Curriculum
St. Thomas Aquinas captured so well the reason for our work when he wrote that a person cannot love what he or she does not know. As catechists, we are entrusted with the immense task of guiding young souls to Heaven, and we do this by teaching them about our Catholic faith.
Kindergarten Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Created in Love
Essential Questions:
- Why did God create me?
- How can I learn about God?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will draw a picture of themselves using the gifts and talents God gave them in order to love and help others.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Cared for by God
Essential Questions:
- How can I hurt my relationship with God?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a Bible coloring book with various scenes from Genesis.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Born in Baptism
Essential Questions:
- What is Baptism?
- Why does God want me to be baptized?
Assessment Type:
1) a “Birth Certificate for God’s Family,” which outlines the date of Baptism, the things they will need, and what gifts they will receive, 2) a handprint image of the Holy Spirit as a dove, demonstrating how the guidance of the Holy Spirit unites all of us in God’s family.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Jesus, our Brother
Essential Questions:
- Why was God born into the world?
- Who is Jesus?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create their first Nativity set, demonstrating an understanding of the significant roles of each person within the scene in relation to Jesus.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Jesus, our Savior
Essential Questions:
- Why did Jesus die?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create an Easter Scene, depicting themselves among the figures and elements of the event as a disciple of Jesus. Then, presenting the scene to their peers, the disciple will explain how they would have demonstrated their role as disciples both in the time of Jesus and today.
Number of Instructional Days: 18
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Prayer
Essential Questions:
- How do we pray to God?
- Why do we go to Church?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will participate in an oral assessment (demonstrated prayer) , demonstrating an understanding of the purpose and practice of prayer.
Number of Instructional Days: 14
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
God’s Church
Essential Questions:
- Why did Jesus make a Church for us?
- How do we fulfill our role within the Church?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a family portrait of God’s family, illustrating the various roles within the Church.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Mary, our Mother
Essential Questions:
- How can the saints help me become more holy?
- How can I honor and thank Mary?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create their own rosary.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
First Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Call to Wisdom through Diligence and Gratitude
Essential Questions:
- How can I serve God with diligence?
- Why should I show God gratitude?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will choose a virtue that they want to ask God for. Drawing a picture of themselves using this virtue, they will depict and explain how they would use this virtue to help others.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Call to Wisdom through Humility and Perseverance
Essential Questions:
- Why were the Hebrew people called to persevere through their suffering?
- How does humility help us receive God’s gifts in Baptism?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a Miraculous Medal and present it to the class. In their presentation, the disciple will explain what virtue they wish to ask Mary to help them develop through prayer.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Call to Courage through Honesty
Essential Questions:
- How can I grow in courage to overcome my fears?
- Why should I be honest?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a fiery furnace, writing their fears upon the two doors of the model. Inside the furnace, they will depict themselves and Christ, demonstrating His protecting love.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Call to Courage through Heroism and Initiative
Essential Questions:
- Why does God ask me to do difficult things?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will write a letter to the Pope, describing his favorite saint’s heroism.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Call to Justice through Respect
Essential Questions:
- Why do I owe others respect?
- How can I show God respect?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a comic strip using the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man. In the comic strip, they will highlight how God wishes us to recognize and acknowledge human dignity through justice and respect.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Call to Justice through Empathy and Mercy
Essential Questions:
- Why should I forgive others?
- How can I show others mercy?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will depict a person experiencing physical or emotional suffering. Then, aligning one of the Corporal Works of Mercy to this suffering, the disciple will depict themselves responding with mercy and empathy in the picture. Finally, the disciple will construct a prayer to Jesus, asking for Him to heal those who experience sufferings as depicted in PT.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Growing in Moderation and Self-Control
Essential Questions:
- How can I have a rich relationship with God?
- How can I overcome temptations?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will respond to a scenario depicted in an illustration, demonstrating how one can act out of the virtues of moderation and self-control. They will then write a prayer to God, asking for the virtue of self-control.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Call to Self-Control through Patience and Orderliness
Essential Questions:
- How can I use my body to pray?
- How can I use my heart and mind to pray?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a manual guide to prayer.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
Second Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Called to Stewardship
Essential Questions:
- Why are we called to be good stewards?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will write a letter to the mother of an unborn baby, using a Bible verse to thank them for being good stewards. This letter will be accompanied by a gift: an infant onesie decorated with the chosen verse.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Our Spiritual Ancestors
Essential Questions:
- Why are the Hebrews called the Chosen People?
- How can I put my faith in God?
Assessment Type:
Multiple Choice Assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 14
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
The Incarnate God
Essential Questions:
- Why did God become human?
- How is Mary my mother?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a liturgical calendar, labeling the liturgically significant dates.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
The Good Shepherd
Essential Questions:
- What is the role of a shepherd?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will complete a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Healer of Sin
Essential Questions:
- Why should I confess my sins to a priest?
