Academic Excellence

At Regis, our staff continually seeks to fulfill the mission of Regis Middle School,  built on a foundation of Faith, Service, Academic Excellence, and Character-Based Leadership.  We offer a rigorous curriculum that not only prepares your child for their next grade but also looks ahead and prepares them for their next level -- high school. 

We set the bar high for all of our students through alignment with Iowa Core Standards for literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and 21st century skills.  Regis offers a religion curriculum aligned to standards outlined by the Archdiocese of Dubuque and aligned to prepare students for Theology classes at Xavier High School. Students are challenged but are given opportunities to grow spiritually through preparing and planning weekly liturgies and prayer services.    

To prepare students for their next grade, for high school and beyond, Regis offers:

• Math classes that are level-based on ability level to appropriately challenge students at grade level or higher.  
• Advanced level Math and Science classes taught in conjunction with 9th grade classes at Xavier. 
• Blocked Language Arts classes, enabling students to get two 45 minute periods a day, back-to-back, dedicated to language arts and reading. 
• A hands-on learning experience in Social Studies through interactive projects, research, and service learning. 
• Our Team Model Approach to education allows Grade level teams to meet daily to ensure collaboration to best meet the needs of all students. 

Along with our core area classes, we offer Essential classes in the areas of health and wellness (physical education), computer, art, band, and choir.  Students can learn an instrument or how to sing through individual lessons each week in addition to joining one of our ensembles.   

Regis Middle School strives to provide the most technologically advanced materials to support high learning standards. All students receive iPads as a part of Regis’ 1:1 iPad initiative. Regis also provides an iPad cart and two computer labs for student use.  One lab has a full classroom set of Chromebook computers, and the other lab houses desktop PC computers. 

Regis Middle School utilizes PowerSchool (including PowerSchool Pro and PowerSchool Learning) as an education technology platform. PowerSchool Pro and PowerSchool Learning have a variety of uses for teachers, students, and parents including use as a grade book, a communication tool for daily updates, and as an online homework submission site.