With great pleasure, I welcome you to Notre Dame de Sion Grade School. As you browse our pages, you'll see photos depicting our Catholic Faith's values, campus beauty, and students' unique talents and camaraderie. We're excited that Notre Dame de Sion Schools of Kansas City won "Gold" as the Best Private School in Kansas City in the Kansas City Star.

My Journey
I found this incredible community through happenstance and casual web browsing. However, I fell in love with Sion after reading the Mission and Vision, seeing how the school's service projects aligned with the Catholic Faith's Cardinal Works of Mercy, and noticing the diverse student population. 

As I begin my sixth year as the Grade School Principal, I can attest that our values of connection, hope, love, respect, and openness–undergird every aspect of life at Sion. From our interactions between faculty and administrators, adults and children, and families with each other, you can feel the Sion difference.

Our Whole-Child Focus
Our children's assessments indicate we generally rank in the top five percent of schools nationally for literacy, the top ten percent for Kindergarten through eighth grade in  numeracy, and eighth-graders can enter the private high schools of their choice.  However, these are not the only accomplishments about which our fantastic faculty, staff, and community are proud. 

Our "Portrait of a Sion Graduate" guides us in developing well-rounded individuals who are faith-filled, globally aware servant leaders. Under the leadership of accomplished art, band, drama, and music professionals, dedicated volunteer parent coaches, and a religious curriculum called Holy Ground, we are supporting the development of the "whole child" formation as the Congregation of the Sisters of Sion set forth in our Charter.  A sense of purpose that’s planted at home grows at Sion. When we educate our students, we think about their life inside, and outside of the classroom. That’s what allows us to build resilient students with identities focused on collaboration, creativity, social, and emotional intelligence. We believe that these skill-sets will be those they take with them throughout their lifetime.