IMPACTING THE WORLD THROUGH CHRIST
COMPASSION · SERVICE · PERSEVERANCE
The music program at St. Hubert Catholic School includes instruction from Preschool through Grade 4. Music study focuses on developing the singing voice, creating basic rhythmic patterns, using classroom instruments, including both Orff and percussion instruments, and relating music to the world around us. Students also expand their musical knowledge and literacy by learning about major composers, and musical periods and genres.
The art program at St. Hubert for grades pre K-8 encourages students to explore media and techniques through various projects. Focus is based on the archdiocesan standards, while practicing skills from a variety of resources available both online and in print. The curriculum and its concepts are developmentally geared toward specific age ranges, and also provides scaffolding to build on previously learned ideas. Process over product is reinforced, as measured growth is essential in monitoring for each student. Emphasis is also placed on students' portraying a positive mindset and best effort as they tackle new challenges on a weekly basis.
Physical Education classes are an integral part of the curriculum at St. Hubert Catholic School. Classes are scheduled for each grade level on a weekly basis. The curriculum follows the Archdiocesan guidelines for health and physical fitness. The goal is to provide students with the skills and knowledge to help make decisions to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. All students are introduced and participate in several different sports and physical activities during class. Students must be dressed in the St. Hubert gym uniform and gym shoes for all gym classes. For safety, slip-on gym shoes are not allowed. On special non-uniform school days, gym shoes are the only requirement. A written request from a physician is required for a student to be excused from physical education class.
All students Grades Pre K-8 receive Spanish instruction twice per week.
The acquisition of the language of Spanish as a second language at an early age facilitates long-term learning, since the student is an active subject in their own acquisition process at an early age. This has a linguistic predisposition, which requires a relationship with the environment, a process of association and repetition.
St. Hubert utilizes the Fun Fluency program, which is a research based curriculum consisting of structured lesson plans that have proven to be effective, fun and beneficial to students. The program is designed to teach a second language the way our brains are naturally meant to acquire it. Children have the opportunity to advance with the program with each semester of class. Rather than teaching the same information repetitively, students are taught by reviewing past material and teaching new skills to keep children learning and advancing from year to year.
St. Hubert Library offers students a variety of non-fiction, fiction, and biographical material, as well as, a collection of easy readers and picture books. The librarian and a core of volunteers staff the library. Primary grade students are introduced to basic library skills. These skills include parts of a book, how to use the library, library catalog, and basic research skills. Students are also introduced to a variety of literary genres. Through listening to a story, the students are challenged to draw conclusions about characters, events, setting and purpose. Library class for the fourth grade student builds on the skills learned in the primary grades. All students are encouraged to check out library books for a 7-day period. A book may be renewed for a week with the permission of the library staff. Reference books, such as dictionaries, atlases, almanacs and/or encyclopedias are not available for check out but are available for student use during the school day. Books are not checked out over Christmas and spring break.