Religion
Students will further their understanding of the Catholic faith.

Students will:

• study the Old Testament from creation to the prophets and how to use the Bible.
• recognize the virtues of Faith, hope, and love.
• assist in liturgical forms of worship.
• attend mass weekly.
• review the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
• experience different types and methods of prayer.
• perform acts of service to STM school community.

 
Language Arts
Students will develop communication skills with writing, speaking, and developing vocabulary skills. These skills will benefit the students through high school, college and into everyday life.
 
The students will:

• demonstrate the correct use of grammar, capitalization, and punctuation.
• demonstrate effective writing through papers, speeches, and presentations.
• write a narrative, personal narrative, position papers, and research papers.
• learn different styles of citation.
• participate in the DAR essay contest.

Vocabulary
The students advance their vocabulary skills through a variety of exercises.

Students will:

• define words.
• use words effectively in sentences.
• identify synonyms and antonyms.
• identify parts of speech
• spell words correctly.
• identify words in context.

 
Literature: 
Students begin to dig deep into understanding the elements of literature.
 
Students will: 

• analyze plot structures. 
• identify different points of view.
• restate a story’s essential theme. 
• identify different characterization qualities.
• listen to read books read aloud.
• participate in reading groups.
• have independent reading and writing time. 
• practice making connections, inferences, questions, predictions, and images while reading. 
• have small group stations where they peer edit and read together. 
• create purposeful book reports showing knowledge and understanding of a specific book as well as genres.  

 
Mathematics
Students will extend their knowledge in math by continuing to develop their sense of number relationships in order to apply their skills to solve problems. They will use the text, manipulatives, technology and everyday situations. 
 
Students will:

• add and subtract decimals.
• multiply and divide decimals.
• analyze data.
• learn number theory and fraction concepts.
• add and subtract fractions.
• multiply and divide fractions.
• measurement conversions involving customary, metric, and between the systems.
• learn functions and equation.
• learn integers and rational numbers.
• be introduced to geometry.
• learn perimeter, area, and volume.
• learn ratio and proportion, percent, and probability.

 
 
Science
 
Students will study:

• Introduction to Science and Engineering
• Earth Science, including earth, water, and atmosphere

 
 
Social Studies
Students will study world civilizations.
 
Students will:

• survey world civilizations from the Stone Age to the Middle Age. 
• have an in-depth study of the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman civilizations.
• analyze different rulers and dynasties in ancient times.
• compare early river civilizations in different regions of the world.
• have an in-depth study of how ancient civilizations grew their societies.