Saint Michael's School (Cranford, New Jersey)
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Saint Michael's School, also referred to as SMS or St. Mike's, is a Catholic parochial school
whose motto, "Fides et Ratio" (latin for "Faith and Reason") describes the school's goal of having their students become independent thinkers and grow into responsible young adults grounded in Catholic values.
St. Michael's, which offers nursery through 8th grade, was founded in 1929 and is located in Cranford
, New Jersey
. As of 2010, the principal was Mrs. Sandy Miragliotta. It is located on Alden Street, adjacent to St Michael's Church in downtown Cranford.
St. Michael’s follows the New Jersey Core Content Curriculum Standards in addition to Curriculum Guidelines set forth by the Archdiocese of Newark. It is also independently accredited by the Middle States Association for Elementary Schools, most recently in 2008.
St. Michael’s students have consistently outperformed the national and archdiocesan averages on standardized Terra Nova tests.
The school has both a Before-care and Aftercare program
Extracurricular sports are offered by the St. Michael's Sports Association.
Parochial school
A parochial school is a school that provides religious education in addition to conventional education. In a narrower sense, a parochial school is a Christian grammar school or high school which is part of, and run by, a parish.-United Kingdom:...
whose motto, "Fides et Ratio" (latin for "Faith and Reason") describes the school's goal of having their students become independent thinkers and grow into responsible young adults grounded in Catholic values.
St. Michael's, which offers nursery through 8th grade, was founded in 1929 and is located in Cranford
Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 22,625.Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden,...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. As of 2010, the principal was Mrs. Sandy Miragliotta. It is located on Alden Street, adjacent to St Michael's Church in downtown Cranford.
St. Michael’s follows the New Jersey Core Content Curriculum Standards in addition to Curriculum Guidelines set forth by the Archdiocese of Newark. It is also independently accredited by the Middle States Association for Elementary Schools, most recently in 2008.
St. Michael’s students have consistently outperformed the national and archdiocesan averages on standardized Terra Nova tests.
The school has both a Before-care and Aftercare program
Extracurricular sports are offered by the St. Michael's Sports Association.