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▪ Accreditation

▪ State Testing

St. Helen School opened in 1961 with 23 fifth graders. Sister Mary Harold Helms, our first principal, a Sister of Notre Dame from Chardon, Ohio added another grade each year.  The first graduating class of 1965 had 25 students.  Kindergarten through third grade was added in 1979.  In 2002 we opened a preschool for three and four year olds.

Over the past 45 years our school has not only met incredible challenges but is growing and thriving.  We have 260 children in preschool through grade eight.  Our full staff of 37 teachers, teaching assistants, support staff and specialists offer the individual attention that our students need to meet their full potential.

Many classrooms have been remodeled to accommodate the needs of students and staff.  In 2006 new offices as well as a new entrance was created to make way for future changes in the church and school structure.

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St. Helen School lives out its mission and philosophy by working toward these goals:

▪ To establish a community of faith in which we can live a sacramental life of prayer based on personal responsibility and freedom reflective of gospel values.

▪ To explore ways to deepen student's concern for and skill in peacemaking and the achievement of justice based on the Gospel spirit of peace, community, love, patience and respect for self and others.

▪ To assist the students to acquire skills, virtues and habits of heart and mind required for effective service to others.

▪ To use religious instruction to enable students to address, with Christian insight, the multiple problems which face individuals and society today.

▪ To use mathematics instruction as a practical tool for daily living as well as a mental discipline to develop one's ability to reason and think logically.

▪ To use English and reading instruction as a means toward effective use of communications.

▪ To use science instruction to acquire an awareness of scientific concepts and principles to enable students to respect life and the world which sustains it.

▪ To use social studies instruction to develop dynamic and functionally competent persons who will fulfill their individual roles in society and appreciate the multicultural diversity in the world.

▪ To value art and music as a fundamental and expressive part of life.

▪ To use health and physical education instruction to acquire knowledge and develop attitudes and responsibility for preserving wellness.

▪ To use computers for computer assisted learning and to develop an awareness of what computers can do in our society.

▪ To assist the students in the development of personal responsibility in and for their actions.

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St. Helen School is full accredited and charted by the State of Ohio.  All teachers are certified by the State of Ohio.  Religion Teachers are certified by the Religious Department of the Diocese of Cleveland.

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Over the past several years, the students of St. Helen School have consistently achieved test scores above the national range and within the top 25 percent in the nation for grades 1 through 7.

98% of St. Helen School eight graders have a 98% passage rate on the nationwide proficiency test

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