Your child should apply to St. Gregory the year before they are planning to enroll. Admissions materials are available in early Fall and are due in early February.
February 8, 2008
If we still have space in the grade you are applying, we will consider a late application
When each class reaches maximum capacity we start a wait pool of accepted students.
We like to meet every family and take you on a tour of our beautiful campus. The tour lasts about one hour. You and your child will see 4 or 5 classes and both the Middle and Upper School campus.
St. Gregory evaluates all applicants with no distinction made between applicants who are applying for financial aid and applicants who are not applying for financial aid. For 26% percent of our families, applying for financial aid is just another step in the process of applying to independent school.
No, all financial aid is need-based only.
The student teacher ratio is 1:12. Most classes have 50 students in each class with the average class size being 15 students in a class.
Yes! We would like to take the entire family on a tour so that parents and students will be able to see the school. Often on a second visit, the applicant can stay for half a day of classes and stay for lunch.
We expect students to be neat, clean and appropriately dressed for school. Occasionally, we require our students to wear a St. Gregory polo shirt when we are out in the community or when an invited guest is speaking to the school community.
Middle School: Flag Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Softball and Basketball
Upper School: Cross Country, Volleyball, Swimming, Basketball, Tennis, Baseball and Golf
In Middle School, St. Gregory competes in the Tucson Independent Athletic League; other schools in the TIAL are Casas Christian, Desert Christian, Green Fields, Palo Verde Christian, Pusch Ridge, and St. Michael’s
In the Upper School, St. Gregory competes in the 1A-4A within the Arizona Interscholastic Association of Arizona, depending on the sport
In planning community service projects we attempt to coordinate service with our curriculum, involve students in the planning, and allow time for reflection and processing. The interests and research of the St. Gregory faculty and students, as well as the needs that arise during the course of a year, guide the projects we choose.
The student teacher ratio is 15:1. The smallest class is about six students, largest occasionally eighteen.
Students receive homework in all academic classes, and can generally expect to spend anywhere from twenty-five to forty-five minutes on each class each night. However, most students opt to prepare only for the classes they have the next day, instead of doing work in every class each evening.
Students generally take five academic classes, though they may petition to take six.
St. Gregory offers Spanish, French, and Latin.
If a student chooses to take a second foreign language course as an elective, yes.
This depends upon what the courses were. St. Gregory generally gives credit for high school courses that are also offered here; there is a limit of one credit for physical education, and we do not give credit for courses, like home economics, that are neither academic nor in the fine arts department.
Students should first speak with teachers if they are struggling; tutorial, a time when teachers are available to meet with students for extra help, occurs daily. The teachers of each grade level also meet monthly to discuss students who are having difficulty and outline strategies to help students become more successful. Parents may contact teachers or the Upper School Head at any time, also.
Each year students generate their own ideas for clubs, and find a faculty advisor for each. Recently, the following clubs have been active on campus: Spanish Club, French Club, Outdoor Action Club, Book Club, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Club, Cinema Club, Junior Statesmen Of America, Varsity Club, Astronomy Club, Mock Trial, Poetry Club, Photography Club, Latin Club, Civilization Club, Community Arts Club, Computer Club.
Yes, the Student Council consists of elected officers as well as two elected representatives from each class. They meet weekly and plan numerous student activities. The officers meet monthly with the Upper School Head, also.
