St. Mark’s Catholic School

• Fully accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association
• Approved by the Idaho State Department of Education
• Member of the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)
• Multi-year winner of the Best Private Elementary School award

Our Community

• Serves more than 350 students from Preschool through 8th Grade
• Two classrooms per grade level to maintain small class sizes
• Mission focused on developing the whole child in spirit, mind, and body

Student Support and Enrichment

• Full-time school counselor
• Part-time school psychologist
• Two school nurses
• Reading specialist
• Spanish, art, music, library, and physical education programs
• Student access to the campus chapel

Student Life

• Daily hot lunch program
• After-school childcare program
• Extracurricular opportunities including orchestra, choir, robotics, and athletics

Faith Formation

• Weekly student-led Mass
• Monthly Adoration
• School-wide Advent and Lenten retreats
• Middle school retreats
• The only Catholic school in the Treasure Valley offering the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program for Pre-K through second grade
• Service learning and community outreach supported by a Spirituality Committee composed of faculty, staff, parents, and our parish priest

Campus

• Main building with a chapel, preschool wing, 13 elementary classrooms, library, music room and stage, gymnasium, and full-service kitchen
• Middle school building with six classrooms, a science lab, and student lockers
• Additional building housing the art room and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium
• Outdoor spaces including a large fenced field, two blacktops, a preschool playground, swings, and a large play structure.

Safety and Security

• Two-acre playground and field area enclosed by safety fencing with locked gates
• Controlled access to campus buildings during the school day
• Interior and exterior camera systems throughout campus
• Support from a School Resource Officer (SRO) stationed next door at Fairmont Junior High