{"id":12,"date":"2017-07-19T10:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2017-10-20T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:58:45","slug":"why-choose-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/admission\/why-choose-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Choose Cathedral?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Christ-centered<\/strong> \u2013 A rich tapestry is woven as strong Christian values in the Catholic tradition are taught not only in religion classes, but threaded through the state recognized core curriculum.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diversity<\/strong> \u2013 The beauty of God\u2019s creation in all its diversity is found here.\u00a0 We come in various sizes and shapes. \u00a0Together we live, grow, and learn in a loving atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Class size<\/strong> \u2013 Controlled class sizes allow more one-on-one instructional time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality staff<\/strong> \u2013 High quality teachers = high quality education \u00a0\u00a0Learning how to do something well requires opportunities to take risks, fail, and get up to try again.\u00a0 Our learning environment encourages students to think outside of the box and to higher levels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Academic awareness<\/strong> \u2013 We offer a standards-based curriculum with differentiation by need and ability.\u00a0 The St. John Bosco program supports our students with special needs.\u00a0 Early hour algebra is available for the advanced math student.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uniforms<\/strong> \u2013 When in uniform a child is judged on the quality of their character and not by the designer of their clothes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsibility <\/strong>\u2013 Students are taught beyond the 3 R\u2019s of reading, \u2018w-riting, \u2018a-rithmatic; they learn the 4<sup>th<\/sup> one of responsibility.\u00a0 By giving responsibility, teaching that person how to be responsible, and then holding him\/her responsible, we help create the leaders of tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service <\/strong>\u2013 Looking beyond ourselves in the service of others makes us better citizens of the world community.\u00a0 Service opportunities are available at every grade and ability level.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facilities \u2013 <\/strong>Our school has the character of its 1928 construction, but was renewed with current amenities.\u00a0 We are fully air-conditioned with additional space added in 2009 including an art studio, music classroom and large bright library.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Whole Child Education <\/strong>\u2013 Through a Christ-centered program of academics, fine arts, technology, and service-learning we educate the whole child \u2013 body, mind, and spirit.\u00a0 We learn to be leaders by practicing leadership; we learn service by being of service; we learn to build the future by building a great today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christ-centered \u2013 A rich tapestry is woven as strong Christian values in the Catholic tradition are taught not only in religion classes, but threaded through the state recognized core curriculum.<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/admission\/why-choose-cathedral\/\">&#8230;Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 12:01:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicathedral.org\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}