Fast Facts & FAQs

Contact

Office 206-232-5432
office@stmonicasea.org
4320 87th Ave SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040

School Hours

Office 7:30am - 3:30pm

Doors Open 8:00am

School Starts 8:15am

School Dismissal 3:10pm (1:40pm on Wednesdays)

St. Monica Catholic School takes the security and safety of our students seriously. During school hours, the St. Monica Campus is locked. The main entrance is equipped with security cameras, and we require all visitors, volunteers, parents, or deliveries to be "buzzed in" and then "signed in" at the front office. We appreciate your patience.

Attendance Notification Form

After School Care

It is a supervised and safe place for students to bridge the transition from school to home when parents need to pick up their children later than the school dismissal time. Students must pre-register before they can attend ASC. Space is limited. Contact the office for more information.

Hours 3:10pm - 5:00pm (1:40pm- 5:00pm on Wednesdays)

School Size

260 Students

38 Faculty & Staff

1 Class per Grade

School Supply List 2024-2025

New Family Presentation

Lunch Program

We are excited to introduce a new lunch program for the 2024-2025 school year,
Harried & Hungry!

Harried & Hungry Ordering Instructions Sheet

LET’S GET STARTED
▪ Go to https://harriedandhungry.boonli.com/login - (please bookmark this page)
▪ Click Create an Account: Password is: SMS3
▪ Enter your information to create your account and click Submit
▪ Now you will add profiles for those you will be ordering for.
Once complete, click I’m Done
▪ Sign in to begin ordering!
FAQ/PROGRAM INFORMATION also available once you are logged in!

Learn More about Harried & Hungry HERE

Harried and Hungry takes pride in providing our neighborhood with an option of a delicious, tasty, healthy meal during the busiest time of your day. We are family oriented and our attention to detail propels us to support local companies and shop at farmers markets to ensure our menus consist of the best and freshest ingredients.

Morning Drop-off Procedure

St. Monica Catholic School opens the doors for students at 8:00 am for the 8:15 am first-period bell. For the safety of our students, you are encouraged to use the “valet” line at the main entrance. Stay warm and dry in your car while our staff greets your student to assist in opening and closing car doors and backpack wrangling.

Morning drop-off is along the east side of 87th Ave SE.
We have teacher aides to assist the children out of the cars.
If needed, all cars should be facing North on 87th Ave and drive around the block to face the correct direction.
Please DO NOT drop off your children on the other side of the street and let them cross.
DO NOT drive into the parking lot and drop off along the sidewalk.

Note for Preschool- Licensing requires that all Pre-K children be walked to the Pre-K building and signed in and out daily.

Afternoon Pick-up Procedure

Dismissal begins at 3:10 on all school days, except for Wednesday dismissal, at 1:40 pm. Students are split between the main entrance pick-up and the upper parking lot adjacent to the gymnasium. Families will be notified at the beginning of the school year which pick-up location they will pick up their children at the End of the day.

All cars should enter from the South End of the parking lot off 44th
Stay in the right-hand lane for drive-through pick-up only.
Please DO NOT park in this lane. Cars must continue to pull forward as others exit. Please pull into the left lane and exit the parking lot when you have picked up all your children.
Traffic flows into the lot from 44th St. and onto 87th Ave SE.

Required Safe Environment Training

Safe Environment Training

We encourage parents to volunteer and become involved. However, to ensure a secure school for our students, we require that parents complete “Safe Environment” training before serving in a volunteer capacity. The requirements are an initial class called “Protecting God’s Children,” Afterward, you must take online classes periodically and keep your background check up to date. Please visit https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/ to complete the background check and register for a class.

Service Commitment

All our families commit during registration to a minimum of thirty (30) service hours between July 1st and June 30th to the school. Service hours may be earned in school or parish activities.

Volunteer Hours are recorded in the Facts Family Portal, and opportunities are continuously added throughout the school year.

St. Monica School offers different ways for parents and guardians to volunteer. Volunteering is a great way to build relationships with other families and to get to know the school and community more intimately. Below are areas in which you can become involved. These opportunities serve to strengthen the community as a whole and enrich both the parent and student experience. 

Volunteer Sign Up

Features

Lifelong Learning Skills

Providing every child with the tools of learning, thinking, and communicating, so they can accomplish great works, serve, influence, and lead.

Virtue Based Education

Building character in every child through the study and development of wisdom and virtue so they may grow fully and with integrity.

Critical Thinking & Analysis

Engaging the natural stages of a child’s development and their desire to learn. Encouraging them to rigorously learn fundamental facts and truths, ask questions, think deeply act critically, and effectively communicate what they discover.

Curriculum Highlights

Grammar, Phonics & Classic Literature

Applying the Slingerland Method to help with reading fluency, word decoding, reading comprehension, basic writing skills, phonemic awareness, handwriting, word recognition, and oral language skills. Reading “Great Books,” which are classic stories that are virtuous and have stood the test of time.

Scientific Inquiry & Experimentation

Emphasizing the “why” of science with hands-on experimentation so our students can maximize their knowledge and take delight in the beauty and wonder of nature.

Latin & Spanish Languages

Learning Latin builds a strong foundation for all modern languages, including English and Spanish. Students who study Latin often score well on the SAT and excel in the Sciences. Spanish is taught beginning in Kindergarten and Latin is taught beginning in Fifth Grade.

Robust Mathematics

Challenging every student with a superior and proven math curriculum, Saxon Math, using our Walk-to-Math program. Math is taught simultaneously to allow for movement to the level they are ready for in all grades, PreK through 10th.

Integrated Humanities

Exploring human beings’ best accomplishments throughout history by integrating History, Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Each class year studies history from Egyptian, Greek, Rome, Medieval, Modern, and everything in between.

Intentional Technology

A balanced approach between Catholic Liberal Arts and current technology to enhance instruction.

We transferred to the Crusader community for the classical education and St. Monica has exceed our expectations. My children come home so happy and excited from what they are learning at school. We hear about the great conversations they are having in class in various subjects, and the truth and beauty that seeps out in all. They are thinking, processing and articulating in a way we have not yet experienced. The classical approach to education has been a huge blessing for our family and the formation of our children.

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“As an educator, I entrust my children’s education to St. Monica’s teachers. They have proven repeatedly to go above and beyond to ensure that my children all have very differentiated, specialized, and individual paths in their education journey.” St. Monica Parent