- Who has the power to forgive sins?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will commit an examination of conscience and participate in the Sacrament of Confession.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Eucharistic Meal
Essential Questions:
- How can I create a good home for Jesus in my body and heart?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will write a guide/manual, explaining how to care for a Temple of the Holy Spirit.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Birth of the Church
Essential Questions:
- How does the Holy Spirit help the Church?
- How do I respond to Jesus' mission for the Church?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create an invitation for a party celebrating the birth of the Church at Pentecost. They will address the letter to a specific Apostle. The invitation will highlight what the Apostle should bring, what they will receive, and what they should prepare to do afterward.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Body of Christ
Essential Questions:
- Why is Christ’s Church called Catholic?
Virtues:
Assessment Type:
Each disciple will be tasked with creating a “piece” of the Church’s “body” (e.g, outlining information about different aspects of the Faith). When jigsaw is put together, it will create a complete “Body of the Church.”
Number of Instructional Days: 12
Third Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Ordering Oneself to God
Essential Questions:
- How does the liturgical calendar help me pray?
- How can I best focus on Christ’s life?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will lead class in a meditation using what they have learned about prayer and the liturgical calendar throughout the year.
Number of Instructional Days: 14
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Grace Given Through Baptism
Essential Questions:
- What is grace and what is it meant for?
- How can we share in God’s life?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will write gift instructions for the Gift of Baptisms. These instructions will highlight what the gift is meant to be used for, ways to take care of it, things to avoid, etc.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Modeled Prayer and the Power of Words
Essential Questions:
- How does God want us to pray?
- Why are words powerful?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will recite the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be within an oral test.
Number of Instructional Days: 8
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Spirit of the Law
Essential Questions:
- How do I follow the Spirit of God's Law?
- What is the difference between the Spirit of the Law and the Letter of the Law?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will participate in a Socratic Seminar, discussing how and why we should fulfill both the Letter and Spirit of God’s Law.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Eucharistic Presence
Essential Questions:
- Why should I receive the Eucharist?
- How is Jesus present in my life?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a paper monstrance which turns into an image of Jesus Christ.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Leaders of Faith
Essential Questions:
- Why should I listen to and follow the leaders of the Church?
- How does the Sacrament of Confirmation help a Christian leader?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will write a letter to their future self. Meant to be read during Confirmation preparation, the disciple will relay the important knowledge and understanding they have developed within this unit regarding the Sacrament.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Vocational Love
Essential Questions:
- What will make me happy?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will write a newspaper article interviewing King David. Responding to the interview questions, the disciple will reveal the vocational role David accepts and the impact of his moral and vocational shortcomings.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Healing and Help
Essential Questions:
- How can I repair my broken relationship with Jesus?
- Why am I called to forgive those who harm me?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will write a prescription for the healing graces found within the Sacrament of Confession.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
Fourth Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
God Speaks to Us Through Scripture
Essential Questions:
- How do I best love someone?
- What is the Bible meant to tell me?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a superhero comic strip which follows the same narrative arc of the Bible. Each strip will contain an act of mortal sin (demonstrating evidence of knowledge, will, and gravity) and an act of redeeming Agape love.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Created in Love
Essential Questions:
- How are humans different from the rest of creation?
- Why am I owed love and respect?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will interview a parent/adult, investigating the unique aspects that give them an individual identity. After exploring their God-given traits and gifts, the disciple will present their parent/adult to the class, introducing them as a significant and unique piece of God’s creation.
Number of Instructional Days: 7
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Hebrew Fathers
Essential Questions:
- Why does God create covenants with us?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding within a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Holy Family
Essential Questions:
- What is my role within my family?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a “Missing Persons Ad” for Jesus, highlighting His role within the Holy Family.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
High Priest
Essential Questions:
- Why do we celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday?
- How does a priest facilitate my worship of God?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding in a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Eternal Promise
Essential Questions:
- How can I come to be with God?
- Why does God want to be with me?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create an invitation to eternal life from God to us.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Vocational Role
Essential Questions:
- What is the role God has for me?
- What does a vocation help me do?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will be assigned a saint who lived out a various vocation within the Church and create a “saint card” (modeled after a baseball card) with information and statistics.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Journey Home
Essential Questions:
- How does Mary lead me to God?
- In my life, where am I journeying to?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a brochure advertising our earthly pilgrimage to Heaven. The brochure will highlight our common destination, the support available on the journey, and the profile/credentials of our guide, Mary.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
Fifth Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Children of God
Essential Questions:
- Why did God create me?
