A Faith Community Immaculata Catholic School is a faith community. We worship together and strive to live the teachings of Jesus in our relationships within the school and the community. As a parish school of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, we benefit from the participation of three priests who are Franciscan friars. The friars preside over Mass, advise, participate in school liturgies, and teach middle school religion. Students engage in daily prayer with their teachers. Each day begins with prayer and each student benefits from the inner focus that comes from prayer and the sense of community that comes from praying together. Daily prayer reminds us who we are and who we want to become in the world. Faculty, students, and staff come together for weekly Mass. Classes take turns serving as lectors and the student chorus leads the singing. Weekly, students see their teachers serve them as Eucharistic ministers. Classes also take turns preparing for and leading the weekly School Prayer Service held on Fridays. At every grade level, the faculty strives to make connections between religion and all subjects. In addition, religion instruction is an essential and required part of the curriculum. The central focus of faith formation for students in prekindergarten to fifth grade is the weekly "Atrium," or Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based approach to religious education, supported in the classrooms with traditional materials. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend a daily religion class. Special liturgies and celebrations are planned throughout the year. During Holy Week, the middle school students perform the highly acclaimed Passion play "Way of the Cross" for the entire school. In May, the second graders lead us in the May Crowning. Before every extended school vacation, the school community gathers for special blessings. Community service is an integral part of school life at Immaculata. Community service connects school activities and curriculum to Catholic Social Teachings. Students in middle school, for example, form the backbone of the school recycling program. Students collect socks and jackets for people in need, "Pennies for Leukemia," and soda can flip tops for Ronald McDonald House. All classes take on special projects during Advent and Lent, often to support families in need. All Immaculata students participate in community service in age-appropriate ways.

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