St. Edward Vision and Mission Statement: St. Edward School community strives to do WHAT IS RIGHT and DO OUR BEST in the image St. Edward School, in partnership with families and the Catholic Church, challenges each student to achieve academic excellence; to appreciate the arts; to realize his or her full potential; and to embrace and model the gospel of Jesus Christ through service to our community and the world.
Club or Organization: Boy Scouts, Forensics, Girl Scouts, Lego Club, Rosary Club
Arts and Music Programs: Band, Choir, Guitar, Piano, Private Voice, Violin
School Notes
St. Edward School (SES) is a Catholic Elementary School within the
Diocese of Nashville. It is a parish school with close ties to the
church and community. We serve appropriately 360 students from 3
year old PreKindergarten through Eighth grade. Our population
is 53.33% female and 46.66% male. 92.5% of our student
population is Catholic and 7.5% is Non-Catholic. SES has a diverse
student population: 63.89% Caucasian, 8.89% African American,
14.17% Hispanic, 5.28% Multi-Cultural, 7.78% Asian.SES employs 29
educators who work directly with students making our teacher/pupil
ratio 13/1. Our school consists of mostly middle class families
living in Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, and Wilson counties.
St. Edward has 39 different zip-codes and 26 different cities
represented in our school. Our parents represent a wide range of
income levels and occupations. The school is accredited through the
Tennessee Department of Education, Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools (SACS), and Southern Association of Independent Schools
(SAIS). Our PreK program has been accredited by the National
Association for the Education of Young Children.Our educators
emphasize individual development along with the basic skills
curricula which includes:Religion, Language Arts, Social
Studies, Science, Mathematics, Physical
Education, Music, Spanish, Art, Technology and
Media.Our media center is the heart of our school. We have a
vital technology and information literacy program that strives to
prepare our students to become responsible digital citizens and
lifelong learners. Students learn technology from basic to
more advanced skills such as technology integration into their
subject areas and creating multimedia projects.Our media center is
equipped with state-of-the-art touch screen computers, iPads for
check-out, and a quality library collection. The library
contains 11,965 different materials including 8,615 distinct
titles. Those materials include fiction, non-fiction,
biographies, easy books, reference materials, professional books,
CDs, DVDs, and audio books. We also have subscriptions to two
professional magazines and seven magazines for
students. ​ There are over 125 computers
throughout the various classrooms for student use in addition to
teacher computers. We also have, computers on wheels (COWS),
and iPads available for students use for grades PreK-8th. All
computers are hooked up to a fiber internet connection.
As a part of our media resources, we have 7 interactive
whiteboards (Smartboards) which are used by both faculty and
students. In addition to that, all classrooms are equipped with a
ceiling projector and wide screen. These tools are being used
for teaching and learning.
Our Faculty: SES is fortunate to have an
outstanding faculty and staff consisting of 32
individuals.19 Classroom Teachers7 Specialty teachers2
Educational/ Instructional Assistants1
Administrative Assistant1 Nurse1 Technology Director1
Administrator56% of our faculty hold an advance degree, the
average years of experience for our faculty is 18 years and the
average years of teaching at St. Edward 14 years.
Our Students: St. Edward School standardized test scores
are a tribute to the hard work of the teachers, students, and
parents. The average student scores a year in a half above their
grade level in the five core academic subjects of
Reading, Language, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
Although high academic standards are in place, St. Edward School
also provides many opportunities for students to
participate in extra and co-curricular activities including sports
teams:National Honor
Society, Football, Softball, Cross
Country, Basketball, Volleyball, Student Council,Forensics, Band, Choir, Cheerleading, Soccer, Scouts, SES
Music Academy
Pre-Kindergarten 3 Yrs Old Program: St.
Edward School has expanded the Pre-K program last fall with the
addition of a program for three-year-olds. The program will
provide pre-school education two days per week, Tuesdays and
Thursdays, and is open to any child who has his or her third
birthday before August 15, 2014. “St. Edward’s Pre-K
program for four-year-olds has been very successful since its
inception in 2000, and it has been the model for numerous Pre-K
programs at other schools,” Redmon said. “As more parents
told us they were looking for educational options for their young
children, we decided that we could build on the proven success of
our Pre-K and extend our unique educational experience to another
group of families. We are excited about the addition of these
young students to our campus and the expansion of Catholic
educational options to another group of young boys and
girls.”Applications are now available in the school office.
Parents interested in enrolling their children will need to
provide the application along with a $50.00 application fee and
a current immunization form for their
three-year-old. Please visit Admissions
link or call 615-8335770 for more information.
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