As families prepared their households for the school year, filling their shopping carts with crayons, notebooks and backpacks, the Archdiocese of St. Louis and Office of Catholic Education and Formation prepared by commencing the 2021-22 school year in prayer.

A long-standing and fruitful partnership between archdiocesan grade schools in South County and Hancock Place School District in Lemay recently marked a new milestone.

Across the archdiocese, many parishes and schools have taken up the practice of phone chains. These seek to ensure that everyone in a given parish or education program hear directly from the parish and allow their needs to be heard. In a time of social isolation, these can be a great source of comfort for those who have no one else to check in on them. 

In the wake of the sudden shift to e-learning archdiocesan schools have undertaken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are getting creative with their approach to this new challenge.

Most teachers are providing excellent lesson plans for learning at home, but parents can add to those lessons with resources that encourage learning through games and educational videos.

Check out this list of helpful tips for high school teens as they continue their routine at home.

Use these tips to harness the energy and curiosity of early-grade students.

When you’re teaching at home, you’ll be more successful if you abandon the idea of replicating a regular school day and, instead, create an easy-to-learn routine.

There’s good news about teaching the Good News! You don’t need a degree in theology.

ArchSTL’s high schools are taking steps to ensure that Catholic spirituality, daily prayer, and community support are among the elements shipped along airwaves to students’ emails along with learning material.