Saint Mary's College High School

MISSION STATEMENT

As a Christ-centered community striving to live the mission of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Saint Mary’s College High School is a Catholic school where diversity and inclusion are essential and quality education is our active ministry.

 With community support and faith grounded in love, Saint Mary’s students pursue a life of virtue and scholarship that extends beyond the completion of a college preparatory curriculum to assuming societal roles of responsibility and service.

PHILOSOPHY

To see all things with the eyes of faith…

We remember that we are in the holy presence of God.

We find God present in the world, in each other, and especially in students entrusted to our care. This life-affirming faith animates our relationships and all aspects of our work as educators.

We are concerned for the welfare and fullness of life of all—especially for those who are poor and powerless.

Those who are most in need academically, economically, socially, and spiritually require special attention. We therefore endeavor to make Saint Mary’s accessible to students from underprivileged living situations; we educate to raise awareness of the conditions facing the poor and marginalized locally and worldwide; and we promote service opportunities for the Saint Mary’s community to actively address recognized needs.

We affirm the human dignity of all persons.

As all people are made in the image of God, each person is worthy of unconditional respect. In part, we demonstrate respect by offering educational experiences that challenge and engage each student with the expectation that the student assumes personal responsibility for learning. We thereby commit to fostering every student’s growth, with loving support from the community, towards excellence, responsibility, and respect for self and others.

We seek to educate the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.

A person lives in relation to others and the whole of creation. It is therefore insufficient for us to strive only for academic excellence. Educating the whole person embraces the spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, communal, and dimensions of a student’s life. Our Lasallian Educational Outcomes provide an important reference with respect to each of these life dimensions. The LEOs help us measure the effectiveness of our educational programs including academic, co-curricular, athletics, student support, campus ministry and service-learning.

Throughout our educational programs each student is expected to inquire, contribute, collaborate, reflect, and actively create a meaningful experience that results in personal growth.

Saint Mary’s offers a quality, college-preparatory curriculum designed to surpass college entrance requirements and address additional contemporary needs. Successful students who will become successful citizens need to be aware and curious, ask thoughtful questions, access and analyze information, work and communicates with others, and adapt skills to new situations. The Saint Mary’s faculty engages students in curriculum with clearly stated objectives, relevant and informative assessment, and appropriate methodology to achieve the learning outcomes for each of our educational programs.

We welcome and include members in a community that reflects an economically, racially, and ethnically diverse population.

It is in community that we are most effective, and our understanding and practice of community nurtures a sense of openness and safety. We honor the traditions of many cultures, and we work to eliminate barriers that divide people. We learn from each other.

Our calling as educators is a shared ministry with parents as primary educators, with collaboration among teachers and staff, and with the support and participation of alumni. Further, we recognize our shared mission with the broader Lasalllian communities of the Bay Area, the nation, and the world.