St. Ignatius of Loyola School has been a pillar in the Highland Park community providing an outstanding education, committed to the Common Core State Standards ELA & Math and California State Standards providing students with greater depth, rigor, differentiation, individualization and acceleration in learning whenever possible for more than 100 years. Where archdiocesan standards are directly aligned to the CCS standard, teachers will have the opportunity to note that alignment, identify materials that can be used in instruction, and create application activities that will engage students’ learning at higher critical thinking levels.
St. Ignatius of Loyola curriculum includes the development of Catholic values and attitudes, as well as the attainment of knowledge and skills necessary for the students’ spiritual, moral, intellectual, social and physical development.
The basic curriculum includes the following subjects:
- Religion
- Language Arts (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Spelling, Literature, Writing)
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Physical Education
Technology and Fine Arts and STEM learning are incorporated throughout all subject areas.
Academic Testing:
Star Assessments are short tests that provide teachers with learning data. Star tests are computer adaptive, which means they adjust to each answer your child provides. This helps teachers get the best data to help your child in the shortest amount of testing time (about one-third of the time other tests take). Teachers analyze the data they get from Star Assessments to learn what students already know and what they are ready to learn next, to monitor student growth, and to determine which students may need additional help. Star Assessments are heavily researched and scientifically proven to help teachers guide each student on his or her unique path to mastery. By pinpointing exactly what your child knows, teachers can personalize your child’s practice to keep them growing. Plus, short test times ensure your child spends more time learning and less time testing. The best way to help your child with Star Assessments is to help them understand why they are taking the test: So their teacher knows exactly how to help them learn! For anxious children, it may be important to tell them that they cannot fail a Star test—as long as they do their best, the data generated from the test will help their teacher teach them more great things!
Your child will take a Star test for early literacy (K-3), math (3-8), and reading (3-8).
Students participate in STAR Testing three times per year.
Adaptive Program Testing:
Students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade take a diagnostic test from i-Ready program for mathematics and English language arts. This testing allows teachers to gather information to help with the currciulum by providing resources for teachers for intervention needs to help students bridge gaps of their learning. This test also allows student to generate a plan for a program called MyPath learning, where the instruction is personalized based on their test.
Religious Education Testing:
Students in grades second through eighth grade take a test called ARK (Assessing Religion Knowledge). This provides the parish and school with information on how the school can improve and grow in their mission and Catholic identity.
Academic Highlights:
- Prayer, religious topics and activities integrated throughout the curriculum
- Hands-on, inquiry-based science classes
- Technology: Chromebooks, iPads, interactive whiteboards
- Graduates have had 100% acceptance rate to highly selective college preparatory schools: Cathedral, Don Bosco Tech, Immaculate Heart, La Salle, Sacred Heart, Salesian, San Gabriel Mission
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