Good Shepherd Catholic School is a Catholic Elementary School in Northampton, Pennsylvania.
Our mission is to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, the Good Shepherd. We lead our students in the rich traditions of hard work, responsibility and faith in God and family.
We instill in our students a profound love of learning, guiding them as they grow into compassionate, respectful leaders for tomorrow.
We inspire our students to achieve with integrity, responsibility and the love of Jesus the heart of their faith. As bearers of hope and beacons of light in their diverse and ever changing community, students of Good Shepherd Catholic School are prepared to lead and live in the glow of their loving patron, Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.
Shepherding in Faith ~ Inspiring in Education ~ Learning for Life.
Please call school office for tuition information.
610-262-9171
Admissions Director
Mrs. Victoria Frystack
School Notes
Good Shepherd Catholic School is a Catholic Elementary School
with students in Preschool through Grade 8. Our educational
mission is an integrated ministry embracing education, worship,
community, and service. Our faith Community which includes
parents, Pastors, administration, and faculty strives to introduce
children to Jesus, the Good Shepherd, while working together to
develop children spiritually, intellectually, emotionally,
socially, and physically. Our message is one of faith, hope,
and love integrated into academics and witnessed in our words and
actions. Our Pre-K program is held five day mornings. Our
Kindergarten program is a Full Day program with an academic
curriculum. Daily small group instruction by certified
teachers using the Early Prevention of School Failure Modality
Centers concentrating on the following modality skills language,
fine motor, auditory, visual, and gross motor. Daily whole
group instruction is provided in Religion, Mathematics, Language
Arts/ Reading, Science, and Social Studies.In addition to daily
classroom Religion instruction all students attend mass each
Friday.All students in Grades K-8 receive weekly instruction in the
following specials: language (French K-3 and Spanish 4-8) physical
education, music, computers, art, and library.
Decades ago private schools could have been accused of being elitist. You had to have money to attend. The student populations were fairly homogeneous. Fortunately that has changed.
