Curriculum Highlights


Saint Brigid School offers a comprehensive curriculum that stresses reading & writing across all content areas and math development. This basic skills approach begins as early as pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Each grade level curriculum builds on the previous. Study skills are taught and enhanced through all grades. The end result is a comprehensive and challenging pre - k through eighth grade approach to learning. The following are highlights by grade level:

Early Childhood - Pre-K and Kindergarten

  • Emphasis on School Readiness
  • Reading and mathematics begin
  • Hands-on activities allow for creative expression
  • Science and Social Studies integrated
  • Field Trips enhance curriculum
  • Art, music and physical education included
  • Stimulating positive learning environment
  • Student centered activities that create opportunities to explore, discover, question and succeed.

Primary - Grades 1-3

  • Intellectual and emotional nourishment that will match their growing developing powers
  • An environment conducive to developing their full potential
  • We set out to achieve high levels of academic knowledge
  • Qualities and characteristics that will enable these students to successfully face the challenges of higher grades and life in general.

Intermediate School - Grades 4-5

  • Continuation of solid core curriculum
  • Transition from learning to read to reading to learn
  • Enhancement of study skills
  • Daily religion classes
  • Computer Lab experiences
  • Science lab experiences
  • Introduction to research process
  • Transitional programs for 5th graders as they prepare for middle school
  • Addition of extra curricular and athletic programs and clubs
  • Interactive developmental programming to accommodate different learning styles
  • Weekly specials including art, music, physical education, library
  • Extensive fine arts programs
  • World Language 1/week

Middle School - Grades 6-8

  • Departmentalized middle school experience
  • Challenging academic curriculum with advanced courses available such as algebra and writing seminars
  • World language offered 2/week
  • Weekly specials including art, band, music and physical education
  • State-of-the-art science and computer labs
  • Science Fair demonstrating scientific method
  • Cross-curricular research papers
  • Integrated study skills
  • Rotating schedule
  • Transitional program to prepare students for high school
  • Daily religion classes
  • Athletic programs and clubs