PHILOSOPHY OF ST. ATHANASIUS SCHOOL
St. Athanasius School, in partnership with parents, provides and develops the spiritual, intellectual, moral, emotional, and physical growth of our students. Our education is centered around the Catholic faith and tradition.
VISION
St. Athanasius School is dedicated to forming values to influence the hearts, minds and actions of our students, teaching them to be Christ-like in the community in which they live.
MISSION STATEMENT
St. Athanasius School is committed to teaching Catholic values and morals to prepare students to live their faith in an ever changing world.
GOALS
- To form a Catholic Christian community of students, faculty, parents and others related to the school, characterized by faith in the mission and promises of Jesus Christ, by mutual fairness and concern and by a desire for learning and service.
- To provide an organized program of quality religious education involving studies, worship, and service which invites our students to an informed faith, active participation, and to an awareness of current changes, growth, and development of the Catholic Church.
- To provide high quality academic programs conducted to help each student achieve to the best of his ability.
- To employ quality, certified teachers.
- To provide state approved and accredited curriculum.
- To encourage personal responsibility, initiative, and leadership geared to the student’s age/maturity level, as well as high academic and behavioral expectations.
- To foster an understanding of the interdependence of people of the world by providing civic, patriotic, and global programs throughout the school year.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- To make the study of our Catholic faith top priority in the student’s school day by experiences of Eucharist, Scripture and Religious studies and Prayer.
- To provide learning experiences which are consistent with developmental abilities of each student and to help each student develop confidence in himself or herself to think logically, critically, and independently in relation to values and thus to form convictions and the courage to sustain them.
- To nurture patriotism and encourage students to participate in civic activities which are consistent with their ages and maturity; provide global awareness through participation in programs concerning world events.
- To provide the opportunities for the development of physical fitness and motor skills as well as recreational, intellectual and technological competency, social proficiency, and fine practical and performing arts.
- To maintain and justly enforce school regulations according to our school’s philosophy.
- To offer experiences of service both within and outside the school environment.
- To involve parents and others in promoting the goals and objectives of the school.
- To promote continued professional development of all faculty members.
