Academics
Overbrook Catholic School seeks to graduate students who are formed in wisdom, knowledge, and truth and who can transform their world in the same Catholic worldview. By mastering a rigorous, academically appropriate course load throughout their time at OCS, our alumni will be able to confidently take their next steps toward adulthood.
As one of Nashville's premier Catholic schools, academic excellence is an everyday occurrence. Our faculty and staff strive daily to provide the children with all they need to excel in school and in life. Students grow personally and are stretched intellectually under the guidance of a faculty committed to caring for each student as an individual.
Nurturing the Individual
The exceptional faculty of Overbrook Catholic School honor the dignity of each child and encourage the development of their individual gifts. Our highly qualified faculty and staff work in tandem with parents, accompanying each child from kindergarten through sixth grade to meet students’ educational, spiritual, physical, and emotional needs. In addition to classroom teachers, OCS has a full-time reading specialist, a math specialist who directs our SOAR enrichment program for gifted students, a full-time school counselor, a nurse, and a resource specialist.
The widespread offerings of our faculty and staff serve to nurture and educate children each day to fulfill the school’s mission promise to root children in Truth, inspire them to wonder, and challenge them to give their best to the world. It is this dedication and commitment to excellence that is the reason why Overbrook Catholic School is consistently considered among the best private schools in Nashville.
An Overbrook Catholic Education
Preschool
Books, letters, colors, numbers, prayer, and playtime are the essential ingredients in Overbrook Catholic School’s early childhood program, which began in 1986. Overbrook Catholic offers two preschool tracks—a multi-age Montessori classroom and a single-age, traditional Montessori-inspired program—giving families the opportunity to select the environment best suited to their child.
Elementary
Students in the primary grades at Overbrook Catholic School progressively build a solid foundation of academic skills and a love of learning, preparing them for success in the upper grades. Students are exposed to a diverse, well-rounded curriculum that builds upon previously acquired basic skills, while developing new ways of learning and thinking.
Middle
Overbrook Catholic’s middle school pairs academic excellence with a deep commitment to Catholic identity. Our students are formed in faith, character, and intellect, enabling them to matriculate into the region’s most competitive junior highs as confident learners and joyful witnesses to Christ.
