Academics at Corpus Christi School is more than just the textbooks and the lessons. At CCS, part of what shapes our students minds and lives are the extra programs, assemblies and initiatives we take part in and the friends they encounter along the way. Read about some of the programs and pets associated with our school that helps make Corpus Christi so special.
Corpus Christi School has a chapter with The National Junior Honor Society.
The purpose of the National Junior Honor Society is to elevate students with a school's commitment to the values of scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship. These five pillars have been associated with membership in the organization sinces its inception in 1929. (Click to visit the NJHS page here.)
Grades: 8th
Meetings: Wednesdays
Moderator(s): Mrs. Adamo
Corpus Christi School has a chapter with The National Beta Club and the National Junior Beta Club.
The purpose of the National Beta Club and the National Junior Beta Club is to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among elementary and secondary school students. (Learn more)
Grades: 4th - 8th
Meetings: Selected School Days
Moderator(s): Ms. Paladino; Mrs. Donovan
[Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, 5/13/24] - The National Beta club at Corpus Christi School has proudly been named a 2024 National Beta Grand Slam Service award winner. The club earned this award by spending an average of 100+ hours per member serving their school, community, and state this year.
As one of the four pillars of National Beta, service is encouraged to help students learn to demonstrate the motto: Let Us Lead by Serving Others. By showing dedication to service, Corpus Christi School Betas helped contribute to over 1,869,258 hours served by clubs across the nation this year. Collectively, Betas also raised $1,036,655 for various organizations and charities. The club at Corpus Christi School joins a group of only 59 other schools to earn the award this year.
Members will each receive a commemorative pin and the club will receive a custom Louisville Slugger mini-baseball bat to proudly display in their school.
About National Beta
With more than 500,000 active members and 9,000 chapters nationally and internationally, National Beta has become the nation’s largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization. National Beta recognizes outstanding achievement, promotes character and social responsibility, encourages service involvement to school and community, and fosters leadership skills. National Junior Beta includes grades 4-8 and National Senior Beta includes grades 9-12. The National Beta program offers over $300,000 annually to its Senior Beta Members. Visit betaclub.org for more information.
The purpose of the student council is to allow students to develop leadership skills by organizing and carrying out school activities and service projects. In addition to planning events that contribute to school spirit and community welfare, the student council is the voice of the student body.
Grades: 4th - 8th
Meetings: Selected School Days
Moderator(s): Ms. Paladino; Mrs. Donovan
The gifted and talented program sessions meet once a week during school hours as a pull-out program to provide differentiated instruction to students who have been identified as “gifted” or exhibit exceptionalities in a variety of subjects. Students will focus on a topic in more depth and detail and they study material that may be above their age level. The program provides instructional adaptations at an accelerated pace to support students who are advanced beyond their peers. (Learn more about the program requirements)
For updates, please visit the Corpus Christi Drama Club Facebook page.
Last year the Drama Club put on their first production in decades. They chose none other than the beloved classic, Beauty and the Beast. The students worked hard to perfect their roles. With each passing day, their excitement and anticipation for the big show grew. What resulted was a fantastic show and a tremendous display of their children's talents.The L.E.A.D. program is taught weekly by Hasbrouck Heights Police Department officers.
The L.E.A.D program is an anti-drug curriculum designed to promote positive, pro-social, attitudes and behaviors, while fostering healthy relationships, resistance to substance abuse and conflict, and resistance to negative peer pressure and influence primarily targeting 5th grade students.
“We at the National Wildlife Federation and Eco-Schools USA are proud of the example set by Corpus Christi School in New Jersey,” said Kim Martinez, Senior Director of K-16 Education Programs.
“This award demonstrates not only a commitment to sustainability and environmental literacy for students and faculty, but an appreciation that the best, most effective education transcends the classroom and offers a place-based, hands-on approach to learning”.
Corpus Christi School was recognized by National Wildlife Federation’s Eco- Schools USA program for exceptional achievement in educating for sustainability, improving the environmental footprint of the school grounds, facility and curriculum. It is the 20th school to be honored in the state of New Jersey and the 117 th to receive the prestigious Green Flag, the Eco-Schools highest honor. With more than 5,000 schools in all 50 states, the Eco-Schools USA program, is based on the commitment and work of student-driven teams dedicated to issues such as waste reduction and energy and water conservation using audits, action plans and other educational resources.
To receive the Green Flag, Corpus Christi School’s students and faculty tackled a host of sustainability initiatives that began with forming an Eco-Action team; auditing facility energy efficiency and other environmental focus areas; and engaging and building community. These steps led to [list actions/projects], all designed to raise environmental awareness, connect students to the natural world, improve the schools environmental footprint and increase student engagement, while saving money for the school.
National Wildlife Federation was named the stateside host for the international Eco-Schools program in 2008. The International Eco-Schools program (http://www.ecoschools.global) is a network of over 50,000 K-12 schools in 67 nations, started in 1994 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) with support from the European Commission.
Meet Crush, Squirt and Turtleini. They are musk turtles that live here at Corpus Christi. In addition, within several of the classrooms are: other turtles, butterflies, chicks, a tarantua and soon a guinea pig.
Also, through a collaboration with Kanine Assistance and Mickey's Kids, Corpus Christi has sponsored three puppies to become service dogs for children in need. We had the prviledge of naming the puppies, Christi, Kipp and Blue! Liberty and Axel who are service dogs come to visit and read with us too!