Student Support

Building Organization/Curriculum

     All Saints is PreK - 5th grade building.  We have a childcare program that includes before and after school child care. The goal of All Saints Child Care is to provide and reinforce a quality, Christian program which parents can rely upon throughout the calendar year.  The dedicated staff of 20  is committed to enhancing the spiritual, social, and emotional development of each child, while providing a fun and exciting social experience for them to learn and grow in.  Both our Childcare and PreSchool programs have received a 5-Star rating from the state of Iowa.  All Saints Preschool provides a safe and caring Christian learning environment for children.  It is the goal to work in cooperation with each child's family to provide educational experiences within a Christian atmosphere that encourages the development of the "total" child - spiritually, emotionally, cognitively, physically, and socially. Enhancing your child's self-esteem and developing positive feelings towards learning is the goal of the 5 professional staff members.

    We have a continuous curriculum in grades K - 5.  Eleven classroom teachers and seven support staff are committed to providing a quality Catholic education for all students.  With a ratio of  18:1, staff is able to address individual differences with all students.

    Religion is an integral part of our student’s daily life in all grades.  Religion class is taught daily.  Students are prepared for the sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation in second grade. Weekly mass is held for all students.  

    Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies are all part of the student’s daily academics.  Music, Art, Media, and Physical Education are also taught on a weekly basis.  Each All Saints student will be empowered with the technological knowledge and skills to learn effectively and learn productively.  All Saints is 1:1 with the use of iPads and laptops.  This balanced learning reflects the fact that students in the 21st century live in a global environment.

PBIS

   Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support is a school wide discipline program used at All Saints, that includes proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create a positive school environment.  Instead of using a piecemeal approach of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavioral support for all students is implemented in areas including the classroom and non-classroom settings.

We focus on The Bruins Way:

Belief in God

Respect and reverence to God and each other

United in our goal of being the best we can be

In God’s name we learn and play

Never stop trying to achieve

Safe Environment - successful students

Learning Support Resources

Reading Recovery Resource Teacher

Basic facts about Reading Recovery

 What

Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of one-to-one tutoring for low-achieving first graders. The intervention is most effective when it is available to all students who need it and is used as a supplement to good classroom teaching.

 Who

Reading Recovery serves the lowest-achieving first graders—the students who are not catching on to the complex set of concepts that make reading and writing possible.

 How

Individual students receive a half-hour lesson each school day for 12 to 20 weeks with a specially trained Reading Recovery teacher. As soon as students can meet grade-level expectations and demonstrate that they can continue to work independently in the classroom, their lessons are discontinued, and new students begin individual instruction.

Trained Orton-Gillingham Resource Teacher

The Orton-Gillingham Approach has been rightfully described as language-based, multisensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, and flexible. These characteristics can be easily amplified and extended for each learner.  Teaching begins with recognizing the differing needs of each learner and making a plan for the learner's success.