St. Joan of Arc Catholic School is a Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten (partial day and/or partial week), Transitional Kindergarten (full-day, full week), and K-8 parochial school. We are part of the North Deanery of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Our students come to us from our parish and the surrounding communities to create a truly diverse environment. Like our Monarch butterfly symbol, our students are transformed while they are here – they become young leaders with integrity who value service.
What Saint Joan of Arc is about today:
SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS for 2008-2009
Our ISTEP scores have continued to improve over the past 5 years. 2008-2009 scores were at the 92.3%
Mini Monarchs, an early childhood ministry was implemented
We were awarded the National INTEL Award of Distinction for our Middle School Math Program
National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Sadlier Dinger Award for Catholic Identity recipient.
2009 Distinguished Home and School Associations Award from the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) recipient.
Young Audiences Grant to produce a radio show based on the NPR program, From the Top.”
Wellness has become a priority. We financed and built a Playground (Monarch Parc) for our students and the community. Now we are focusing on motor-skills fitness facility for the lower level of the school.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful/Project Green School grant was awarded and work begins this spring.
ON-GOING
Arts-infused, integrated curriculum continues to challenge and inspire our students to think more creatively and become better problem solvers.
Hands-on education that prepares students for the next step by using an applicable approach to learning.
Students prove the importance of Music education in improving academic achievement. We offer band, choir, music technology, guitars, and recorders.
We’re adding to our Math Center (Sports Connection and Math Pentathlon) through a grant from the Actuarial Foundation.
The www.sjoa.org website continues to expand. Our goals are for it to successfully inform parents, showcase all of our benefits/features and keep the parish and school connected through a consistent marketing effort.
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
Continued transformation…Staying on course as planned-molding young minds and bodies into tomorrow’s leaders
Maintaining a tradition of faith based academic excellence
Diversity…As the world becomes smaller; students at SJA are better prepared to interact at the global level with people who are different from themselves.
