If you're looking for the right Catholic school for your child, take a closer look at our featured Monterey County Catholic schools:
Madonna Del Sasso School
20 Santa Teresa Way, Salinas, CA 93906 (831) 424-7813
Madonna del Sasso school is a school on the move, and the passion we exhibit to take action to grow our school and educators we need to make school work for our students so they can truly be college and career ready. We take the drive into today’s driving decisions at today’s most rapidly improving school and into an increasingly student-centered, technologically driven, information-based model- where culture trumps strategy and vision drives decisions. We move to be the difference and we are the difference!
Notre Dame School
455 Palma Dr, Salinas, CA 93901 831-751-1850
Notre Dame High School is a diocesan Catholic high school that has educated young women in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito County for more than 50 years. At Notre Dame, every class leader is a girl. All the speakers, writers, singers, athletes, and actors are girls. Notre Dame offers an outstanding academic program complemented by excellent co-curricular opportunities including sports, clubs, student government, and campus ministry.
San Carlos School
450 Church St, Monterey, CA 93940 (831) 375-1324
San Carlos School is entering its 120th year of educating children on the Monterey Peninsula. The San Carlos School curriculum meets and exceeds the standards set by the State of California for elementary education in language arts (reading, writing, grammar, and spelling), science, math, social studies and physical education. In addition, students receive instruction in technology, Spanish (beginning in first grade), art and religion. Children in kindergarten through the 5th grade enjoy formal music and library classes. San Carlos School also offers students 12 extra-curricular clubs and sports teams. Every race, origin, religious background and economic strata are represented, welcomed and accepted as family at San Carlos.
Santa Catalina School
(831) 655-9351 (lower school) (831) 655-9356 (upper school)
1500 Mark Thomas Dr, Monterey, CA 93940
Santa Catalina Lower and Middle School is a coed, independent, Catholic day school for students in PreKindergarten through eighth grade. With innovative teaching methods, energetic teachers, and a strong emphasis on arts and hands-on learning, the academic program inspires and encourages students and fosters a love of learning that stays with students long after they leave. For girls in grades 9-12, Santa Catalina offers an independent, Catholic, boarding and day school. Students are challenged to achieve excellence in every arena, from rigorous academics—including a marine ecology program that takes advantage of access to Monterey Bay—to competitive athletics in 12 sports to an arts program with professional-quality facilities.