Frequently Asked Questions

All Ages

Everest prides itself on personal attention for each Mountaineer student and family. Class sizes are determined to support this personal attention. Over the past few years, there have been an average of 300 students in the academy and 120 students in the high school.

Everest helps families keep our award-winning education in reach. We have a number of financial aid services and scholarships available, including need-based tuition assistance, multi-student family discounts, loyalty tuition credit programs, and more.

Students have the option to attend Mass every morning.

All-school Masses are held weekly with time designated for additional devotions, adoration, and confession throughout each month.

Integral Formation® is the educational philosophy utilized throughout Everest to develop excellence in the complete formation of the whole person: human, intellectual, spiritual, and apostolic.

Early Years / Preschool - Junior Kindergarten

Our best-practice preschool curriculum prepares your child for kindergarten as it builds social-emotional awareness skills including active listening, expressing feelings, and interacting with others.

With an option for junior kindergarten, your child advances to kindergarten to explore academic subjects including language arts, writing, science, social studies, religion, and math.

Everest teachers work one-on-one with students to build reading literacy, with a goal of independent reading by the end of kindergarten. The full preschool and kindergarten curriculum, with progressively more structure and academic rigor, ensures readiness for elementary school learning.

Everest uses formative discipline to motivate positively to understand and value rules, habits, and virtues. Teachers use redirection, reminders of proper behavior, and an appropriate consequence such as a brief time out if necessary. Formative discipline is only possible with the ongoing cooperation between parents and the school. Communication with parents is timely and consistent. Positive results are achieved with the faculty, students, and parents working in unity towards the same goals – ultimately what is best for the student.

We offer the following: three (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) or five days per week. Each option is available for morning sessions or all day.

Junior kindergarten and kindergarten programs are full-day programs.

Elementary (K-5 grades)

Typically, Everest offers the following sports options for boys and girls. Options may vary depending on student interest. We are also welcome to adding new sports. If you’re interested, please inquire!

Grades 1-3 sports: 3v3 Soccer, NFL Flag Football, 3v3 Basketball

Grades 3-8 sports (boys): football, soccer, basketball, baseball, track, tennis

Grades 3-8 sports (girls): volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, cheerleading, track, tennis

Everest elementary students may participate in a variety of sports, fine arts, and student clubs. Additionally, students participate in service projects, internal events and competitions, and all-family events.

Student discipline is not only about avoiding doing wrong, but also about choosing what is right. A behavior system in early elementary classrooms motivates students to make good choices and also give consequences when student behavior is not appropriate. This system helps redirect children and provide ongoing feedback to parents. As students move into upper elementary school, the system is adjusted to be both age-appropriate and to prepare students for middle school.

Middle School (6-8 grades)

Grades 6-8 sports (boys): football, soccer, basketball, baseball, track, tennis

Grades 6-8 sports (girls): volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, cheerleading, track, tennis

Middle school students can participate in a variety of sports, fine arts, and student clubs. All students take part in service projects, internal events and competitions, and all-family events. Additionally, middle school students have an opportunity to participate in student leadership activities such as student government, National Junior Honor Society, and Everest cadet, mentor, and ambassador programs.

A disciplined environment is essential for the school to achieve its educational and formative goals. Clear expectations, consistency, and personal attention provide the student a support structure to learn expectations and embrace them, motivated to do what is right for themselves and others. A discipline system based on grade level uses warning and detentions to help guide student behavior in choosing what is right.

High School (9-12 grades)

Grades 9-12 sports (boys): football, soccer, basketball, bowling, golf, baseball, track, hockey, tennis, lacrosse, ski

Grades 6-8 sports (girls): volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, bowling, softball, cheerleading, track, tennis, golf, ski, hockey

Everest high school students can participate in a variety of sports, fine arts, and student clubs. All students take part in service projects, internal events and competitions, and all-family events. Additionally, high school students have an opportunity to participate in student leadership activities such as student government, National Honor Society, and Everest cadet, mentor, and ambassador programs.

Everest forms students to be coherent individuals who choose what is right according to their conscience. Consistent disciplinary standards hold students accountable for their actions as well as human formation habits. Written warnings and detentions allow students opportunities to grow and learn from their mistakes while understanding that actions have consequences. Students with consistent behavior violations are placed on the warning system and work closely with the dean of discipline and faculty mentors to improve behavior.