Mount St. Joseph Academy

ACADEMIC POLICIES OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY

Students are encouraged to seek the advice of their parents, teachers, and the Guidance Director in proper course selection. Parents are reminded that they have a large responsibility in ensuring that their students are enrolled in the most challenging courses according to ability. Students will be assigned to [...]

Students at Mount St. Joseph are encouraged in their pursuit of becoming whole, value-centered people through spiritual growth, personal experience, and opportunities for service. Four, yearlong courses provide the core learning in religion (a number of these courses are divided by course title and description into semester-long, one half credit courses). Spiritual development is found [...]

The English program at Mount St. Joseph Academy stresses all aspects of language arts with special attention given to reading and writing skills—critical to college success. Students are encouraged to read daily, not only during the school year, but also throughout the summer. Students are usually grouped homogeneously—first-year placements are based on eighth grade progress [...]

We offer both College Preparatory and Honors level mathematics courses to fully prepare students who seek to enter advanced courses of study at the college level. College Preparatory class work emphasizes facility in employing the basic mathematical operations needed to solve problems of the type encountered in introductory college mathematics courses such as statistics, college [...]

College Preparatory and Honors level coursework in the sciences is designed to prepare Academy students for further study in the life sciences. With an emphasis on the scientific method in all laboratory activities, students put the ‘hands’ in hands-on learning studying topics that include heredity, evolution, structure and function of the human body, and ecology [...]

Today, the world is calling the youth of America to active citizenship. To become successful private citizens, it is increasingly vital that our students become effective public citizens. The Social Studies curriculum covers, in depth, a variety of world issues from diverse perspectives with the goal of developing the core knowledge and interpretive skills necessary [...]

The world we live in is rapidly changing and the demand to be proficient in more than one language is growing quickly. We strive to keep pace with the evolving requirements in colleges and to provide students with the opportunity to learn a second or third language. At MSJ we believe that students should graduate [...]

Mount St. Joseph Academy is an academically diverse school— as many as 10% of the students have come from around the world. Since 1994, international students have been attending the Academy for an American education and cultural exchange. Local families have shared in that exchange by hosting international students in their homes. In some cases, [...]

The recently completed technology center at Mount St. Joseph is getting put to immediate use with the beginning of the new Virtual High School pilot program at the beginning of the 2008/2009 school year. Selected students will be offered online courses under the supervision of Donna Butman, school librarian, who will be participating in the [...]

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Mount St. Joseph Academy  is proud to share the many opportunities we offer to students to prepare them for a successful post-secondary academic career.  Please review our Course Catalog for detailed descriptions of our course offerings for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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Below please find the latest changes to the text book list for the 2010/11 school year.
Creative Writing – Text TBA
Spaced Out – Text TBA
USHis1/Civ -  Students should purchase The American Vision by McGraw-Hill (ISBN: 9780026641180) This book is used in ALL US History courses so students should keep the book for their junior year.
French II – [...]

English Summer Assignments 2010
AP Biology Summer Assignment