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<p class="fontlook"><!--FOTO1-->The Intermediate School provides the foundation for the skills that are essential for lifelong learning. The Core curriculum (Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science and Religion) and Encore subjects (Music, Art, Computers, Spanish, Chinese and PE), as well as weekly classroom developmental curriculum, are taught as an integrated part of the total body of knowledge and skills presented in the classroom.  The curriculum is centered upon the valuable use of language as the main instrument to communicate ideas, information, experiences and values from one to another and across time.  We encourage the study of reading, writing, listening and speaking as a set of processes that grows and flourishes when a child's own interests are involved.  Skills are introduced and practiced as tools to improve these processes, not as ends in themselves.

<p class="fontlook">The objective of the instructional program in the Intermediate School is to teach the girls to “learn how to learn” and to be independent, self-directed learners who think critically and creatively.  

<p class="fontlook"><!--FOTO-->The innovative and nurturing environment emphasizes the education of the whole child academically, physically, socially, morally and spiritually.  By involving students in a number of special events, school-wide liturgies, grade-level liturgies, social justice projects, team sports, and field trips, Carrollton is preparing them for the leadership roles they will assume in the future. The preparation of women of courage and confidence calls for education of the mind, the heart, and the body.  

<p class="fontlook">Below are some of the special Intermediate Events:

<p class="fontlook"><B>ASSEMBLY</B>
<p class="fontlook">Assembly is an important part of life at Carrollton as it is a living example of the Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria.  It is a time when the whole Intermediate School community gathers for daily prayer, flag salute, fellowship and community announcements.  

<p class="fontlook"><B>MERIT ASSEMBLY</B>
<p class="fontlook">Periodically, the faculty will recognize students in a special assembly for special efforts and acts of kindness witnessed throughout the daily life in the Intermediate School.  Each child is recognized and honored with a merit card.

<p class="fontlook"><B>PRIZE DAY</B>
<p class="fontlook">At the end of the school year, a formal assembly, known as Prize Day, or “Prizes,” is held.  On the last day of school the students gather with their teachers.  Students are awarded promotional certificates and commended for their interest in learning throughout the school year, as well as for living the Goals and Criteria.  

<p class="fontlook"><B>BLUE/GOLD TEAMS </B>
<p class="fontlook">When a student enters the school, she is assigned to either the Blue or the Gold team.  The main purpose of these teams is to encourage an understanding of being a team player and to build community within the school.  Points are earned through special events and intramural athletic contests played during the school year. A plaque is awarded on Field Day to the team with the most points.
<p class="fontlook">Blue/Gold events include:  Blue/Gold Swim Meet, Blue/Gold Soccer Match and Blue/Gold Field Day.

<p class="fontlook"><B>DRESS DOWN DAYS</B>
<p class="fontlook">“Dress Down Days” are special THEME days when students are permitted to be out of uniform and/or to dress according to a particular theme.  There may be a fee assessed for the privilege of dressing down.  The fees are contributed to a worthy cause.  Last year the funds raised from dress down days were donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, our Sacred Heart school in Uganda and Coconut Grove Cares Barnyard.
<p class="fontlook">Favorite dress down days are: Pretty in Pink, Freaky Friday, Theatrical Thursday and Summer Fun.

<p class="fontlook"><B>SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS</B>
<p class="fontlook">Part of the fulfillment of our Sacred Heart goals is to educate our students to a sense of social awareness and responsibility.

<p class="fontlook"><B>SERVICE DAYS</B>
<p class="fontlook">Once per trimester the students in each grade level participate in a service day, going out into the community to give of themselves and their talents to those in need.  This year the Intermediate students are visiting the Notre Dame Day Care, Jackson Memorial Hospital Pediatric Ward, and Redlands Christian Preschool.

