Academic Excellence: The Power of Core Knowledge and Direct Instruction

St. Anthony School provides a rigorous learning environment where our students will acquire a broad based education and develop critical thinking skills which will ensure student self-confidence and future success. In particular, each student will:

• Have proficient reading skills, developed through direct, intensive, systematic, early and comprehensive phonics instruction, and master materials of superior literary merit;
•  Be able to communicate effectively in written and oral form, with style, discipline, proper grammar and correct spelling;
•  Have mastered basic mathematical skills so they become a useful tool in solving quantitative problems;
•  Have become a competent student in the scientific method and have acquired a mastery of the science of the world around us;
•  Have knowledge and appreciation of and curiosity for music, the arts, and our cultural heritage;
•  Have a working knowledge of the geography and economic, social, cultural and political history of the United States and the world;
•  Respect the teaching authority of the Catholic Church, have a solid grounding in Catholic doctrine and moral teaching, and have a knowledge of and appreciation for the lives of the saints.

Accreditation and Memberships 

St. Anthony School is accredited by Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation. We also share membership in the National Catholic Education Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, Educational Resources Incorporated and the Core Knowledge Foundation.