CURRICULUM
Maria Regina School (MRS) provides an education for the needs of the high-school bound students. Maria Regina School curriculum meets all state, Archdiocesan and high school requirements. Teachers are familiar with the Archdiocesan Standard, Common Core State Standards for California and other benchmarks that outline the grade level curriculum for Religion, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Physical Education. It is the school’s goal to incorporate religion across the curriculum and integrate technology into all subject areas.
RELIGION PROGRAMS & EXPECTATIONS
The religion curriculum at MRS is faithful to the Roman Catholic Church teachings and meets the requirements set forth by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). MRS effectively ensures that the religion curriculum is based on the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (ADLA) standards. All students must take the required religion curriculum for their grade level as prescribed by the ADLA religion standards and with adherence to the USCB.
Religion is taught daily and motivation toward true Catholic living is incorporated into all activities. Teachers develop religion lesson plans utilizing these standards. Through these lessons, teachers seek to facilitate authentic teaching of the Church doctrine, promote enculturation of the faith, encourage evangelization and scripture reading, seasonal liturgical discussion, social justice projects as well as integrating Character Counts into the curriculum. All of these can be identified in the living document that drives the school culture and instruction called the Student Learning Expectations.
Additionally, Catholic values and beliefs are also instructed in all curricular areas. This cross-curricular aproach helps students to focus on leading a spiritual and moral life by following Jesus’ example as stated in the mission and philosophy statements.
In religion classes, all students are graded on academic achievement and not on their religious affiliation, personal belief or the practice of their faith. All students are required to attend the general religion class, mass (School & Family) and all religious activities.
To evaluate the effectiveness of its religion programs and the Catholic Identity of students, Assessment of Catechist and Religious Education (ACRE) in religion are administered annually in 5th and 8th grades. This assessment provided insights to guide instruction as well as identify, track, and determine gaps in achievement and learning over time, which assist teachers in meeting students’ needs.
The religion curriculum at MRS is faithful to the Roman Catholic Church teachings and meets the requirements set forth by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). MRS effectively ensures that the religion curriculum is based on ADLA standards. In the 2018-2019 school year, MRS transitioned to following the guidelines of the new standards established by ADLA. Teachers develop religion lesson plans utilizing these standards.
