IHS Academy | Schola Minor

S C H O L A M I N O R

"A main factor in the education of a child is the school. The training during school has a twofold purpose--one temporal, the other eternal. During school the child ought to be trained to be a good and useful member of society, to do the will of God, and thus to secure the reward of heaven. The supernatural part of this twofold undertaking requires that the school should not merely instruct, but educate also; educate in obedience, in truthfulness, and before all else, in the fear of God, in self-control and in purity of heart. Thus we see that the chief work the Christian school has to perform is to teach the child to be a good Christian, who will on this account be a good citizen as well." -- Rev. Lasance

Book List by Level

Schola Color
Grey - symbolizes the Holy Order of Saint Benedict.

Schola Motto
Crux Sacra sit mihi Lux
"May the Holy Cross by my Light"

Schola Patroness
Our Lady of Lourdes
Prayer: O ever immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, health of the sick, refuge of sinners, comfort of the afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings; deign to cast upon me a look of mercy. By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors, and already many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal. I come, therefore, with unbounded confidence, to implore your maternal intercession. Obtain, O loving Mother, the grant of my requests. I will endeavor to imitate your virtues, that I may one day share your glory, and bless you in eternity. Amen.

Objectives and Goals

Level 5

To deepen and strengthen each student's loving reverence for the sacraments.
To encourage frequent and fervent reception of the sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist.
To recite for memory selected passages from the Holy Bible.
To complete the Latin verb paradigms for all four conjugations in the indicative active and passive.
To introduce more advanced grammar concepts with a focus on verb drills.
To develop writing skills through a key word outline and a personal essay.
To retell stories that have been read in literature to master comprehension.
To review basic arithmetic operations and learn fractions, decimals, measurements, percentage and graphs.
To understand the causes of animal behavior through genetics and physiology.
To study in the most complete way to learn the Latin prayers and chants of the Mass.

Level 6

To develop an appreciation for the liturgy as embodied in the ceremonies prescribed for the administration of the sacraments.
To recite for memory passages from the Little Office in English and Latin.
To learn when to use appositives, semicolons, subordinate clauses, and participal phrases.
To develop writing skills through a biographical report and multiple types of essays.
To master higher lever arithmetic through repeated checking of computation.
To bridge the gap between arithmetic and mathematical equations.
To listen to a great masterpiece of Italian literature by Alessandro Manzoni.
To continue practicing Italian speaking skills through classic literature.
To discover the complex world of animals through classification and how their structural and physiological peculiarities distinguish them from each other.
To continue the study of the Latin prayers and chants of the Mass.

Level 7

To help each student to a greater appreciation of what the Faith means to him/her.
To help each student to grow daily in sanctifying grace by means of prayer, the sacraments and the proper use of actual grace.
To begin the study of formal Latin syntax through the prayers and readings of the Mass.
To master gerunds, the perfect and progressive tenses and more difficult capitalization and punctuation rules.
To understand mathematical problems in banking, accounts, budgets, savings, investments and insurance.
To introduce church history through the lives of the saints and biographical sketches.
To develop writing skills in Italian through the planning and drafting stages.
To enhance reading skills in Italian by reading and translating the Vatican newspaper.
To learn about the meteorological factors of the atmosphere with sizing and tools.
To learn how to sing the entire corpus of chant within the context of a parish.

Level 8

To help each student to strive for constant union with God.
To complete the syntax of Latin through the study of the Mass.
To master all the parts of speech, parts of a sentence and sentence diagramming.
To work on composition through biographical, informative, persuasive, and personal writing essays.
To practice problem solving with material relating to transportation, communication and American industries.
To work toward fluency in Italian by communicating on such topics as family, school, leisure and travel.
To continue writing skills in Italian by planning, drafting, revising and editing a final version.
To complete the dialogues of Saint Gregory through the Italian language.
To observe the earth's atmosphere through coordinates and astronomical instruments.
To thoroughly understand the explanation of tonality, rhythm and the Psalm tones.