Nominated by the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award for 2009 This award demonstrates high student achievement in Reading and Mathematics which places St. Gregory’s in the top 10% of the schools across the country.

Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome to St. Gregory the Great School. Our mission is… To teach Gospel Values Create a Christian Community Strive for Academic Excellence Motivate our students to Global Services	Sr. Mary John O'Rourke
As stated in our parental survey, “St. Gregory the Great School exemplifies a caring environment with high standards, superior curriculum and passionate exceptional educators.  The leadership and vision of the administration has enabled St. Gregory the Great School to be on the cutting edge of education allowing students to make a difference in a global society.”             We are blessed with teachers, students and friends who interact as a Christian Community and support all our endeavors.  We have much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to!  Come join our school family.  We are always in the process of becoming better…             I look forward to sharing our good news with you…                                                             Sincerely,     Sr. Mary John O’Rourke, OSU Principal

Mission Statement

St. Gregory the Great school, in cooperation with the parents, was established for the purpose of giving the students a God-centered, Catholic outlook on life.  We strive for academic excellence in an atmosphere of religious and moral training, which leads to self-discipline that gives direction and certainty to the lives of our students.

St. Gregory the Great is a Pre-School through Grade 8 school – fully accredited by:
National Catholic Education Association
New England Association of Schools and Colleges and
National Association for the Education of the Young Child

Our teachers are fully certified and follow the curriculum approved by the Diocese of Bridgeport and the State of Connecticut.

We Worship – St. Gregory the Great School is committed first to “giving students a God-centered Catholic outlook on life” and we do this through school and class liturgies, frequent prayer services, sacramental preparation, and special prayer services such as Living Stations of the Cross, the May Crowning and Blessing of the Animals.

We Learn – We are committed to “academic excellence” and our offerings include reading, religion, language arts, social studies, science, mathematics, algebra, foreign language, art, music, drama, physical education and computer literacy.  Our Spanish teacher is full time!  Our textbooks are current and regularly updated.  Our classrooms are all multimedia classrooms.

We Enrich  - Our computer Lab has 17 new IBM computers and there are 4 roll-in carts with sets of laptops that can be used by any class.  Every classroom has access to the Internet.  Computers and technology play an integral part throughout the curriculum.  Students develop the necessary knowledge to utilize the technology available to them.  Students use computer stations and laptops within the classrooms, computer lab and the Science lab.  Interactive whiteboards are used for instruction in every classroom.  Upon graduation, the students are experts in computer skills.  We have a state-of-the-art 2,000 square foot Science lab.  We have a rooftop weather station and many live animals in our Science lab.  We take class trips including seventh grade trips to Boston and eighth grade trips to New York City and Washington, DC.  Students produce their own professional quality yearbook and have an opportunity to take part in many activities such as Parochial League Basketball, cheerleading, track team, UN Club, John Hopkins Talent Search, National Geographic Bee, Yale’s Paleo Knowledge Bowl and Science Horizons.

We Win Awards – We are proud to have State Spelling Bee Champions, Peace Poster Contest Winners, Dinosaur Poster Contest Winners, Paleo Knowledge Bowl Finalists and Winners.  Science students in Grades 7 & 8 recently competed against middle and high school students across the state in a competition called “Cool It – the Climate Change Challenge” in which they won the grand prize of $10,000.  Their ability to utilize technological tools allowed them to communicate, maintain documentation, gather and analyze and graphically represent data, create publications to distribute to the school community and the community at large.  Also, our Home and School Association won the NCEA Distinguished Home School Association Award in 2006.

The music, art, drama, and physical education programs encourage students to appreciate themselves and each other through a variety of techniques.  Extracurricular activities including basketball teams, cheerleading squads, and track teams, promote cooperation and good sportsmanship.  The United Nations Club was established to evoke awareness of the global world.  As a result of our academic and extracurricular activities, students have entered contests and won numerous awards.  St. Gregory the Great School has evolved into a beacon of academic excellence, nurturing the whole child to become Christian leaders in the world today.