Mission Statement
St. Agnes Academic High School is a culturally diverse Catholic High School for young women, founded by the Sisters of St. Dominic, that develops a strong foundation for lifelong learning. By building upon each student's faith and challenging her full academic potential, our mission is to graduate women who are open to growth, intellectually competent, socially aware, morally discerning, and committed to being women of integrity and truth.
Goals
- Each young woman will be offered a Christian education that will enable her as a responsible member of the universe, to mature intellectually, emotionally, physically, socially and spiritually, and to assume her rightful role in society.
- Administration, faculty, staff, and parents will encourage each young woman to strive for academic excellence in an atmosphere of integrity.
- Each young woman will be encouraged to develop a positive self image through leadership and active participation in the life of the school, the community, and the Church.
- Each young woman will be able to recognize, accept and appreciate individual differences.
- The school community will deepen the consciousness of the need to be concerned for others.
- Each young woman will be encouraged to resolve conflict in a nonviolent way.
- Each young woman will be able to develop effective ways to be of service to others.
- Each student will be encouraged to develop her potential as a woman.
Philosophy
As the Christian community of St. Agnes Academic High School, we are called to know and to love God, and thus to know, love and accept ourselves. By embracing the richness of our cultural diversity, we acknowledge and foster the God-given worth of each individual, encouraging respect for oneself and for others.
In our concern for others, we look to Jesus Christ who calls us to a life of service. Guided by the Gospel values, we encourage our young women to become women of integrity and truth who are open to growth. We nurture the intellectual competence of our young women so that they will be able to make sound moral decisions that will positively impact society.
With the help of the Holy Spirit who empowers us to appreciate and accept the uniqueness of others, we exist to educate the whole human being and to help the student develop spiritually, academically, socially and emotionally.