St. Gabriel's Catholic School is a co-educational Independent Catholic school serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade in Austin, Texas. The Middle School is comprised of grades 5-8. St. Gabriel's provides an inspiring, challenging, and enriching curriculum that empowers graduates to achieve success in the high schools of their choice. St. Gabriel's Language Arts teachers are experts in evidence-based reading and writing instruction. Teaching is guided by the key principles of skill development in each domain and application of current research from the field. Classroom instruction integrates a recursive model of literacy to promote students' development as lifelong readers and writers. Instructional decisions are made based on results o