• Reading Comprehension: Reading and writing using novels, short stories, and poetry.
• Writing Process: Focusing on the writing process and applying that to persuasive, narrative, creative, and expository forms.
• Literary Response and Analysis: Develop and strengthen an understanding of literary elements and devices such as recurring themes, characterization, figurative language, author’s purpose, conflicts, points of view, tone and mood, irony, dialect, and structure.
• Research: Learning the research process and writing a paper.
• Communication: Learning the art of public speaking and writing and delivering a speech.
• Vocabulary/Spelling: Understanding the meanings of words and employing various techniques to fully comprehend and use vocabulary in everyday life.
• Grammar/Mechanics: Understanding and applying correct grammar usage and writing mechanics.

• The Science curriculum follows the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Content Standards and Considerations as well as the California State Standards for Science. Junior High School students study topics in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

6th

Students learn about the earliest civilizations that impacted the world’s development leading to the migration of peoples throughout the world. The studies of earliest civilizations allows students to learn about the people, life, times and impact of Mesopotamia, Near East and Africa, Ancient Hebrews-Greeks, Romans, as well as the people of Ancient India and Ancient Greek. Students learn about historical figures who influenced the times of their people and have had lasting impacts upon the world.

7th

Students discover the cultural and social innovations of societies based in Europe, Africa, and Asia, which led to the discoveries of the Western World. Students assess the impact of leadership and philosophies that developed the world’s economies, government structures, and societal status. The students gain knowledge of the role and importance of exchanging ideas, which led to the development of the democratic processes.

8th

Students gain knowledge of the times, ideas, issues and events from the time of the discovery of the New World through the American Revolution and concludes at the time of the Civil War and its aftermath. Students learn of the relationship between Judeo-Christian Ideals and English traditions which impacted the engagement of American heroes in the formation of the United States as a nation and a people