The happy, successful and faith-filled children of St. Alphonsus Liguori School-you see them engaged in various learning activities, listening to or reading good stories, arriving for early morning tutoring or band lessons, praying and singing at weekly school Mass, or playing on the athletic field. You find them at computer screens earning Accelerated Reader points for books they have read, signing up to work on community service projects, or simply smiling and greeting visitors as they walk through the school hallways. In the spirit of leaving no child behind, St. Alphonsus Liguori School serves each one of these children, assessing and meeting their increasingly diverse and varied needs through an array of curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular programs and activities.

Your first impression of St. Alphonsus Liguori School is of a warm, welcoming and homey atmosphere. From Morning Prayer and Pledge to the Flag led by the Student Council over the public address until the last school bus departs, a strong Catholic identity permeates the school in signs and symbols, prayer and activities, attitudes and values. St. Alphonsus is a place where parents and faculty communicate and collaborate as partners to encourage and support every student to work hard and strive for success. The school is an extension of the home, and likewise, families are deeply involved in the life of the school.

The mission of St. Alphonsus Liguori School is to provide an excellent Catholic education for our students that will prepare them academically, spiritually, socially and physically for a happy, successful and faith-fIlled future. A comprehensive curriculum; flexible, newly renovated and expanded facilities; committed and experienced professional staff; and hardworking volunteers all coordinate well to achieve this mission. Three local parishes invest in the school to provide more affordable reduced parishioner and family rates. A new scholarship fund enables families who might not otherwise have been able to afford tuition to enroll this year. High expectations and high standards of behavior and academic achievement reflect the top priority this community places on education.

St. Alphonsus provides an extensive early childhood program of preschool for three- and four-year olds, as well as a full-day kindergarten curriculum for five-year old students. A solid core curriculum provides primary students with a base of skills that assure their further success in school and beyond. Students are challenged to read independently and for enjoyment. Intermediate and middle school students engage in projects and instructional activities that motivate and inspire critical thinking. Spanish is incorporated in the middle and upper grade curriculum while younger children may opt for French or Spanish classes after school. Students with special learning needs receive a variety of supports and special accommodations. Systematic assessment of student performance monitors student progress at all levels. Classrooms are alive with the varied products of student learning activities. Student council, service club, scouting programs as well as intramural and interscholastic sports all offer experiences that support leadership development, active involvement, self-confidence and poise.

Dedicated and enthusiastic faculty members are committed to professional growth, taking advantage of whole faculty staff development, at-school courses and other workshops and conferences. A faculty goal to serve the special needs of students in the regular classroom has resulted in an effort to make appropriate accommodations for learning needs and to differentiate instructional activities. Teachers have greatly increased their technology literacy over the past few years, many utilizing their own professional development allotment to purchase personal computers and other digital imaging equipment for classroom use. The staff works as a team to more fully utilize the newly established computer network.

Each of these elements enables St. Alphonsus Liguori School to nurture and educate its students preparing them for a "happy, successful and faith-filled future. "