Private school students in Morgan Hill are packing their
backpacks as schools open their doors for a new year.
Morgan Hill – Private school students in Morgan Hill are packing their backpacks as schools open their doors for a new year.
Approximately 115 Carden Academy students will hit the books later this week, but school officials say there are still openings for students, and the school takes admission applications all year long. The school, which offers junior kindergarten through eighth grade, has three new teachers this year.
Carden’s middle school program offers students the opportunity to take classes in Latin, French, computers art and physical education in addition to their core academic classes. Carden students who completed the middle school program last year were accepted into private high schools throughout the Bay Area, school officials said.
For more information, contact the school at
776-8801.
St. Catherine School also prepares junior high students to go on to private high schools. In its first full week of the school year, it is almost full with 310 students, but applications for kindergarten through eighth grade are accepted all year.
One of the highlights of the school year for St. Catherine students is their annual drama production, which this year has moved from the spring to the fall. More than 125 students and alumni are already working on “Once Upon a Mattress,” which will be performed Nov. 16, 17 and 18.
For more information, contact the school at
779-9950.
Students at Shadow Mountain Baptist Church School returned to the classroom Aug. 22 in grades preschool through sixth. Approximately 115 students are enrolled this year, but there are still spaces available at all grade levels. For more information, contact the school at 782-7806.
Only two grade levels are closed to new students at Crossroads Christian School, according to Principal Larry Barger, the pre-kindergarten class and the fourth grade class. The school opened its doors Monday with approximately 205 students with space available at all other grade levels.
Crossroads Christian has a middle school program for sixth, seventh and eighth graders, with the upper two grades offered a choice of electives including music, speech, art, Spanish and a tech class.
For more information, contact the school at
779-8850.
