One has a rich Tucson history dating to the 1930s.
Another is so in tune with the latest research in brain development that the paint color on the walls is supposed to stimulate the mind.
And a third Northwest Side Catholic school is looking to grow.
Families searching for a faith-based education stressing moral and spiritual growth — and with a strong commitment to academics — have options in the three Northwest Side Catholic schools.
Immaculate Heart schools — Immaculate Heart Academy and Immaculate Heart High School — St. Odilia Catholic School and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School enroll more than 900 students combined in preschool through 12th grade.
Sure, some public middle schools in the area have more than 1,000 students, but these Catholic schools aren't overly concerned about quantity.
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Immaculate Heart High School, 625 E. Magee Road, only has 73 students but the student-teacher ratio is 11-to-1.
"Our small-school environment creates a no-place-to-hide environment," said Thomas P. Long, president of Immaculate Heart High School. "Kids have to stand and deliver here."
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Immaculate Heart Schools. Immaculate Heart Academy, 410 E. Magee Road. Immaculate Heart High School, 625 E. Magee Road.
Preschool through 12th.
About 380 at Immaculate Heart Academy (preschool through eighth grade) and 73 at Immaculate Heart High School.
$5,800 a year for grades 9-12. $3,550 for grades K-8. $5,235 for two students in grades K-8; $6,420 for three or more students.
Call Gretchen Galen at 437-2899.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School, 8650 N. Shannon Road.
Preschool through seventh.
430.
$3,500 a year, or $3,100 for contributing St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church parishioners. Tuition for registered parishioners with two children is $5,400; $6,800 for three or more children.
Call the school at 797-7327.
St. Odilia Catholic School, 7570 N. Paseo del Norte.
Preschool through fourth grade.
71.
$293 per month.
Call the school at 297-1123.
