Curriculum

Palma provides for both its junior high school and high school students a challenging and innovative curriculum, designed to enable students to achieve their highest potential as well as prepare them to be successful in a college environment.

At the junior high level, curriculum and the classroom experience focus on creating, or in most cases strengthening, a basic foundation so that students will make an easier transition into the rigorous high school curriculum. At the junior high level, students fortify their critical thinking skills and learn how to express their thoughts through classroom discussion and writing projects. In math and science courses, teachers ensure that students will be ready for high school by building upon elementary concepts to challenge them as well as to reinforce “the basics.”

High school curriculum seeks to further develop critical thinking, advanced writing, and creative reasoning skills across all subject areas. High school students, in their course of study, will gain knowledge in fundamental areas as well as develop a sense of their own strengths and interests — skills that are essential to success in college. All students are expected to work to their greatest potential and challenge themselves as they select their courses. AP and Honors classes are available to students who are qualified and are compelled to greater challenge and achievement. A wide variety of electives allow students to explore and expand their interests.

Mindful of our primary mission to be a witness to the love of Christ for all, Palma School admits students of any race, color, national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to the students at the school. Palma School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, nor age in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. While Palma School does not discriminate against students with special needs, a full range of services may not be available. Likewise, Palma School does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of gender, age, disability, race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin. Palma School reserves the right to be a sole judge of merit, competence and qualifications, and can favor Catholic applicants and co-workers in all employment decisions, especially in those positions that have direct bearing upon the pastoral activity of the Church.