 | St. Catherine's and St. Christopher's have long records of success in single-sex education. We're experts, respectively, in teaching girls and boys in distinct environments that allow each to flourish best. We were definitely ahead of our time given that 21st-century research on brain development and gender differences has confirmed the value of single-sex education. For example, girls are verbal and collaborative at very young ages and learn best by seeing and doing. They are motivated to take on new challenges which helps their self confidence grow. Boys develop differently and at a different pace. They are more action oriented and are quick to grasp spatial and mechanical relationships.
Classroom education in our Lower and Middle Schools is single sex, allowing boys and girls to learn in the environment most appropriate for them at these ages. Boys and girls in these grades are brought together in a spirit of fun for fellowship, service projects and the arts. Extended Day, the coed after-school program, begins at junior kindergarten and continues through grade 7 and is run by St. Christopher's.
While we believe that single-sex education is the ideal learning environment for Lower and Middle School students, we also know that ultimately men and women will live and work together for the rest of their lives. Both of our schools collaborate in a program designed to bring boys and girls together at points in their intellectual, physical and emotional development when it is to their advantage.
We call this The Coordinate Program
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