ACADEMICS
Elementary
Grades K-6 • Grammar Stage
The Final Stage of Formation
Where a Lifelong Love of Learning Begins
In the Grammar Stage, kindergarten through sixth grade, students build the foundation for everything that follows. Through rich content, memory work, and joyful discovery, they gain the knowledge, habits, and love of learning that shape a lifetime.
The Early Years Set the Course for Everything After
The elementary years are when children learn how to learn, and how they feel about it. Parents want more than worksheets and screens. They want their child to become a strong reader, a confident thinker, and a kind person, in a place where they are truly known and cared for.
Strong reading, writing, and math foundations
A love of learning, not burnout
Character and good habits
Being known and nurtured
Strong values, less screen time
Holy Rosary Academy gives children a joyful, structured start that prepares them for a lifetime of learning.
The Grammar Stage:
Building the Foundation
Classical education develops students in three stages, and it begins here. In these early years, children have a natural gift for memory and wonder. We build on it, filling the Grammar Stage with rich stories, foundational skills, and the building blocks of knowledge across every subject. Students master reading, writing, and math while developing a genuine love of learning that carries them forward.
CORE STUDIES
- Phonics & Reading
- Writing & Grammar
- Mathematics (Saxon)
- History & Geography
- Science
- Latin (introduced in the early grades)
- Fine Arts & Music
FORMATION & SKILLS
- Memory Work & Recitation
- Presentation & Public Speaking
- Handwriting
- Attentiveness & Study Habits
- Virtue & Character
Holy Rosary Academy was built for exactly these years, to form students who graduate ready for anything.
What Sets these Years Apart?
Memory Work & Recitation
Committing rich content to memory builds strong minds, sharp focus, and real confidence, giving children a foundation of knowledge they carry for life.
Latin from an Early Age
Introducing Latin early strengthens English, builds vocabulary, and develops the structured thinking that supports every subject that follows.
Presentations from Kindergarten
Children begin presenting in front of their class from the very start, building poise and public speaking confidence a little more each year.
Reduced Technology
Less screen time, more engagement. Students read, discuss, create, and explore the world directly.
from the Very Start
Growing in Faith
Faith is woven naturally into each day through prayer, weekly Mass, the saints, and the everyday practice of virtue. In the youngest grades, students also experience the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a hands-on, contemplative approach that invites children into Scripture and the liturgy through a specially prepared space called the atrium. It meets children where they are and lets faith take root gently and deeply.
A Foundation That Lasts
The habits, knowledge, and love of learning built in these years become the foundation for the reasoning of junior high and the confident expression of high school. Many students begin here and continue through graduation, growing within one consistent, caring community.
- A strong reader, writer, and thinker
- Confident speaking in front of others
- Grounded in faith and virtue
- Curious and eager to learn
- Prepared for the Logic Stage and beyond
- Growing in the pursuit of what is true, good, and beautiful
See the Grammar Stage in Action
The best way to understand these years is to visit. Meet our teachers, step into a classroom, and see joyful, engaged learning for yourself.