As a church ministry of both the Diocese of Monterey and Saint Patrick's Catholic School, the mission of Saint Patrick's Catholic School is to assist and support families in nurturing and developing their children by providing high quality Catholic education and care.

School Profile

Saint Patrick's Catholic School is located in Arroyo Grande, California. The school was founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Mercy from Ennis, Ireland, under the direction of Reverend Marron. It serves children in kindergarten though grade eight. Students primarily come from three parishes: Saint Patrick's, Saint Joseph's in Nipomo, and Saint Paul the Apostle in Pismo Beach. The school presently has on staff two full-time Mercy Sisters and twenty-one lay faculty.

Curriculum

Saint Patrick's Catholic School inspires each child's gifts for life-long learning and moral growth through strong basic, yet progressive curriculum and instruction, and through formation in the beliefs, wonders, and traditions of the Catholic faith. Our academic goals are embraced to help children prepare for life free from ignorance, narrow-mindedness and prejudice, and to become truly oneself with our God. Our curriculum is enhanced with core subjects as well as technology, art, physical education, and music programs. Our kindergarten is a full day program, and our junior high is departmental. Our school sponsors an extended-care program as well as an after-school sports program. Saint Patrick's Catholic School has monthly liturgies prepared by the student body as well as prayer services at Christmas, Ash Wednesday and Holy Thursday..

Accreditation

Saint Patrick's Catholic School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).

General Information

Administration:
Rev. Joe Butters, Pastor 
Michael Cavanaugh, Principal
Maureen Halderman, Vice Principal

Current Enrollment:
295 students in kindergarten through grade eight

Student-Teacher Ratio:
25 students per teacher and one full-time aide in kindergarten; approximately 34 students per teacher and two aides in grade one through five; junior high is departmental

Tuition (2008-2009):
		Registration Fees
One child:	$4,207.00	$285 per student
Two children	$7,383.00
Three children:	$11,148.59
Four children:	$14,303.85

Other Information

School hours are 8:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.; office hours are 7:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. There is a hot lunch program five days each week. We offer a variety of extracurricular activities such as yearbook, student council, the D.A.R.E. Program, outdoor school, California History Day, educational field trips, academic Decathlon, and Special Olympics.

Registration Information

Waiting lists are established for each grade level. Registration preference is given to returning students. For information and registration materials, contact the school office at (805) 489-1210 or send email to Anneea4@aol.com.