- Why do I have value and worth?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will interview a religious brother or sister, gaining perspective of how to live out our call as “Children of God” and demonstrating an understanding of our relationship to God as Father.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
A Family Broken
Essential Questions:
- How can God love me and also let me suffer?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will write a letter to their future selves as parents. This letter will contain advice on how to help, discipline, and raise their children.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
God’s Family Repaired and Restored
Essential Questions:
- Why do we call Mary the New Eve?
- Why does Jesus have the power to repair God’s broken family?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will investigate how Mary continues to be present to us today as a Mother in the apparitions of the 20th century by delivering a five-minute group presentation on an assigned Marian apparition.
Number of Instructional Days: 7
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
New Moses
Essential Questions:
- How can I fulfill God’s law?
- Why is it difficult to follow God’s law?
Assessment Type:
Disciple demonstrate how Jesus gives us the strength to fulfill his law of love within a comic strip.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
God’s Creed
Essential Questions:
- How does the Creed help us live our Christian faith?
- How are Catholics different from other Christian faiths?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will complete a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Christian Friendship
Essential Questions:
- How can I be a good friend?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will write an “epistle” to a fictional friend, describing early Christianity.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Encountering Christ in Liturgy
Essential Questions:
- How am I meant to participate in Catholic liturgies?
- How does the liturgy help grow my relationship with Jesus Christ?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will plan and execute a “class Mass” preparing readings, prayers of the faithful, readers, altar servers, etc.
Number of Instructional Days: 17
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Relationship Deepened in Prayer
Essential Questions:
- How can the saints help me pray?
- Why doesn’t God answer all my prayers?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will create a guide for the five steps of lectio divina. Then, by participating in a lectio divina prayer, the disciple will reflect on their experience of each of the five steps, as well as any take-aways.
Number of Instructional Days: 14
Sixth Grade Scope and Sequence
KNOW THYSELF
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Prayer and Personal Relationship with God
Essential Questions:
- How do I grow closer to God?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will take part in an Ignatian discernment simulation and will have to determine whether the thoughts and feelings are coming from the good spirit or the bad spirit.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Christ’s Prefigurement
Essential Questions:
- How can I live out the call to be prophets?
- How does Christ fulfill the words of the prophets?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will be split into groups and given the same scripture passage to analyze through a specific lens (allegorical, analogical, literal, moral). Each group will prepare a presentation highlighting the relevance this lens has to the text and our knowledge of Christ.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Christ’s Fulfillment
Essential Questions:
- What is the purpose of self-sacrifice?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will choose a provided devotion that is meant to help them pray through the Paschal Mystery. They will use this devotion for a week and write a reflective essay on its impact.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Christ’s Desire for Communion
Essential Questions:
- How does Christ choose to be present in my life today?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will complete a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Christ’s Continued Presence in the Church
Essential Questions:
- Why do we call Jesus the Bridegroom of the Church?
- How do a husband and wife become “one flesh”?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a wedding invitation, representing the vocational relationship between one of the following unions: husband and wife, religious sister and Jesus, priest and the Church.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Roles and Responsibilities in the Church
Essential Questions:
- How do we differentiate between Catholic and Christian?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will research another religion. Using the knowledge and understanding gained throughout the unit, they will deliver presentations to their peers, describing the religion, explaining its beliefs, and differentiating its teachings from the dogma and doctrine of the Catholic Faith.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 4 TOPIC:
Order within Liturgies and Practices
Essential Questions:
- How does the structure of a church impact my experience in Mass?
- How does the structure of the liturgy impact my experience of the Eucharist?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will demonstrate the centrality of the Eucharist within the physical structure of the Church by creating an architectural blueprint of a church, placing specific liturgical objects and elements within it. The disciple will then demonstrate the centrality of the Euchrarist within the liturgy by creating a stained glass window, depicting The Road to Emmaus. A reflection will accompany this stained glass window, explaining how the elements and themes represented within it will help a person ponder the mystery of the Eucharist during the liturgy of the Mass.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
UNIT 5 TOPIC:
God’s Providential Plan for Me
Essential Questions:
- What is God’s plan for me?
- How does providence impact my choices?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will create a Providential Path which visually depicts the people, events, and places that God has placed in their lives in order to draw them closer to Him. The map will narrate their journey, containing the positive and negative choices and decisions that have influenced their relationship with God and others.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 6 TOPIC:
Cooperation and Participation within Providence
Essential Questions:
- How can I develop virtue?
- How does vice impact my freedom?
Assessment Type:
The disciple will demonstrate knowledge and understanding through a multiple-choice assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
Seventh Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Importance of Relationship
Essential Questions:
- Why do I need others in order to live well?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will create a visual web of people they rely on for their moral, spiritual, academic, and physical development. They will present this web to the class, explaining how these people push them to grow in the highlighted areas and ultimately towards God.
Number of Instructional Days: 14
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Overcoming Temptation and Seeking Happiness
Essential Questions:
- What decisions will lead me to happiness?
