Saint Mary's Mission
Statement
At Saint Mary School, our mission is to obtain an outstanding
education with an emphasis on Catholic doctrine, academic excellence, and
moral and social responsibility.
We are encouraged to develop the skills necessary to become life-long
learners. As models of the Christian faith, we strive to be active and
productive citizens in an ever-changing society.
Philosophy of Saint Mary School
Saint Mary School
is a Catholic elementary school. We are a partnership of staff, students,
parents, and community that provide challenging educational opportunities
that nurture the total development of every child. .As educators, we
foster a love for their own culture with a simultaneous acceptance of
others. Our goal is to build a community based on Jesus' command to
love one another. By living and learning in a faith community children
become caring and concerned members of the total human community.
As a Catholic school, we accept each student as a child of God. We strive to
instill a desire in every child to be an active member of his or her faith
community. The students are guided to the realization that they are called
to be peacemakers and to respond to Christ’s message by devoting their
efforts to God, to self, and to others within the school, the community, and
the world.
Saint Mary School develops an active awareness of cause and effect -- what
we do as individuals, a nation, or a world affects all people. We
aspire to rise to every challenge knowing that this higher expectations for
those around us and ourselves, the greater our level of accomplishment.
Goals
1. To provide a
complete Catholic elementary education by:
 ·Implementing the diocesan
guidelines at every grade level and
adapting them to the needs of the children being taught.
Encouraging students
to stretch their intellectual and creative
skills that they may develop to their maximum potential.
Developing
creativity, critical thinking, and responsibility for
independent learning in students.
2. To teach the MESSAGE of the Gospel by:
· Teaching and modeling Christ’s
values as expressed in Scripture
and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
·
Fostering the
understanding that God continues to reveal himself in
all dimensions of human experience.
·
Helping children
develop the habit of prayer in its varied forms.
·Understanding and
explaining the events of life in the light of faith.
·
Handing on and
fostering an appreciation for our spiritual,
theological, and cultural heritage.
3. To model Christian COMMUNITY living by:
·
Celebrating the
Eucharist and praying together.
·
Creating an
atmosphere of belonging.
·
Involving teachers,
students, and parents in decisions, which
affect the entire school community.
·Respecting the divine
image in each student, staff member,
and parent.
Fostering with
gentleness and patience the virtues, which bind
the community together in love.
·
Taking time to
celebrate and recreate together.
4. To render loving SERVICE by:
·
· Fostering the acceptance
of responsibility for one’s own life
and for others.
·
Developing a
global vision and concern for justice and peace.
·
Building an
understanding of the needs of the Church and
society today and encouraging openness to the needs of the
future.
·
Engaging in age
appropriate service projects in order to
express love to needy members in the family of God.
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