher who has a specialty in the field they teach. All students take courses in English, Literature, Social Studies, Math, Science and Religion. Additionally, students take Physical Education, Fine Arts, Music, Computer with an option of a Robotics elective. Students are technology-proficient by graduation, with a 1:1 Chrome book program that begins in the 1st grade. 

• Student/teacher ratio 19:1
• 1:1 Chromebook 
• Google classroom 
• Living Stations of the Cross presentation
• Accelerated Reader 
• Star Testing
• Lego Robotics elective
• STEM Curriculum