Grades 1 to 8 Program

At St. Anastasia Catholic School, there are certain skills, knowledge and experiences that are central to Catholic education. It is an integral part of the students’ religious formation to attend the weekly school masses. Family masses are held every Sunday.

The academics are structured into an integrated and coordinated set of courses. All students participate in the required core curriculum. The primary and intermediate levels (Grades 1-4) are self-contained, and the junior-high level (Grades 5-8) is departmentalized. Cooperative learning is incorporated in the curriculum within the classroom, as well as between grades. Our curriculum meets state and archdiocesan academic standards.

Subjects include Religion, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Civil Rights, Art, Music, Spanish, and Health and Physical Education.

Science Program

The science program immerses students in the scientific world that surrounds them. Comprehensive materials and multimedia tools allow students to examine past discoveries, current findings, and future predictions in this galaxy and beyond. Basically, Life, Physical and Earth Sciences are learned. Instructional methods vary to support students and to engage them in both literal and critical thinking.

In the primary grades, students are encouraged to be inquisitive and to delight in their gathering of the building blocks of science. Intermediate and junior-high grades place a strong emphasis on the scientific investigation method. Students routinely observe and participate in the use of this methodology- learning to pose a question, hypothesize an answer, test a hypothesis and form a conclusion.  

Health Program

Students in grades 6th-8th grade receive health one trimester a year, for three years.  The topics in 6th grade curriculum include Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Managing Mental and Emotional Health, and Building Responsible Relationships. 7th grade topics include Making Healthy Decisions, Physical Fitness, Eating Responsibly, and Adolescent Growth and Development. The topics for 8th grade include Preventing Abuse and Violence, Tobacco, Alcohol, Infectious Diseases, Medicine and Illegal Drugs and the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.

Instructional Program Major Subjects

The major subject fields covered in all grades include Religion, English, Math, Reading, Science, and Social Studies.

Practical/Fine Arts: Art, Music, Spanish, and Physical Education classes are an integral part of the curriculum. 

Foreign Language Program:

Spanish language classes are provided weekly for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.