Empowering God’s Children… To grow in faith To achieve academic excellence To become strong leaders To serve the community To protect the environment …To be the best they can be!

Key facts

  1. BulletLiterature-based reading program in fourth through eighth grades.

  2. BulletLanguage arts with an emphasis on grammar and writing/communication skills.

  3. BulletMath instruction includes drill, computation and application. Eighth-grade students earn high-school credit for Algebra I.

  4. BulletSocial studies instruction encourages students to learn about the past and about other cultures in order to encourage good citizenship and respectful tolerance.

  5. BulletScience classes focus on the world around us. Students in fifth through eighth grades work in the science lab and cover life, earth and physical science curricula. Students in grades four through eight alternate annually between Science Fair and Invention Convention.

  6. BulletDaily religion instruction. Participation in Mass and service projects.

  7. BulletStudents in all grades attend weekly classes in art, computer, music, library, physical education and Spanish. Students in seventh and eighth grades have Spanish class daily. Eighth-grade students are able to earn high-school credit for Spanish I.

St Paul School adheres to the highest academic standards and its students excel — often beyond their class level. Algebra and Spanish students, for example, earn credits that are transferrable to high school. Students learn organization and goo study skills and habits. These serve them well as they move onto high school and beyond.

The commitment to academics goes beyond the classroom. And learning is reinforced in many school activities. Class field trips are planned to be enjoyable and age appropriate, but they are also designed to make learning fun and relevant.

Academics that go beyond the classroom

Environmental responsibility

Sixth-graders take a three-day, two-night trip to Camp Thunderbird on Lake Wylie, SC. This is a YMCA camp whose mission is to foster respect for and a relationship with the physical and social environment, to develop life skills, responsibility and confidence. All that learning, though, takes place in an environment that is fun, positive and hands-on.

Experience nature

Seventh-graders enjoy a three-day, two-night trip to Seabrook Island, SC, where they take part in the Barrier Island Environmental Education Program. The trip provides a unique opportunity to experience nature in a way that is hands on. All of the senses are used in lessons of biology, ecology, conservation, astronomy, botany and much more. This trip supports our teachings of appreciating and respecting God’s gifts of nature.

History comes alive

Historic Charleston is a great trip for the eighth-graders. This trip reinforces specific areas of study of South Carolina history. Highlights include Drayton Hall, Charleston Downtown Historic District, Patriots’ Point, Fort Sumter, Old Exchange and The Market and Battery. The weekend concludes with Mass and guided tour of The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

Trips that are both fun and educational reinforce learning as a positive experience and keep students engaged and enthusiastic.

St. Paul students win medals in Clemson University’s Foreign Language Declamation Contest.