WE BELIEVE that a school is a place of academic education, a center of knowledge and disciplined thinking, a community in which intellectual and cultural enrichment is honored as the primary goal to be pursued; that at the elementary and secondary levels this growth in academic excellence is best fostered through the written and oral mastery of the traditional disciplines of grammar and composition, of foreign language, and mathematics and science, and through the disciplined study of literature, history, and fine arts.

WE BELIEVE that human knowledge and Divine Revelation illumine each other, and that instructions in religious truth and values must be an integral and distinguished feature of the Catholic school program, both as an intellectual discipline to be mastered, and as a message to be experienced and lived. In this context, all involved in the Catholic schools - parents, board members, teachers, administrators, other staff members, and students - must make it their explicit goal to strive together to create a conscious and active community of faith, so that we can all address the multiple problems confronting us and other persons and society itself, not only with intelligence and Christian insight, but also in a spirit of service.

WE BELIEVE that the Catholic school community best contributes to the political, social, and economic life of the nation by adhering to these standards of academic excellence and moral conduct so that our graduates according to their abilities, will know how to think and how to express their thoughts in words and action with clarity, conviction, and above all, with integrity.

WE BELIEVE that the school must also assist the home in training students in the practice of those social skills and virtues requisite for life in a human community; in the acquisition of habits conducive to good health and recreation; and in encouraging the development of individual talents and interests.

WE BELIEVE the home and the school must respect each student’s individual rate and pattern of growth, and must provide conditions in which students can develop their capacities to the fullest extent possible. However, learning worthy of the name requires diligence and work, both at school and at home. As in every other field of work, the student’s success will be in direct proportion to the student’s effort. Each student is responsible in school, as in life, for his or her own individual development and behavior.

WE BELIEVE that the vocation of life continually summons all of us, you and old alike, to a renewal of our purpose in life without remaining static in our efforts or in the means we employ to achieve that purpose. When change is called for, the school and the family, share in the task of creative change.