St Thecla School

An excellent Neighborhood School! There is great leadership, support and direction from our pastor and principal… and from the dedicated teachers. There are opportunities for every student at St Thecla… from sports, academic bowl, student government. If you want a great education — -and don’t want overcrowded classrooms — check out St Thecla.
Academically, St Thecla is challenging and the curriculum is advancing every year. Music, Art, Spanish and Computer are regular subjects. Recently STEM has been woven into the curriculum. 5^th-​8^th graders are given iPads to use/​take home for homework. They use google classroom to receive and submit homework. Great for those kids that lose stuff. iPads are theirs to keep after graduation. St Thecla students are testing well and doing wonderful things in high school and college.
We transferred into grades 3, 5 and 6 from Chicago Public School. It was not easy to leave what we knew. But we are grateful we made the switch. As a transfer family, we were welcomed right away… and it was easy to get involved. There were other private schools around to chose from — but we did not want another large school that had 3 classrooms per grade. We wanted a smaller school with ideal class sizes – so our kids could be involved and participate more… vs a large school with 70+ kids per grade. A RUMOR to squash — St Thecla is not academically behind CPS. With approx 16 very happy former CPS students at St Thecla in the past 2 – 3 years… believe me, far from the truth.
One final thing – last year, St Thecla was one of 6 parish schools asked to merge. These 6 schools were all within 1 – 3 miles of each other… some facing issues. Times are tough, Illinois is facing a lot of problems. Each of these parish schools are amazing… with a great community. All wanted to continue to remain a neighborhood parish school as many have done for over 70 – 90 years – but some no longer could. St Thecla chose to remain a neighborhood parish school. And is still under the Archdiocese of Chicago. St. Thecla is financially strong, has no debt and has never borrowed $ from the Archdiocese. St Thecla’s enrollment is not meant to be 600 – 800 students. There’s always room to grow, but will never be an oversized school. Families that come here – do not want their kids to get lost in the shuffle. There is a strong commitment to continue for another 90 years!
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Best school in Norwood Park! If you are looking for a small classroom size, very caring teachers and staff, phenomenal academics, and superior athletic programs then St. Thecla School is for you! The Scout programs are great too!