College and Career Ready
At Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School, we seek to provide opportunities for all students to be successful in their educational endeavor to be college or career ready. All students will graduate meeting the Kansas Board of Regents standards, but their high school courses can be customized to challenge individual strengths or accommodate learning differences.
All core courses are offered in regular and honors, in addition to a number of electives and 25 Advanced Placement (AP) course options. Courses are chosen by the degree of difficulty that best fits the student’s individual areas of strength. As with other academic tracks, there are numerous opportunities to take elective courses in addition to the required ones. Learn more about our course offerings here.
Academic Excellence
Kapaun Mt. Carmel’s students’ average ACT scores far exceed the national and state average (our Cum Laude student’s average more than 10 points higher) with 100 percent of our junior and senior students taking the exam. Students earn local and national recognition from various prestigious and competitive programs, including the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, being named National Merit Scholar Finalists and Semifinalists, National Merit Hispanic Scholars, as well as AP Scholars. KMC is proud that our graduates are typically offer cumulatively over $7 million in scholarships, and that 100 percent of our graduates are accepted by at least one college or university.
Curriculum
All core curriculum courses are offered in regular and honors levels. Classes meet on a “block schedule” for 90 minutes on an A/B rotation. The KMC Curriculum is made up of Business, Computer Science, Debate, English, Fine and Graphic Arts, Family and Consumer Science, Mathematics, Physical Education, Social Science, Science, Communication Arts, Religion, Vocal and Instrumental Music and World Language.
KMC offers six Academic Pathways, each offering a guided experience of specialization so students are as prepared as possible for the next step after high school.
Grade point averages and class rank are computed on all subjects taken with weighted and unweighted ranks shown.
We continually strive to give our students the best educational opportunities possible in an attempt to meet the needs of all students. In addition to the regular course offerings, KMC students have two additional options to accommodate their individual learning styles.
The KMC Cum Laude Program is designed for students who wish to pursue the most academically rigorous coursework offered, with the graduates of the program typically receiving the highest academic honors, college scholarships and college acceptances.
The KMC Learning Differences Program is designed to support students with learning challenges. Coursework and course accommodations are offered as needed or at the recommendation of the teacher. A parent can also request such services through the counseling department. KMC offers three significant supports in the Learning Differences Program. The Learning Strategies class provides students one-on-one instruction, tutor support, teacher oversight and self-advocacy skills. The Split-Block allows for daily instruction and shorter courses for students who need tiered support, and our faculty and counselors develop individual plans for students with an ILP or IHP, based on the student’s learning sty
Dedicated Faculty
Kapaun Mt. Carmel has a total of 82 full-time employees, including a faculty of 65 and support staff of 17. Seventy percent of our faculty have advanced degrees with the average tenure of nine years. Eighty percent of our faculty is Catholic with 38 percent graduating from a Catholic Diocese of Wichita high school.
KMC seeks faculty and staff who meet a high standard of professional and personal excellence in their work. We find and retain teachers who can develop our students into leaders of tomorrow through spiritual formation, intellectual growth, service to others and building of our community.
Spiritual formation is key to a young person’s development; therefore, our faculty include two Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and two priests of the Diocese of Wichita, who serve as chaplains for the school. All of them serve in our religion department and are key to instruction and spiritual formation. Our religious faculty lead by example with several student organizations under their guidance, including Handmaids of Mary and the Knights of the Morning Star.
