Mission Statement
Our mission is to nurture and develop a community of learners by piquing their curiosity to become independent thinkers. Through the process of inquiry and communication with a strong emphasis on the Sciences and the Humanities, we hope to inspire our students to attain academic excellence. We will prepare our students to contend with the competitive environment and challenges of higher education. We encourage our students to think globally and act locally while upholding the morals of this ever-evolving society.
We believe that everyone
- has intrinsic value
- needs safety, trust and respect
- is responsible for his or her choices
- learns and grows through challenge
- flourishes in a community that is caring, collaborative, and nurturing
- thrives in an environment of honesty and integrity
- is enriched by diversity
- is strengthened through service
- lives more meaningfully when pursuing his or her passions
- has the power to create a more peaceful world
Our Aim is to
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Guide Students
Towards mastery in a wide variety of scholastic, artistic, and athletic endeavors.
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Spark Passion
We want young people to become wholeheartedly immersed in their work so that they are deeply and personally engaged and accountable.
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Cultivate a Depth of Character
We want students to develop empathy, imagination, and moral courage; a sense of responsibility informed by ethical values; a sense of humility; a habit of service; and a commitment to social justice.
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Help Students Gain Self-Knowledge
We want students to learn about their own strengths and weaknesses within a supportive environment that fosters open communication.
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Foster a Sense of Community
We seek to create a vibrant public life in the school, where students learn to express their opinions effectively and responsibly, and to consider respectfully the opinions of others.
"Education is not the amount of information that we put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested, all your life. We must have life building, man making, character making assimilation of ideas. If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and character, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library…"
"A child teaches itself. But you can help it to go forward in its own way. What you can do, is not of the positive nature, but of the negative. You can take away the obstacles, but knowledge comes out of its own nature. Loosen the soil a little, so that it may come out easily. Put a hedge round it; see that it is not killed by anything, and there your work stops. You cannot do anything else. The rest is manifestation from within its own nature."
