PHILOSOPHY "The vision, the blueprint for the school." |
The primary goal of St. Mary Magdalen School is the effective Christian formation and the excellent academic education of each child enrolled in our school. We hold the belief that our Catholic faith combined with culture and life experience, will mold each child into an educated, mature, and productive Christian person. A positive, hopeful attitude and a faith-filled conviction that each student can achieve the goals set by the school are highly important attributes conveyed by the principal and all the teachers.Saint Mary Magdalen School insists on discipline that respects the students’ right to learn and the teachers’ right to teach, and administers disciplinary measures with a consistency that is formative, patient, and forgiving. We strive to teach our students to become self-disciplined, responsible, and compassionate individuals. Saint Mary Magdalen School provides each student with a solid base of knowledge, skills, and experiences that are enriching, formative, and As parents are the primary educators of their children, the school involves them in both the instructional and formative process and keeps them informed of their child’s progress. The school encourages an outstanding level of interest and involvement wherein parents and teachers collaborate by word and action, in providing a complete Catholic education. |
challenging and that train the higher thinking powers of students. The goal of learning objectives in the content areas is to provide the student with key concepts, understandings, principles, and skills which enable the student to learn how to think and reflect critically, plan, create, and interact. Given the abundance of items and sub skills in the textbook programs, teachers select content according to curriculum guides provided by the diocese, teach for understanding, and value depth over breadth of coverage.
