There are approximately 300 students currently enrolled in grades K - 8. The school also operates an active pre-school program for children ages 3 and 4, and offers extended-care services. Nineteen lay teachers instruct students in a core curriculum including religion, mathematics, reading, social studies, science, language arts, spelling, reading, and handwriting. Specialties such as art, music, computer eduction, health & physical education, and library are also offered.

Cathedral School is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school surpasses the Pennsylvania state requirement of 990 instructional hours and meets the Diocese of Allentown requirement of 1001 hours per school year. To view our credentials, click on the graphic to the left. Then click on DOAS and search for Cathedral School.

Philosophy of Cathedral School

Cathedral School exists to serve the Catholic families of the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, Allentown, as well as non-parishioners who can benefit from the educational opportunities offered in our Christ-centered school environment.

As an extension of the family, Cathedral School exists to teach Catholic Doctrine and to form its students in the Catholic faith, to promote academic excellence, to build community, to encourage service to others, and to develop abilities which will encourage its students to become productive members of society. This is a continued commitment made at the time of Baptism when parents promised to "be the first teachers of their child in the ways of faith...bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do, in Christ Jesus our Lord." It is within this Christ-centered atmosphere that we endeavor to accomplish these goals.

As a community of faith, our Cathedral School family witnesses to the teachings of Christ while educating each student:

• Academically - within a Christian atmosphere;
• Morally - through Catholic principles;
• and, Socially - with Catholic viewpoints and action.