Dominican Convent School functions under the premise that students enrolled in this school have the ability to learn and can learn well. Learning is a lifelong process and this process begins in the grade levels incorporated in this school program. During these years, the child’s individual ability levels cannot be calculated, predicted, or tracked. The child’s ability levels will change each time the student encounters a new learning experience. This school will incorporate high expectations for the escalation of the student’s ability as he/she successfully approaches and completes learning experiences designed in the program of curriculum and instruction