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Teaching Theology at the High School Level

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FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART ACADEMY, La Cañada Flintridge, California
(1992 data)
School operated by:  Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters
Tuition: $5000
Student Profile: 385, all female
±75% Catholic
295 day students, 90 resident students
Faculty: Religious Studies Department: 1 full time, 4 part time
Starting Salary: w/o credential or teaching experience, w/ MA: $24,000 FT
Average Class Size: 25-30
Religion Requirement: 4 years, +1 retreat/year requirement

CURRICULUM:
 
 

Semester

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

[Fall] Catholic Doctrine Sacraments Hebrew Scriptures Peace & Justice
[Spring] Spirituality Ethics New Testament Christian Lifestyles



JUSTIN SIENA HIGH SCHOOL, Napa, California
(1992 data)
School operated by:  Dominican Sisters of San Rafael (/Christian Brothers)
Tuition cost:
Actual charge:
$5100
$3800
Student Profile: 400, coed
±50% Catholic (many nominally)
Increasingly a commuter school
Faculty: 31 FT, 51 total
Religious Studies Department: 3 full time, 2 part time
Average Class Size: 27-30
Religion Requirement:
4 years

CURRICULUM:
 
 

Semester

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior


Fall

Personal Development

New 
Testament


Moral Decisions
Christian Life
or
Christian Ministry
Spring Old Testament Sacraments World Religions

ND CONTACT PERSON: Chuck Niedhoefer (MA '92)
New Testament and World Religions


MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, Burlingame, California

(1992 data)
School operated by:  Sisters of Mercy
Tuition: $4300
Student Profile: 315 girls
±85% Catholic
Faculty: 13 FT; 17 PT 
Religious Studies Department: 5
Average Class Size: 24 (10 lower than school average)
Religion Requirement:
4 years

CURRICULUM:
 
 

Semester

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior


 

[Fall]


Personal Development 

Hebrew Scriptures


Hebrew Scriptures
(review)
Christian Scriptures

Human Sexuality & 
Christian
Lifestyles
(students choose two)


Inner Journey
(prayer)
or
Life after Life
or


 

[Spring]


Catholic Christianity

Human Sexuality & Relationships


Church History

Philosophy of Life


Psychology & Religion
(spirituality)
Christian Service
or
Beliefs
or
Values, Morality
& Social Ethics


SAN DOMENICO HIGH SCHOOL, San Anselmo, California

(1992 data)
School operated by:  Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
Tuition: $9600
Student Profile: 140 girls
±50% Catholic
80 day students, 60 resident students
Faculty: 38 total
Religious Studies Department: 4
Average Class Size: 12
Religion Requirement:
4 years, + 100 hours of community service in 4 years

CURRICULUM:
 
 

Semester

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior


Fall
Intro to Religious Studies in the Secondary School

Decision-Mak ing

Religion in 
the Arts

Women in Relationships

Spring New Testament
(Jesus & gospels)
Old Testament

New Testament
(parables & epistles)

Social Justice

World Religions


ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL, Mountain View, California

(1992 data)
School operated by:  Holy Cross Brothers
Tuition: $4500
Student Profile: 1530 coed
90% Catholic
Faculty: 70
Religious Studies Department: 5 FT, 7 PT
Average Class Size: 35
Religion Requirement:
4 years, + 50 hours of service in 4 years

CURRICULUM:
 
 

Semester

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior


[Fall]
Orientation to S.F.
Old Testament

Psychology and Faith Development

Morality

Christian Vocations

 

[Spring]


 

New Testament


 

Church History


 

Social Justice

Philosophy
or
World Religions
or
20th Century Christian Leaders


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