Saint Thomas More Academy offers a Preschool class for siblings of older students. Preschool will focus on explorative play, engaging students in the development of virtue as well as fine motor, art, and foundational academic skills. The Preschool division seeks to spark the imagination by inviting children to encounter Truth, Goodness, and Beauty through quality children's stories, nursery rhymes, scripture and saint stories, and investigation of the natural world. Additionally, the developing literacy, spatial, and mathematical skills of each student will be cultivated through Montessori-style materials and one-on-one and small group lessons. This approach to phonemic awareness, letter recognition, color, sequence, counting, and pattern allows students to explore and develop in an encouraging and supportive environment that makes learning at each child's pace fun and rewarding. While this curriculum can stand on its own, it is encouraged that parents thread these studies throughout their week, primarily reading aloud to your child from the selections provided. An at-home resources booklet will be provided to parents with studies for continuation at home (i.e., poetry for recitation, musical selections, or backyard nature study activities). These resources will be the same as those in Pre-Primary, encouraging family-style learning for the youngest students.

Pre-Primary students will begin by praying Midmorning Prayer of the Daily Office, practicing reverence and prayerful thanksgiving for our time together. The Circle Time that follows will connect the months, days, natural seasons, liturgical seasons, and lives of the saints. They will learn and commit to memory nursery rhymes, hymns, and prayers, and will be invited to encounter the Good, the True, and the Beautiful in poetry and time-honored classic children's stories. Pre-Primary will also emphasize the story of salvation and the sacramental life of the church through weekly scripture stories and lively catechism stories. Tuesdays in the Pre-Primary division will include collaborative play and outside games, nature study, as well as Montessori-based materials and one-on-one and small group instruction in literacy, math skills, and nature study, as well as Latin through rhymes, stories, and prayers. This Montessori approach allows each child to explore and develop these critical foundational academic skills in an encouraging environment at their own pace, building a strong base for an enquiring and joyful learner. Thursdays invite Pre-Primary students into exploring foundational music skills and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based exploration of prayer, the scriptures, and the Church aimed to introduce children to the Trinity in a reverent but hands-on fashion. While student work in Pre-Primary can stand on its own, it is encouraged that parents thread these studies throughout their week, primarily reading aloud to your child from the selections provided. An at-home resources booklet will be provided to parents with studies for continuation at home (i.e., poetry for recitation, musical selections, or backyard nature study activities).

The curriculum for all Primary Division students will include Calendar, Literature, Catechism, Music Foundations, and Geography on Tuesday and Calendar, Latin, Handcrafts, and Nature Study on Thursdays. Saint Thomas More Academy strives to give each primary student the best foundation for beginning formal lessons and depends upon active parental involvement for the child to progress. Required at-home lessons include weekly lessons in English Lessons Through Literature (Level A), Geography, Catechism, and Latin and recommended activities in Nature Study and Music Foundations. Students will require at-home instruction daily in addition to weekly lessons at Academy which are intended to reinforce progress made at home.

At the Junior levels, Saint Thomas More Academy is pleased to offer a one-day curriculum on Tuesdays consisting of Catholic Culture, Virtues (A)/Logic (B), Grammar & Rhetoric,, Choral Music, Art & Art History, Literature, History, and Nature Study. Literature studies will seek to emphasize the unique contributions of the English Patrimonial tradition. History will be taught by emphasizing its purpose - preparing students to live out the role in God’s story He has chosen for them. Art History will correspond to the time periods covered in History lessons, and will expose students to Truth and Beauty accessible in sacred and secular art. The 2023-2024 academic year will focus on the Enlightenment and American History. Nature Study will aim to hone students’ attentiveness and rootedness, learning about the interconnection of all living things. Virtues, Logic and Catholic Culture are designed to reflect some of the distinctive elements of the English Cathedral Schools of the High Medieval era - rigorous study in philosophy and theology beginning in young adulthood, and all through the eyes of the Church and with worship of the Trinity at the heart of all intellectual endeavors. 

The distinctive criteria for eligibility for the Junior Level is reading fluency, cursive handwriting skills prepared for in-class writing exercises, and an intellectual and moral maturity ready to take on more directed study in specific disciplines. The level of development of these skills and maturity will determine a student’s placement in the A or B level within the Junior Division, in addition to age. Junior A (upper elementary), and Junior B (middle grades) classes will be taught separately, and coursework and content will be fitted to students’ age and ability. This curriculum is designed to supplement home instruction, but will include assignments throughout the week between lessons. More outside-of-class work will be required of Literature, Grammar & Composition, History, and Geography. Other courses’ home assignments will be limited and are designed to be enriching for the whole family. For example, students will be encouraged to hang a print of the artwork studied in their home for admiration and reflection throughout the week, and similarly will be asked to listen to recordings of some of the music studied in choir throughout the week.