We are fully accredited with the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS). 

We are committed to a teacher-student ratio of approximately 1:15. With the help of volunteer tutors, the student-teacher ratio is reduced even more.

Our school week is from Tuesday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm.  There is no school on Mondays to allow families the freedom of spending additional time together or scheduling doctor appointments on that day.  This reduces student absenteeism during the week.  However, parents agree to take a direct part in their child’s education by overseeing instructional hours at home on Monday which includes completing additional homework assigned over the long weekend.  The academic year begins on the Tuesday following Labor Day and concludes the Friday before Memorial Day.  The total hours spent in class, along with the extra hours completed at home on Mondays, meet state requirements for instructional hours.

Our maximum enrollment will be approximately 250 students from preschool through 12th grade.

Students bring their own sack lunches to school. At this time, a hot lunch is available once a week.

Our curriculum aims to bring about the best intellectual formation of our students.  We are an honors school and all our classes are considered to be at the honors level. Our goal is to form students to critically analyze and understand various subject matters and express themselves eloquently both in speech and in writing.  Homework volume tends to be a little more than at traditional public or parochial schools.

The amount of homework depends on the grade level and can fluctuate throughout  the year.  However, teachers strive to limit total daily homework to the following approximate amounts:

• 1st-4th: 45 minutes

• 5th-6th: 1 hour

• 7th-8th: 1.5 hours

• 9th-12th: 2 hours

Because we do not have school on Monday, homework over the weekend is slightly increased for all grades. 

The Latin language is a crucial component of a classical education.  It forms the mind to learn the structure and etymology of language (it is the mother language of most Western European languages including our own), forms critical thinking skills, prepares students for a variety of professions (e.g. law, medicine) and most importantly, opens wide the doors to experiencing the rich heritage of our culture and Catholic faith.  Our curriculum is different than most because it goes beyond rote memorization and instills a deeper understanding of Latin as a living and spoken language in order to rebuild the language of our Church, one student at a time!

Currently our language program is entirely focused on Latin; in the future we hope to add Ancient Greek. At the elementary level, students are exposed to Latin through prayers, songs, poems, and stories; in 6th grade, our students embark on a comprehensive 7-year sequence with the goal of becoming proficient readers of authentic Latin texts.

No.

Our sports program has included: co-ed soccer, cross country and girls volleyball in the fall; girls and boys basketball in the winter; tennis, golf, and track in the spring. All programs are parent-led and offered based on student interest. Families pay $60 per student to participate in any number of sports they wish, with a $350 cap per family. We participate in the Kentucky Christian Athletic Association League.

The spirit and heart of the Catholic Faith permeates not only the curriculum at Immaculata, but more importantly, is at the core of our identity and mission which we seek to joyfully live out. Non-Catholic families who desire the education and formation we offer at Immaculata must understand that the Catholic Faith is core to any experience at Immaculata and not just one subject in our curriculum. With this in mind, we do accept families of non-Catholic backgrounds on the condition that the student participates in all of the school’s Catholic services (e.g. Mass, daily prayers, etc), Religion/Theology classes and that the values and virtues the family tries to foster at home are in line with those we seek to teach the children at Immaculata.

We do not have entrance exams. We do have a placement exam for Math.

As a four day a week school, classroom time is spent very efficiently and much material is covered throughly by the teacher each day. It is therefore very difficult for a student to enter into our rigorous program during the middle of the school. Nevertheless, should the administration, along with the teacher and with the input of the parents seeking their child’s admittance, discern the child could still be successful, it may be possible to join after the school year starts.  However, each student will be accepted on a case by case basis at the discretion of the teacher and administration.

Our preschool program has a half-day option.  Lower school students can only enroll full-time.  Upper School students are encouraged to enroll as full-time students, but it is possible to enroll for a few courses at the discretion of the teachers and administration and dependent upon student enrollment.

We do offer tuition assistance for families in need.  There is a limited amount of scholarship funds available each year.  We utilize an independent financial aid assessment tool (F.A.C.T.S.) to assess and verify need. A Board of Advisors examines the results and assists as many families as possible.  All families who receive financial assistance are asked to give of their time by volunteering at the school. Please ask to see our Tuition Assistance Form to apply.

Electronic payments are recommended for all families.

No.  We are a classical academy with a rigorous academic curriculum for typical children, while at the same time providing academic and/or social integration for some children with special needs. Recognizing the acute need of many families and desiring to respond generously to the Church’s call of service to all, we do admit, on a limited basis, students with special needs, particularly those with Down Syndrome. We follow the philosophy that classrooms should reflect natural proportion guidelines, with classrooms generally having 1-2 children with special needs, or about 15% of our total student body.

At Immaculata Classical Academy, children with special needs are joyfully welcomed and appreciated as children of God.  However, because of the wide spectrum of special needs, we are necessarily limited in the range of children with special needs we can serve. We want to become the best at what we do and therefore necessarily need to narrow our scope of service at this time. We have served children with Aspergers, Prader-Willi and severe mental delays among others, and are always very open to meet with any families of children with special needs. Nevertheless, our specialty is to serve children with Down syndrome.

First, from grades preschool through sixth grade, our focus is both academic and social integration. In our upper school, where the academic content becomes more difficult, we focus on social integration of our children with special needs, along with academic integration where possible. If a student can no longer keep up with course content even with accommodations, we offer one on one tutoring to focus on those core skills the student and his family are wanting to develop.

Secondly, in order to properly integrate children with special needs within our model in the lower school, a child must be able to spend most of the day in the regular classroom- at Immaculata, curriculum accommodations within the classroom are most often used. After deliberating with the parents, a family individual education plan is drawn for the student. This way, they receive personal instruction from their teacher, our Special Needs Coordinator or Assistant to review or improve their understanding of the material.  Our combination of small class sizes, low student-teacher ratios, dedicated teachers, full-time Special Needs Coordinator and Assistant along with our zealous hearts, equips us to successfully challenge our children with special needs to meet their own personal potential while at the same time maintaining our high academic standards. 

Absolutely. Our mission is to provide the highest quality education and formation for children of all families.