- Why do I struggle to remain happy?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will take a personality test. After discovering their personality types, they will examine what temptations they might tend toward as they search for happiness in their day-to-day actions, and how they can overcome these temptations.
Number of Instructional Days: 12
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
The Authority of the Church
Essential Questions:
- Why do we need the Church in order to have a full relationship with Christ?
- How do we know the teachings of the Church are true?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will take a written test demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of the unit.
Number of Instructional Days: 8
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Prophesied Messiah
Essential Questions:
- Why would Jesus make someone uncomfortable?
- Why should I grow in virtue?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will choose the virtue that most exemplifies the qualities of Aslan discussed in chapters 6 - 10. They will find specific evidence in these chapters to explain why this is Aslan's defining virtue. Disciples will then create a profile of someone who would have a negative reaction to this virtue and a profile of someone who would have a positive reaction to this virtue.
Number of Instructional Days: 14
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Divine Power
Essential Questions:
- Does God’s power have limits?
- Should we fear evil?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will choose a Gift of the Holy Spirit to determine what it might look like as a tool in Narnia (like Peter’s sword, Susan’s horn, or Lucy’s medicine). After visually depicting the tool, they will describe its power, intended use, exemplifying nature, and qualities of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
God Sacrificed
Essential Questions:
- How can God be both merciful and just?
- Why did God have to die for our sins?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will take a written test demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of the unit.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 4 TOPIC:
Man Resurrected; Death Destroyed
Essential Questions:
- How does Jesus destroy death for us?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will create a piece of art (poem, picture, song) that expresses the effects of Christ’s Resurrection on death.
Number of Instructional Days: 8
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Priest, Prophet, and King
Essential Questions:
- How can I live out the Christian call to be priest, prophet, and king?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will demonstrate knowledge and understanding in a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Divine Worship
Essential Questions:
- How can I develop a Chrisitan worldview?
- How can I create a life centered on reverence for God?
Assessment Type:
Disciples will take a written test demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of the unit.
Number of Instructional Days: 9
Eighth Grade Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Vice and the Fall
Essential Questions:
- Why is sacrifice so important in the Old Testament?
- If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why is there pain and suffering?
- Why do some of my prayers go unanswered by God?
Assessment Type:
Explanation of why Christians do not sacrifice accompanied by participation in the Sacrament of Confession.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Hope, Happiness, and Virtue
Essential Questions:
- What will make me fully happy?
- Why should I do good things for others?
- What is the source of my worth?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will choose a confirmation saint that has inspired their understanding of vocation. They will then present this saint to their class, depicting how their chosen saint exemplified the alignment of one’s will to God’s.
Number of Instructional Days: 13
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Servant Savior
Essential Questions:
- Why is matter necessary to transmit sanctifying grace within the Sacraments?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will write a Confirmation Mass homily from the perspective of David (“The Hint of an Explanation”). Disciple will reference both the literary text and 2 Tim 2 in their homily, using these texts to express the significance of a Confirmed adult's role in the battle against sin and Satan.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Mission and Ministry
Essential Questions:
- Why should we believe the teachings of the Church?
- How do I live as a member of the Body of Christ?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will create a Military Standard for one of the Four Marks of the Church. In their standard they will use images, icons, and text to illustrate the significance the mark has on the identity of the Catholic Church and their mission within it.
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Divine Institution
Essential Questions:
- If She is Holy, why do I witness sin and corruption within the Church?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will choose a Confirmation Sponsor who exemplifies the ideals of a fully initiated Catholic adult. After interviewing their Sponsor, the disciple will deliver a presentation to their peers, highlighting the qualities and characteristics of an adult catholic pursuing holiness within the Christ’s Church.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 1 TOPIC:
Mature Prayer
Essential Questions:
- How can I pray “unceasingly”?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will create a Prayer Journal from the perspective of Mary. The disciple will demonstrate Mary’s perfect model of Christian prayer by cataloging a reflection and prayer for each mystery of a given rosary (Joyful, Luminus, Sorrowful, Glorious).
Number of Instructional Days: 10
UNIT 2 TOPIC:
Moral Maturity
Essential Questions:
- How do I know if an action is right or wrong?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will demonstrate knowledge and understanding in a written assessment.
Number of Instructional Days: 11
UNIT 3 TOPIC:
Full Initiation into the Body of Christ
Essential Questions:
- What roles do I enter into as a fully initiated Catholic?
- What responsibilities do I take on as a fully initiated Catholic?
Assessment Type:
Disciple will choose one of the three baptismal roles and plan a community project grounded in the responsibilities corresponding to this role. The disciple will then bring one of the present projects to life in their school, parish, or neighborhood community.
Number of Instructional Days: 15