We are pleased to offer a comprehensive curriculum that provides opportunities for all students to challenge themselves and to achieve success by enrolling in the level of courses that meets their needs. More importantly, recognizing that a student’s academic needs vary by discipline, we do not “track” our students.
Additionally, we offer fifteen dual credit courses at Mater Dei, for which students earn credit at both Mater Dei and Kaskaskia College, for no additional charge. Dual credit courses provide our students with numerous advantages following graduation: experience with college-level coursework, financial savings, and the opportunities to earn additional minors or majors or graduate early.
The pages below provide a listing of available courses, as well as the amount of credit earned in those courses. For complete descriptions of each course, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Graduation Requirement: 0.5 credit of Consumer Economics
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Course (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
* For Marketing and Small Business Management, dual credit with Kaskaskia College (3 credit hours) is earned after completing both courses.
Graduation Requirement: 4 credits of English and 0.5 credit of Speech 103
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
Graduation Requirement: 0.5 credit
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Year Long Course (0.5 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
Semester Course (0.25 credit)
Graduation Requirement: none (minimum of 2 years recommended for college)
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Graduation Requirement: none
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Year Long Courses (2 Credits - two periods per day)
* For Building Trades I and Building Trades II, dual credit with Kaskaskia College (6 credit hours) is earned after completing both courses.
Graduation Requirement: 3 credits
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
Graduation Requirement: 1.5 credits of physical education and 0.5 credit of Health
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
Graduation Requirement: 4 credits and Senior Service Project
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Course (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
Service Requirements
An essential aspect of our Mission is to provide an opportunity for our students to both learn to serve and serve to learn. Therefore, in addition to performing service as a school community, our students perform individual service. Through their service experiences, our students develop self-confidence, become aware of the needs of others, and recognize the many ways they can serve others with the talents God has graciously given them.
More specifically, our freshman, sophomore, and junior students perform twelve hours of service aligned with the Corporal Works of Mercy each year. Our senior students complete a three-week Senior Service Project in January, during which they respond to the needs of others at a variety of locations in Clinton County, the greater metro-east area, and St. Louis, including day care centers, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, civil agencies, and social agencies.
Graduation Requirement: 2 credits
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
Graduation Requirement: 2 credits, including American History, and U.S. Constitution test
For complete descriptions of the courses, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
Year Long Courses (1 credit)
Semester Courses (0.5 credit)
During the school year, students complete both the classroom phase and the driving (behind-the-wheel) phase of Driver Education. (Note: There are additional fees for Driver Education.) For a complete description of the course, please review the 2019-2020 Curriculum Guide.
In addition, the classroom phase of Driver Education will be offered during the summer at Mater Dei for students meeting the applicable birth date requirement. The fee is $60 for Mater Dei students, $85 for Central Community High School students, and $115 for all other students. The fee must be paid on the first day of class (check payable to MDHS Driver Education). Please note that the fee is for the classroom instruction only. Additional fees will be charged for the driving phase, the driving permit, and the license.
To register, please submit the Driver Education Registration 2020. Please note that enrollment priority will be given in the following order: students enrolled at Mater Dei, students enrolled at Central Community High School, students enrolled at all other schools.
Section 1: 15 years old by June 8, 2020
May 26, 2020 – June 8, 2020
8:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Section 2: 15 years old by August 7, 2020
July 27, 2020 – August 7, 2020
8:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
