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MISSION STATEMENT:
"St. Therese School is a ministry of the parish that promotes students' spiritual, moral and academic development within the tradition of a Catholic community."
ST. THERESE CORE VALUES:
- Shared responsibility
- Practiced and developed Catholicity
- Spiritual and Academic Potential of all students
- Accessibility of Catholic Education within a Parish Community
- Resourcefulness and excellence
STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY:
We believe that each student has unique God-given gifts. It is through a broad based challenging curriculum integrated with Catholic Christian values that the total life experience of the child is enriched. Through our ministry, a student's spiritual, intellectual, moral, social and physical potential will be developed.
Learning is a shared responsibility between the home and school that is an ongoing process. We believe all learning is connected and can best occur if past experiences and prior knowledge are considered when addressing the needs of each student.
Through diverse curricular and extra-curricular programs, students receive the tools that develop their ability to reason and make responsible decisions. These programs develop an understanding and respect of individual differences as well as an awareness of the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship.
It is through these beliefs that we will provide the foundation for each student to make a contribution to our community and the global society as they enrich their relationship with God.
SCHOOL GOALS:
- To nourish the continued development of each individual's faith life through the sharing of Christ's life and teachings.
- To support students' endeavors to integrate their beliefs with their decisions and actions as they acquire self-esteem and become self-disciplined.
- To provide an environment which will encourage and enable students to explore and develop their creative, intellectual, spiritual, social and physical talents.
STUDENT SERVICE:
Our school's mission statement directs each of us to help bring one another into a "living faith life." This becomes possible as we live each day of our lives like Jesus Christ. Providing service to others is an active means to be more Christ-like and to fulfill the mission of our school.
Students at each grade level will be involved in service to others through class and school sponsored activities. Parents are asked to give their support and involvement in these activities.
ACCREDITATION:
St. Therese School is accredited through the Missouri Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (a member of the National Federation of Nonpublic School State Accrediting Associations) and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation School Improvement (a division of AdvancED).
TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM:
All our teachers are state certified with 59% holding advanced degrees in Education. In addition to the core curriculum, we offer the following:
- Spanish
- Music
- Art
- PE
- Technology classes (in 2 computer labs)
- Elective classes in Middle School
- 2 Resource Teachers for students with special learning needs
- Quest (gifted program)
- Interactive Technology (Active boards in our classrooms)
- School Nurse
- School Counselor
- Hot Lunch program
SCHOOL MOTTO:
Living a Faith . . . Building a Future
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