STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
The faith community of Our Lady of the Assumption School is based on Catholic teachings as expressed through the message of the Gospel of Jesus. Students, in partnership with parents, teachers, staff, and the parish community, strive to grow and develop spiritually, morally, intellectually, personally, socially, physically, and culturally. Parents are recognized as the prim
ary educators of their children and teachers as the facilitators of learning. In addition to learning Catholic teachings, students within our faith community develop an awareness and practice of social justice and respond with opportunities for Christian outreach and service. As students are faced with growing challenges and complexities of life in the 21st century, they develop patterns of thought and behavior that bring forth age-appropriate Christian responses that will be based on Catholic ideals and the examples of Jesus Christ.
“From the first moment that a student sets foot in a Catholic school, he or she ought to have the impression of entering a new environment, one illumined by the light of faith and having its own unique characteristics . . . an environment permeated with the Gospel spirit of love and freedom.”
The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School, par. 25, The Congregation for Catholic Education, 1988. Parents, grandparents, guardians, etc. who choose to send their children/grandchildren/wards to a Catholic school agree, by their choice of the Catholic school, to support the faith formation and learning environment of the school. They also agree that their children will be fully involved in the religious formation and worship activities of the school. whose school-related conduct, in the eyes of the principal, does not support the development of “an environment permeated with the Gospel spirit of love and freedom” may be asked to withdraw their children from the Catholic school. Diocesan School Board Policy #5700