St. Chris Advantage

Give your child an excellent education inspired by faith. Be part of one loving family.

Join a community with great expectations. Give your child endless opportunities. And create momentum for life.

Take a look at some of our offerings – and our accomplishments and points of pride over the past year or two.

FAITH

Prayer

We believe in the humility, discipline, and grace that comes from starting and ending every day with prayer.

Daily Religion Classes

Teachers teach the doctrines of Catholicism rooted in Scripture, Tradition, and the teachings of the Catholic Church.

As teachers and students share personal stories during daily religion class, a bond of trust is built. Sharing leads to learning. Students grow spiritually and build a deeper relationship with God. Because teachers talk openly about their own faith life, students learn to do the same.

Teachers are not afraid to step outside the curriculum momentarily for the chance to share a personal experience, teach a life lesson, or challenge students to do the right thing.

Weekly Masses and More

Students have opportunities every day and every week to live their faith at school. They can worship at weekly Masses, pray the rosary, and experience school traditions like our Praise Walk and retreats, complete with silence, meditation, Bible reflections, song, and dance.

ACADEMICS

St. Christopher School Accreditation

Fully accredited through The Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association (we adhere to the Graded Course of Study provided by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati)

St. Christopher School Curriculum

Approved by the Ohio Department of Education and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

St. Christopher School Teachers

Are fully licensed and certified through the Ohio Department of Education
Know each student personally
Become trusted confidants: nurturing adults that students turn to for help inside and outside of school

Specialized Staff at St. Christopher

Intervention specialists
Remedial reading teacher
Guidance counselor
- Licensed Counselor
We also have access to a speech and hearing therapist, school psychologist, physical therapist, vision specialist and other professionals as needed
- We also offer speech therapist and school psychologist services, as needed.

Honors Reading and Honors Math

Offered to qualified students in grades 6–8

High-School Level Courses Offered For High School Credit

Honors Algebra: 8^th grade
Honors Geometry: 8^th grade
Spanish: 7^th and 8^th grades

A Well-Rounded Education

By participating in art, music, physical education, and computer classes every week, students get the chance to discover and develop new talents that might otherwise remain unexplored

School Library

Students check out books weekly

Special Trips

Camp Kern three-day trip for 5^th graders

Other Field Trips

Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm
Carillon Historical Park
Cincinnati Zoo
Dayton Philharmonic concerts via SPARK (School Partners with Artists Reaching Kids)
Maria Stein retreat house
Newport Aquarium
Science Day at Kings Island
SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park
US Air Force Museum
Vandalia Maintenance Garage
Water treatment plant

Students Who Are Struggling Are Never Forgotten, Lost, or Left Behind

If a student needs extra attention, teachers unite and decide what they can do together to help a student succeed
Because teachers care, they never give up
Before long, a student who said, “I can’t!” now says, “I can!”

EXTRACURRICULARS

National Geographic Bee

Dayton Area Catholic Schools Spelling Bee

Grade School Band

Offered to St. Christopher students in grades 4–8

CYO sports (Catholic Youth Organization)

Offered to St. Christopher students in grades 4–8 (golf, basketball, volleyball, track, and soccer.

Robotics Club

An after school club with the stated goals:
- Team Building and cooperative skills
- Utilization of the engineering design process – brainstorming solutions to problems, creating plans, executing and testing final designs
- Reflection, communication and exploration of redesign and final design.

LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

Young Leaders

Our youngest students get their first taste of leadership when they are asked to read at Mass. Because students get leadership experiences early and in every grade, leadership is a skill that is well-developed here. As students get better at leadership, they get better at making decisions.

Prayer Families

Each year we form dozens of new Prayer Families at St. Christopher: student groups with a few children from each grade.

Older students in each Prayer Family accept the responsibility to care for younger students in their Prayer Family during weekly Masses, assemblies, and all-school programs and service projects.

Because students feel connected to other students from every grade, Prayer Families unite our entire school.

United by a cause, individual students and entire classrooms learn how to put the needs of others first, make personal connections with people who are less fortunate, and improve lives

Student Council

A service oriented and leadership organization for grades 4-8. They support many service projects such as the Vandalia-Butler Food Pantry, St. Vincent de Paul, and Dayton Children’s Hospital. Student Council also leads our Praise Walks, Pep Rallies and guides Catholic Schools Week activities.