About Us
Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in our amazing educational community. The School of the Madeleine is a vibrant and inclusive Catholic elementary school with an 85 year tradition of education and service in the city of Berkeley, CA.
The Madeleine provides a modern Catholic education guided by Gospel values, marked by high academic standards, and enhanced by a commitment to social justice. We acknowledge parents as the primary educators of their children, and honor their decision to partner with our school.
With a firm dedication to the education of the whole child – spirit, mind, and body – we strive to embrace our cultural diversity and guide each student to the fulfillment of his or her unique potential.
Our graduates demonstrate self-confidence, resilience, an ingrained love of learning, awe of God’s creation, and a desire to foster peace and justice in the world. Our graduates go on to find success in high school college, and beyond. We welcome you to learn more about our Catholic school in Berkeley!
Sincerely, Joseph Nagel, Principal
Education at the School of the Madeleine
Our Catholic educational mindset is supported by our institutional vision and instructional design. Classroom technology and tools enhance our students’ ability to learn. Our Smart classrooms enlist interactive instructional tools for teachers and mobile devices for students to facilitate learning. Classrooms are equipped with environmental enhancements such as sliding whiteboards, tackable wall surfaces, automatic shades, mobile furniture and air-flow control to support the variety of learning styles and teaching pedagogies taking place throughout the day.
Our modern educational mindset is also fostered by collaborative models for instruction and administration. With two teachers in every classroom in Kindergarten through 5th grades, instructional teams in grades 6-8, and an administrative team comprised of the principal and administrative support, the School of the Madeleine is truly a collaborative model of authentic modern Catholic education. Instructional and administrative collaboration promotes and models student collaboration within the classroom.
At the School of the Madeleine, by living our Mission every day, we empower and prepare our students for the future – a future they will be called upon to create. Let us partner with you in providing a Catholic education for your child.
“Our community is diverse and inclusive – centered always around the students and grounded in Catholic values.”
~Madeleine Parent