<p class="fontlook"><B>AMOR EN ACCION</B>
<p class="fontlook">Amor en Acción focuses on assisting the poor, and handicapped. Amor en Acción programs include: 
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<LI><a class="fontlook">	Supplying assistance to Barrio Los Higueros and Port-de-Paix, including potable water. 
<LI><a class="fontlook">	Inspirational Activities for Children and the Elderly 
<LI><a class="fontlook">	Education and Character Development in needy institutions 
<LI><a class="fontlook">	Community Service, Counseling and Orientation
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<p class="fontlook">The Intermediate School has worked with Amor en Acción to assist victims of the hurricane in Haiti.  We have collected clothes and hygiene items which were shipped to families in need.

<p class="fontlook"><B>BARNYARD</B>
<p class="fontlook">The Barnyard is a nonprofit agency serving the marginalized youth of the area, under the auspices of Coconut Grove Cares.  Sixth Graders go to the Barnyard each Tuesday to work and play with students.  We assist students with their homework, often acting as tutors.  The Barnyard teaches our girls to give to others.  In the words of one of our students, “I learned that I can really make a difference in another person’s life.  I also learned that I can have a relationship with the children from the Barnyard, not as a teacher or helper, but as a friend.”

<p class="fontlook"><B>FIELD TRIPS</B>
<p class="fontlook">Field study or field trips are an important part of the Intermediate curriculum.  In addition to building understanding of content area subjects, the trips build leadership skills and a sense responsibility and the feeling of belonging to the community.

<p class="fontlook"><B>STUDENT AMBASSADORS</B>
<p class="fontlook">The Admissions Office recruits Intermediate Students to act as school ambassadors during the Admissions Showcase and other special events.  This is a service position and an honor. All candidates must have the Intermediate director’s approval.

<p class="fontlook"><B>CLASS REPRESENTATIVES</B>
<p class="fontlook">On a monthly basis, each homeroom will elect a class representative.  This student will meet with the director and faculty liaison weekly to plan fundraisers, organize information sessions and delegate duties.  Class Representative duties include:  distributing lunch, coordinating playground equipment, assigning recycling duties, creating fun and successful fundraisers.

<p class="fontlook">Intermediate Grade Level Teams –Goals

<p class="fontlook"><B>Grade 4</B>
<p class="fontlook">Objective for the Class: Students will get to know and appreciate each other so that our Fourth Grade students will feel like a class and a part of the Intermediate community. 
<p class="fontlook">The class will find ways to demonstrate their understanding of “Life at the Sacred Heart:”
<p class="fontlook"> “You are a child of the Sacred Heart.
Some of you are here for the first time; some have been here for many years.
The duration does not matter.
What is important is that you are a ‘Child of the Sacred Heart,’ and will always thus be known by God.” 
(From “Life at the Sacred Heart, page 3) 
<p class="fontlook">Goal for the Individual: Each student will develop a sense of belonging and confidence and will begin to see her place in the class and herself in terms of personal accountability.

<p class="fontlook"><B>Grade 5</B>
<p class="fontlook">Objective for the Class: The class will continue to develop its identity and begin to emerge as a more unified, cohesive unit.  The class will find ways to demonstrate its understanding of “Life at the Sacred Heart”.
<p class="fontlook">”’Make your home in me,’ He told his followers, ‘As I make mine in you.’
By coming to a school of the Sacred Heart, you have become part of a family.
Accept with gratitude all those in your school community.” 
(From “Life at the Sacred Heart,”,page 3)
<p class="fontlook">Goal for the Individual: Each student will begin to develop her sense of self-awareness with regard to her strengths and weaknesses, academically, spiritually and communally.

<p class="fontlook"><B>Grade 6</B>
<p class="fontlook">Objective for the Class: The class will see its establishment of intellectual, spiritual and communal purpose.
<p class="fontlook">The class will find ways to demonstrate its understanding of “Life at the Sacred Heart”.
<p class="fontlook">“Through growth in self-discipline, you will learn how to accept the consequences of your choices and actions.  At times you will have to refuse yourself what you like; at other times you will have to act independently of what others think or say of you: in all your actions become free to live face to face with yourself under the eyes of God.” 
(From Life at the Sacred Heart, page 16)
<p class="fontlook">Objective for the Individual: Each student will see herself in relation to her interests and abilities with a view towards service to the larger community in which we live.

