Mt. St. Mary Academy is a Catholic elementary school in Grass Valley, California, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The school combines a faith-based religious program with academic instruction, enrichment activities, and athletics.
Mt. St. Mary Academy is a Catholic elementary school located in Grass Valley that offers classes from Pre‑Kindergarten through eighth grade. Founded in 1859, the school reports accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and a teacher-to-student ratio of about 1:22, with classroom aides provided for early grades.
The program integrates Roman Catholic faith and traditions throughout the curriculum, including daily prayer, weekly Mass, and formal religious instruction using the Catechism and a virtue-based curriculum. Science instruction is aligned with diocesan content standards based on the Next Generation Science Standards.
The school offers a range of co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities, including seasonal sports, after-school clubs, electives for older students, and community service activities. Middle-school students participate in class changes and subject-specific instruction, and the school organizes off-site science trips and camps.
Co-curricular offerings include student leadership opportunities, multi-grade 'faith family' groups that meet regularly, and buddy activities that pair older and younger students for shared learning and worship experiences.
The school offers seasonal sports across the school year and hosts sports clinics and camps; athletics are offered in fall, winter and spring seasons with additional camps throughout the year.
The school offers a variety of clubs and opportunities for students to explore new skills and interests, including clubs in areas such as gardening, cooking, mountain biking, computer programming/game development, robotics, choir, and homework help/peer tutoring.
Middle-school students move between subject-specific classes with different teachers and follow a program of academic, spiritual and social preparation that includes class trips and science camp experiences.
Elementary-grade programs cover language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and daily religious instruction, with age-appropriate goals such as progressing from learning to read toward reading to learn and development of problem-solving skills.
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The TK program focuses on physical play, fine-motor activities and key curriculum components such as hands-on math, literacy, science, art, play, Spanish and music; the kindergarten program blends academic work with play and socialization and emphasizes hands-on learning and support for individual learning styles.
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