Core Program

St. Joan of Arc’s academic curriculum is based on well-founded and thoroughly tested educational methods. Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory is a strong point of our faculty. Numerous in-service and yearlong projects have been implemented in our quest to teach to each child’s strength. A wide variety of activities in each grade level afford every child the chance to thrive in a learning environment that emphasizes their intelligences. The curriculum offers instruction in the following core areas:

        1. Language Arts: phonics, reading, grammar, literature, spelling, composition
        2. Mathematics: arithmetic, pre-algebra, algebra
        3. Social Studies: U.S. history, Pennsylvania history, world cultures, world geography
        4. Science: all students participate in the science curriculum. Students in the fifth through the eighth grades submit a science project yearly and the 7th and 8th grade students take part in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science.
St. Joan of Arc School
6414 Montour St.
South Park, PA 15129
Phone: (412) 833-2433 FAX (412) 835-1764