“Faith and reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which it soars to the truth.”

- Saint John Paul II

Faith, the first pillar, is learning from others, and it has within it all of the richness of God’s love and the wisdom of humanity.  The method of faith is to entrust oneself to another person who is farther ahead on the path.  Faith is the primary way in which young children learn. 

The second pillar is reason. Along with the method of faith, students are invited to test and verify the truth of the content offered to them. This process of verification, which is reasoning, gives students the tools necessary to judge all things in school and life, as St. Paul instructs.

OUR METHODOLOGIES

We use time-tested best practices in reading, listening, note-taking, and writing, with an emphasis in the upper grades on analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of what they see, read, and hear. Our students exercise their critical thinking in front of all that they learn through the method of faith.

WE ARE A FAMILY

Accompanying us in this journey are three missionary sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, who teach in the school, as well as our parish priests, who offer their guiding care. Our community of faith is an essential factor for students, parents, families, teachers, administrators, and staff to continually discover and verify the love of God, and to grow in love for Jesus Christ.

THE CHARITY OF CHRIST

We experience Christ’s abundant love and seek to educate each member of the Nativity community to love each other and those beyond our walls. To do so, we offer opportunities for charity and service to others so that each may learn something of themselves in his or her engagement with reality.

Service Opportunities. All-school service day; donation drives; partnership with community organizations to serve the elderly, sick, and in need. Middle schoolers donate hundreds of hours, both with in-school and community-based volunteering.

School Families. Comprised of students from each grade, family groups gather for monthly lunches and activities and journey together through their entire Nativity career. Younger students are given a "big buddy" to guide them, simultaneously giving the older students leadership opportunity.

Parent Teacher Organization. PTO engages our community with special events like Donuts with Dad and Santa Shop, and supports teachers' classroom needs.

Learning Interventionist, Counselor and Nurse. We invest in having the resources here to meet students' unique physical, emotional, and intellectual needs. Specialists are here to support their overall wellbeing.

School Advisory Council. SAC is advisory group of parents to administration, to ensure voices are heard.

Library. Professionally-revamped library curated with good books to support our faith and reason model. Students learn to love to read, research, and participate in read alouds.

Field Trips. Learning outside of the classroom, such as the Denver Zoo, Capitol, Denver Cathedral, museums, Gold Mine and Mother Cabrini Shrine.

Volunteers. We have a lively culture of parent involvement, supporting teachers and serving as role models to students. Every volunteer is safe environment trained and background checked.