Religion
Children join in prayer every day, attend mass monthly and celebrate prayer services throughout the year. The school participates in many outreach projects with each class adopting a charity project. Holy Cross School also provides a Family Life program and a safety program called “Circle of Grace”.
Textbook series: Blest Are We: Faith and Word Edition, RCL Benziger
Kindergarten
Unit 1: God's Love Creates the Universe;
Unit 2: God's Love Makes Me Who I Am;
Unit 3: God's Love Gives me People to Love;
Unit 4: God's Love Gives Me Jesus;
Unit 5: God's Love Teaches Me to Love
Grade 1
Unit 1: Our Church Community;
Unit 2: Our Loving God;
Unit 3: God’s Son, Jesus;
Unit 4: The Holy Spirit;
Unit 5: Jesus’ Church of Followers
Grade2
Unit 1: We Gather as Believers;
Unit 2: We Ask God’s Forgiveness;
Unit 3: We Celebrate the Word of God;
Unit 4: We Celebrate the Gift of Eucharist;
Unit 5: We Go in Peace
Grade3
Unit 1: The Church is One;
Unit 2: The Church is Holy;
Unit 3: The Church is Catholic;
Unit 4: The Church is Apostolic;
Unit 5: The Church Has a Mission to the World
Grade4
Unit 1: The Goodness of God;
Unit 2: Jesus is the Son of God;
Unit 3: The Holy Spirit;
Unit 4: The Church; Unit 5: Social Justice
Grade5
Unit 1: The Sacraments: God’s Gift of Life;
Unit 2: Baptism and Confirmation;
Unit 3: The Eucharist;
Unit 4: Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick;
Unit 5: Holy Orders and Matrimony
Grade6
Unit 1: We Answer God’s Call;
Unit 2: God Saves and Delivers Us;
Unit 3: God Invites Us Into the Kingdom;
Unit 4: God Reminds Us to Do His Will;
Unit 5: God Promises Us Everlasting Life
Grade7
Unit 1: The Mystery of the Incarnation;
Unit 2: The Meaning of the Kingdom;
Unit 3: The Christian Life;
Unit 4: The Paschal Mystery;
Unit 5: The Good News
Grade8
Unit 1: We Are Called;
Unit 2: The Growth of Christendom;
Unit 3: An Age of Faith and Beauty;
Unit 4: Reason, Rebellion and Reform;
Unit 5: Returning to the Roots of Christianity