Crossroads Christian Elementary School
Pacifi c Point Christian School
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St. Catherine of Alexandria School
17500 Peak Avenue • Morgan Hill • stcatherinemh.org/
St. Mary School
7900 Church Street • Gilroy • stmarygilroy.org
Pacifi c Point Christian School
1575 Mantelli Drive • Gilroy • pacpoint.net
Crossroads Christian Elementary School
145 Wright Avenue • Morgan Hill • crossroadschristianschool.org
Crossroads Christian Elementary School
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athletics including girls’ and boys’ volleyball and basketball
teams, flag football, track, and softball. Annual fundraisers like
the St. Mary spaghetti dinners held in May and October help
support sports programs and other student activities.
St. Mary School has implemented the Drexel school system.
According to Greteman, “It’s a different structure that’s being
looked at around the country because of its success here in the
Bay Area. It started here with seven schools in the Diocese of
San José.”
The Drexel system provides opportunities for teachers
from other schools in the diocese to collaborate at monthly
meetings. Greteman said she’s looking forward to the positive
benefits of those collaborations trickling back into
St. Mary classrooms.
The school’s adoption of the Drexel system led to a $25
million grant to fund tuition assistance for student families
with financial need. Annual tuition for the 2017-18 school
year is approximately $7850 per student, with a discount for
families with more than one student enrolled.
“Anyone who is interested in a Catholic education for their
children, it should be available to them,” Greteman said.
St. Mary School is accredited by WASC (Western
Association of Schools and Colleges) and WCEA (Western
Catholic Education Association) and follows the Diocese of
San Jose and State of California education directives.
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Pacifi c Point Christian School and Pacifi c West Christian
Academy merged to operate as one under the Pacifi c Point
name. The school’s educational heritage dates back to 1995.
According to School Principal, Curt Goris, “It started as a
ministry of South Valley Community Church. We spun off,
and we have our own school board and school superintendent
now. All of our teachers are well qualified, they all have a
bachelor’s degree, a teaching credential.”
Pacific Point’s Kinder enrollment includes 227 elementary,
130 junior high/high school, and 55 preschool students. The
preschool offers transitional kindergarten and pre-K classes.
Among Goris’s goals is incorporating more technology in
the classrooms. He said “We want to make sure it’s appropriate
developmentally…not gimmicky. There’s no substitute for
Kindergarteners playing with blocks.”
For academic testing, Pacific Point participates in Terra
Nova, a national standardized test utilized by Christian
schools.
Goris said Pacific Point’s students “do very well in terms
of reading and language.” Academic achievement starts early:
The school’s Kindergarteners are “always in the top ninety
percentile” according to Goris. He noted that the school keeps
classes small, capping at 24 students per class with most
averaging between 18 and 20 students.
The school’s staff includes full-time teachers as well as
a Physical Education specialist, a music specialist, and the
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