St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
Gettysburg, PA | Pre-K - Grade 8

DISTINCTIVE. FAITH-FILLED. INSPIRING.

A Christ-Centered, Parent-Partnered
Approach to Education

Welcome! We are so glad that you are considering St. Francis Xavier Catholic School for your child’s education. Our school opened its first academic year in a wooden framed, one-room building behind the Church rectory in 1877. Our mission is to pass on the Gospel values and rich heritage of the Catholic faith, to assist parents in the spiritual, moral, and academic education of their children, and to prepare our students to be faith-filled members of the Church, community, and nation.

As our school prepares for its 150th anniversary in 2027, we will continue to strive for an authentically Catholic and academically excellent educational program and school community.

What’s New?

Over the past few months, we have been building a Makerspace and incorporating a robotics & coding program into some of our curriculum. Here is an exciting video of our middle school students learning how to code their ozobots!

What is an Ozobot? Ozobots are a fun way to engage kids in all levels to learn how to code.  The younger kids can draw out different patterns for the Ozobot to follow using pre-designed patterns.  In the upper grades, student use computers to code how the Ozobot will move.  We are even learning how to code the Ozobot to perform our school song! Both ways are fun and provide STEM learning in our school.

We’ve also been working on learning how to code our LEGO Spike Prime kits. This one is learning some new dance moves! Volume up for this one - Way to go!

“St. Francis Xavier Catholic School is a community grounded in faith and emphasizes moral development in addition to a balanced curriculum, which is very important to us. We value their approach in forming each student - physically, intellectually, and spiritually - into the person God has called them to be.”

— St. Francis Xavier Parent

  • Faith Based & Community

    We begin EVERY day with prayers (English & Spanish).

    We say the National Anthem & Pledge of Allegiance.

    Prayers & Pastries events

    Community Service

    Prayer Partners

    Seminarian visits

    Service Club

    Altar Servers

  • Extra Curricular Science Activities

    STREAM Camp (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, Math)

    K’Nex Challenge

    Envirothon Competition

    Invention Convention

    Science Explorers

  • After School Activities

    Basketball

    Volleyball

    Student Council

    Girl Scouts

    Chess Club

  • Art & Music

    Piano Lessons

    Band

    Choir

    Apple Harvest Festival Art Projects

  • Diocesan Wide Competitions

    Forensics Competition

    Spelling Bee

    Geography Bee

    Catholic Faith Bee

  • Special Events

    STREAM Night (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, Math)

    Race for Education

    Veterans Day Assembly

    Annual Christmas Program

    Advancing Science Program

    Italian Dinner

News:

School News
Sixth graders designed roller coasters out of recyclable materials.
Sixth graders designed roller coasters out of recyclable materials.

They had to use at least 4 out of the 8 forms of energy — mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, sound, chemical, elastic and gravitational. They enjoyed sharing their projects with some of the younger students.

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Thank you to Trooper Markley for coming in to talk with the 8th graders about her career as a Pennsylvania State Trooper.

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Second graders were disappointed that the Race for Education was postponed, but they were very excited to paint the islands that they created as part of their landform unit!

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We had an amazing time with Empower Martial Arts and Vincent Fannon!!! You guys are the best! Thank you so much for coming out and teaching our students some amazing new moves!

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