St. Monica School Co-Educational Junior High Program Proposed Closure

Apr. 17, 2013

The success of single gender programming at the elementary level at Sacred Heart School, as well as the desire on the part of parents for continuity of this program delivery model at the junior high level suggests the need to consider the implementation of single gender programming at the junior high level.

St. Monica School is ideally situated to provide a junior high continuation of the single gender program delivery model.

District administration met with the St. Monica School community on March 25, 2012 to provide background information with respect to single gender programming.

At this meeting three options for programming at St. Monica School were presented and discussed in a World Café format. These options were:

  1. Single gender programming staged in over 3 years:
    • September 2013 – Grade 7:  LA, Math or LA, Math, Science, and Social Studies
    • September 2014 – Grade 8:  LA, Math or LA, Math, Science, and Social Studies
    • September 2015 – Grade 9:  LA, Math or LA, Math, Science, and Social Studies
  2. Single gender programming in Grades 7, 8, and 9 in LA, Math or LA, Math, Science, and Social Studies beginning September 2013
  3. Co-education programming in Grades 7, 8, and 9 in LA, Math or LA, Math, Science and Social Studies


Ther purpose of this meeting was to provide background information with respect to single gender programming.to provide options for programming at St. Monica School as of the 2013-2014 school year and to hear feedback from the community.

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