Aquinas Middle School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
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Aquinas Middle School is a Roman Catholic middle school
in La Crosse, Wisconsin
in the Diocese of La Crosse. Aquinas Middle School is part of the La Crosse Aquinas Catholic Schools.
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Aquinas Middle School is a grade 7 and 8 Catholic School. It is a part of Aquinas Catholic Schools. Aquinas Middle School is located in the Aquinas Schools building on the corner of West Avenue and Cass Street in La Crosse.
During the 1992-93 school year, the increasing coordination of the seven Catholic elementary schools in the Greater La Crosse Area was made manifest with the foundation of the Aquinas Middle School. After three years of study, it was recognized that the unique needs of grade 7 and grade 8 students could be best met in a larger program that could sustain a number of specialty areas that any individual grade school could not sustain. Aquinas Middle School is located in a special wing of the Aquinas Schools building on the corner of West Avenue and Cass Street in La Crosse. In order to house both Aquinas Middle School and Aquinas High School, the building underwent a comprehensive $500,000 renovation underwritten by the Reinhart Family Foundation.
Aquinas Middle School currently uses three teams of teachers – Core 7, Core 8 and Encore teams – working together to address the total needs of each student
Aquinas Catholic Schools is a Christ-Centered learning community carrying out a fundamental mission of the Church to educate, challenge and inspire students in the Catholic Tradition of Faith, Service and Academic Excellence.
Our Vision
Aquinas Middle School will inspire students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and lifelong learners within a safe, nurturing, Catholic environment. Students will grow spiritually, academically, creatively, socially, and physically, striving to be Christ-like influences in their communities.
Our Motto
Learn - Share - Serve
1. at home
2. at school
3. in their parish/school
4. in their community
At Aquinas Middle School, we feel that service to others is an integral way for students to experience their faith in action and to grow in that faith.
To follow through on this emphasis of Christian service to the parish, community, and others, there is a service component requirement in all middle school religion classes. Seventh grade students have a four hour quarterly minimum service requirement. Eighth grade students have an eight hour quarterly minimum service requirement. Students are strongly encouraged to experience service in several of the four areas. Also, for students interested in raising their religion grade beyond grades received in classroom work, more hours of service are accepted.
It is the belief at Aquinas Middle School that this service experience will provide personal satisfaction that will generate further involvement in high school and later life.
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Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
in La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The city lies alongside the Mississippi River.The 2011 Census Bureau estimates the city had a population of 52,485...
in the Diocese of La Crosse. Aquinas Middle School is part of the La Crosse Aquinas Catholic Schools.
History
Aquinas Middle School was founded in 1992 by Bishop John Joseph PaulJohn Joseph Paul
John Joseph Paul was a Roman Catholic bishop.Bishop Paul was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Aquinas High School in 1935. In 1939, he graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. John Joseph Paul was ordained to the Roman Catholic Priesthood on January 24, 1943, by Auxiliary...
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Aquinas Middle School is a grade 7 and 8 Catholic School. It is a part of Aquinas Catholic Schools. Aquinas Middle School is located in the Aquinas Schools building on the corner of West Avenue and Cass Street in La Crosse.
During the 1992-93 school year, the increasing coordination of the seven Catholic elementary schools in the Greater La Crosse Area was made manifest with the foundation of the Aquinas Middle School. After three years of study, it was recognized that the unique needs of grade 7 and grade 8 students could be best met in a larger program that could sustain a number of specialty areas that any individual grade school could not sustain. Aquinas Middle School is located in a special wing of the Aquinas Schools building on the corner of West Avenue and Cass Street in La Crosse. In order to house both Aquinas Middle School and Aquinas High School, the building underwent a comprehensive $500,000 renovation underwritten by the Reinhart Family Foundation.
Aquinas Middle School currently uses three teams of teachers – Core 7, Core 8 and Encore teams – working together to address the total needs of each student
Mission - Vision - Motto
Our MissionAquinas Catholic Schools is a Christ-Centered learning community carrying out a fundamental mission of the Church to educate, challenge and inspire students in the Catholic Tradition of Faith, Service and Academic Excellence.
Our Vision
Aquinas Middle School will inspire students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and lifelong learners within a safe, nurturing, Catholic environment. Students will grow spiritually, academically, creatively, socially, and physically, striving to be Christ-like influences in their communities.
Our Motto
Learn - Share - Serve
Christian Service
The concept of Christian service is an important component of the Aquinas Middle School curriculum. Students are encouraged to consider the value of the service to others:1. at home
2. at school
3. in their parish/school
4. in their community
At Aquinas Middle School, we feel that service to others is an integral way for students to experience their faith in action and to grow in that faith.
To follow through on this emphasis of Christian service to the parish, community, and others, there is a service component requirement in all middle school religion classes. Seventh grade students have a four hour quarterly minimum service requirement. Eighth grade students have an eight hour quarterly minimum service requirement. Students are strongly encouraged to experience service in several of the four areas. Also, for students interested in raising their religion grade beyond grades received in classroom work, more hours of service are accepted.
It is the belief at Aquinas Middle School that this service experience will provide personal satisfaction that will generate further involvement in high school and later life.
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Admissions Information
AMS Principal Message