Nativity of Mary is a Fully Accredited Catholic School
Dignity - Respect - Acceptance
Nativity of Mary is a fully accredited school.  We are very proud of our students, faculty and staff and we offer one of the very best Catholic Education programs in the Kansas City/St. Joseph Diocese.  Recently, Nativity of Mary School was featured in The Catholic Key in conjunction with Catholic Schools Week.
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Quotes taken directly from the Catholic Elementary School Accreditation Team Report
  • "Social Justice is taught at all  grade levels."
  • "Information is readily available to parents via email and newsletters."
    (and Now nativityofmary.org)
  • "PTO (Parent/Teacher Organization) is commended for all contributions to school success."
  • "Welcoming, warm, relaxed, hospitable atmosphere among staff, teachers, students and parents."
  • "Positive presence and strong support from the principal and pastor is evident to children faculty, staff and parents."
  • "There is a visible, collaborative effort between the school and community"
  • "Strong Christian Community"
  • "See how they love on another."
  • A well-meshed faculty compliments each other"
  • "Our School is clean and inviting with classrooms that are child-centered and enriched with learning materials and resources."
  • "The instructional staff exhibits a high level of professionalism and consistently models Christ like behavior for the students."
  • Collaborative Relationship exist between principal, pastor and school board."
  • "The warm, accepting school climate is a direct outgrowth of the caring and respectful relationships enjoyed by the faculty, administration and the parent community."
Strong Christian community "See how they love one another."
Atmosphere provides "dignity, respect and acceptance for each individual."
Christian behavior practiced by teachers, mirrored by the students.

The philosophy of the school appears well internalized and lived by all members of the community.

Visible collaborative efforts between school and community.
Open channels of communication.
PTO commended for all contributions to school success.
Outstanding Public Relations and Marketing plans.
Information for parents readily available through weekly newsletters and e-mails.

Instructional staff exhibits high level of professionalism.
Staff have internalized the DFSE concepts and consistently model Christ-like behavior for the students.

Physical plant is clean and inviting.
Classrooms are child-centered and enriched, as much as possible, with learning materials and resources.

Pastor’s presence and support is evident.

Positive presence and support from a strong principal is very evident to children, faculty, staff and parents.

Principal is responsible for hiring a well-meshed faculty.
Principal is visible, knows all children by name and is well respected.
Principal and staff are commended for their conscientious effort to save and recycle paper.
Principal gives teachers ownership of PDC and staff development programs.

Professionalism of staff is demonstrated in dress, commitment to school and interactions with each other and students.

Staff development plan targeted to advancement of directives.
Utilization of teacher aides in lower grades is commended.

Creative implementation of diocesan directives.
Creation of a working draft of a curriculum map.

Quality education not impaired due to lack of materials.
Excellent organization of materials in limited storage space.
Thorough inventory.

It is evident that the administration has gone to great length to put safe new arrival and dismissal
procedures in place.
The custodial and maintenance staff is commended for the appearance and condition of the physical plant.
Access to building is controlled by magnetic locks.

New state-of-the-art computer lab.
....and New nativityofmary.org website to share information with the Parish, School and Community families!