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22ndCenturyMedia.com education Guide<br />
22nd century media | August 9, 2018 | 3<br />
Learning, faith at the forefront<br />
at St. Jude Parish School<br />
St. Jude Parish School<br />
in New Lenox has entered<br />
a new phase in its 60-plus<br />
year journey in guiding the<br />
spiritual, academic, emotional<br />
and social growth<br />
and development of our<br />
next generation of students<br />
in grades preschool<br />
through eighth-grade.<br />
St. Jude’s mission continues<br />
to be to provide a<br />
superior Catholic education<br />
based on the teachings<br />
of Jesus Christ to help the<br />
students acquire strong academic<br />
skills and become<br />
spiritual leaders. We provide<br />
rigorous instruction to<br />
meet the needs of our 21st<br />
Century learners.<br />
Instructional methods<br />
are updated continuously<br />
based on the latest academic<br />
research. Curriculum is<br />
implemented to address the<br />
needs of all the students in a<br />
differentiated learning environment,<br />
all while adhering<br />
to the Catholic and Illinois<br />
State Learning Standards.<br />
The success of our students<br />
can be seen through<br />
their consistently high performance<br />
on standardized<br />
tests, high school entrance<br />
exams, scholarships awarded,<br />
academic competitions,<br />
and honor roll. The professional<br />
and experienced St.<br />
Jude faculty also takes pride<br />
in providing not only to the<br />
academic growth of our students,<br />
but also to development<br />
of the whole person.<br />
St. Jude offers instructional<br />
and competitive volleyball<br />
and basketball for<br />
boys and girls. Other activities<br />
include, band, guitar,<br />
school choir, crochet<br />
club, small engines class,<br />
STEM activities, reading<br />
incentives, Battle of the<br />
Books and science fair.<br />
Of course, central to our<br />
faith-based learning community<br />
is the participation<br />
of the students in many<br />
service-related projects<br />
and parish activities. St.<br />
Jude students belong to<br />
the Helping Hands Club,<br />
which participates in many<br />
service-related activities<br />
throughout the year,<br />
such as volunteering at<br />
the soup kitchen, making<br />
ornaments, visits to veterans<br />
home residents and<br />
collecting food for food<br />
drives.<br />
Each school day begins<br />
with a school-wide prayer<br />
and emphasizes developing<br />
as servant leaders. One<br />
day a month is a Focus Day,<br />
which the students devote<br />
time, talents and treasures<br />
to a charity or community<br />
group. Students are prepared<br />
for their sacraments<br />
not only by their class but<br />
by the school community<br />
as a whole. Students prepare<br />
and celebrate mass<br />
together on a weekly basis<br />
and participate in various<br />
prayer services throughout<br />
the year.<br />
Technology at St. Jude<br />
is at the forefront of developing<br />
strong 21st Century<br />
learners. Students use a<br />
fully equipped computer<br />
lab and each classroom<br />
has an updated Smart<br />
Board. Students in grades<br />
5-8 participate in a oneto-one<br />
laptop program,<br />
and a class set of iPads are<br />
available for grades K-4.<br />
School staff uses the latest<br />
educational programs to<br />
enhance instruction, such<br />
as Discovery Education,<br />
Edmodo and Dojo. Our junior<br />
high students produce<br />
a daily podcast that reports<br />
information about school<br />
and parish events, news,<br />
student-related discussion<br />
topics and more.<br />
Our new pastor, Father<br />
Robert Basler, is committed<br />
to the role our school<br />
plays in the parish and is a<br />
strong advocate to our parish<br />
school. He can be seen<br />
frequently visiting and<br />
interacting in the school<br />
and guiding our students<br />
in their spiritual development.<br />
Our new principal, Mrs.<br />
Kathleen Winters has a<br />
lifelong commitment to<br />
Catholic education and<br />
comes to us with more than<br />
15 years of experience in<br />
teaching in all grades from<br />
preschool through college<br />
age. Together along with<br />
a strong school staff and<br />
parish support, St. Jude<br />
School will continue to<br />
live our motto: Learning<br />
and Living Our Faith.<br />
Submitted by St. Jude Parish<br />
School, 241 W. 2nd Ave. in<br />
New Lenox. For more information,<br />
call (815) 485-2549<br />
or visit www.stjudes.org/<br />
school.<br />
ABOVE NATIONAL<br />
AVERAGE TEST<br />
SCORES<br />
PRESCHOOL<br />
TAUGHT BY CARING &<br />
CERTIFIED TEACHERS<br />
All subjects and grade levels<br />
IPAD USE IN<br />
PRESCHOOL<br />
SMART BOARD<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
K - 8TH<br />
GRADES<br />
1:1<br />
STUDENT TO<br />
LAPTOP RATIO<br />
:<br />
5TH - 8TH<br />
GRADES<br />
DAILY INT<strong>EG</strong>RATED<br />
RELIGION<br />
CURRICULUM,<br />
SACRAMENT<br />
PREPARATION &<br />
WEEKLY MASS<br />
STUDENT PRAYER FAMILIES<br />
Multi-age social<br />
and faith filled<br />
interaction<br />
HELPING HANDS<br />
SERVICE CLUB<br />
4TH - 8TH GRADES<br />
AFFORDABLE BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL CARE<br />
STUDENT AVERAGE CLASS SIZE<br />
Ensures every student<br />
receives personal attention<br />
STUDENT COUNCIL CHESS DRAMA<br />
CROCHET BAND PIANO GUITAR LESSONS<br />
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STJUDENEWLENOX<br />
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ENRICHMENT OFFERINGS<br />
STEM<br />
EDUCATION<br />
SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • ENGINEERING • MATHEMATICS<br />
80%<br />
OF MIDDLE SCHOOL<br />
STUDENTS PLAY<br />
VOLLEYBALL OR BASKETBALL
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