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St. Mary's High School
Philosophy and Purpose
The purpose of St. Mary's High School is to
provide quality education in which students are stimulated
to discover ways to live and share the Good News of Jesus
Christ and to prepare them for the challenge to build a
society that reflects that message. St. Mary's seeks to
provide total education that enhances the spiritual,
intellectual, social, personal, and physical development of
each individual.
Spiritual Development
Saint Mary's High School seeks to provide its students
with an environment in which they are given the opportunity
to live their Catholic faith in a community of believers.
St. Mary's strives to integrate faith, knowledge, and Gospel
values in both the curriculum and the daily transactions of
the school. Faculty and staff as adult Christians are to be
role models of faith development.
Intellectual Development
Saint Mary's High School seeks to develop the student's
intellectual faculties, and to foster analytical thinking,
an attitude of inquiry and a sense of wonder. In addition,
St. Mary's encourages the student to develop practical and
aesthetic values that will help them in career choices, in
the constructive use of leisure time and in the recognition
of the fact that learning is a life long responsibility.
Personal Development
Saint Mary's Catholic High School, in acknowledging the
host of new choices facing the mid-adolescent student, seeks
to make the well defined counsel of the Church a vital
presence in the life of each young decision maker. The
guiding forces which St. Mary's brings to bear upon personal
development have the long range purpose of developing the
young decision maker into a mature and self-determining
Christian.
Social Development
Saint Mary's views itself as a community where each
student can learn to relate comfortably with others. The
skills and graces of social activity are essential for the
development of self-confidence, friendship, and community.
Students need to make appropriate responses to authority
structures in order to foster an orderly society. The
development of and participation in student activities makes
possible the creation of an effective Christian citizen.
Physical Development
Saint Mary's High School seeks to provide a program of
physical education which allows learning opportunities for
all students and provides for their unique defferences and
individual needs. Health and physical education classes
allow the student to obtain knowledge, experience, ans
skills as an active participant in a wide variety of
activities. The athletic program encourages teamwork,
sportsmanship, discipline and competition among individual
athletes, and contributes to school spirit and community
involvement.
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