De La Salle at St. Matthew’s is a unique middle school. 

De La Salle serves students of the Greater Ville Neighborhood

and nearby North St. Louis neighborhoods.  I am proud to say

that our program offers several components that set us apart

from other middle schools. 

De La Salle provides:

--teachers and staff who are whole-heartedly devoted to the

school's Lasallian mission of providing a human, Catholic

education that touches both minds and hearts of the young

people entrusted to our care;

--small class sizes, averaging 10 students per core subject

class;

--multi-aged learning groups for core subjects that, in the

Lasallian tradition, meet the remedial or gifted needs of our

students;

--personalized education plans tracking interests, learning styles, progress, and goals of each student;

--an extended school day that provides exploratory, athletic, academic, and social skills programs until 5:30 in the evening;

--increased time for learning with approximately 1,800 school hours and more than 190 school days each year;

--a school-wide behavior management system that focuses on Christian values, emotional intelligence and reflective planning;

--a partnership with students' families that includes home visits by school staff, monthly school celebrations over breakfast or lunch, parent contracts, and monthly parent-teacher conferences;

--a graduate support program that supports DLS graduates, financially, academically, and socially, as graduates navigate the worlds of area high schools and universities.

I am proud of De La Salle's singularity, and I invite you to contact me to see, in person, what makes

De La Salle unique.

Sincerely,

Phil Pusateri