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Cuyahoga County

St. Monica School
The mission of Saint Monica School is to provide a quality and unique education that is enriched by Gospel values and social responsibilities so that the students will be able to meet the challenges of our society.

Saint Monica School is a Roman Catholic elementary school located in Garfield Heights. With a focus on academic excellence, Saint Monica School is fully accredited by the Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association. We provide: an outstanding Catholic and comprehensive education, Gospel values and Christian beliefs, and a fully licensed and certified faculty and staff.

The purpose of Saint Monica School, in cooperation with our parents, who are the prime educators, is to develop a right conscience to guide the students so they can become instruments of God's word and extend themselves into their communities.

In addition to the basic curriculum of: Religion, Mathematics, Language Arts, Science/Health, Social Studies, Art, Music, and Physical Education; we offer Student Council, Peer Tutoring, CYO Athletics, Scouting for Boys and Girls, Band Program for Grades 4-8, 8th Grade Drama Ministry, Youth Choir, Power of the Pen, and Junior Holy Name Society.

To support the individual needs of our students we provide: Speech, Remedial Math and Reading, and Psychological Services. Teaching our students the use of technology and multi-media to improve their lives and to help them in their education and future careers is a priority at Saint Monica School. We have a state-of-the-art eMac Computer Lab, computers in every classroom, 31 laptop computers on mobile carts, classrooms with ACTIVboards and closed-circuit student-produced TV program and morning announcements.

To assist our parents we offer: hot lunch, before care (starting at 6:30 am), and after school care until 6:00 pm. School office hours are 7:30 am-3:00 p.m. For more information or to schedule a tour, call Ms. Downey, our principal @ 216-662-9380.