The mission of St. Joan of Arc School is to teach, build community,
and serve.
We are united in our devotion to the Maid of Orleans, national
heroine and patron saint of France, who united a nation through grand, celestial
visions of our Lord. We are dedicated to Saint Joan of Arc's vision of integrating
Christ's message of peace, hope, and love into our daily lives. Ours is a mission
of unity amid diversity, courage amid change, empowerment through full participation,
and hope in our Beatitude based mutuality of joint decision-making. Our vision
is ever evolving and ever unfolding in response to the endlessly changing needs
of our students, parents, parish and community.
As a religious as well as an academic institution, we assume
a developmental stance enveloped in an ethic of care. We are a community of
learners where students, teachers, parents, and administrative staff are recognized
and celebrated as individuals of unique and infinite abilities and gifts.
Our purpose is distinct in its unlimited, yet unified scope.
Like Saint Joan of Arc, we believe in “visions”. The vision of
our core is open-ended, incorporating the limitless potential of individuals
in community. We dare the impossible. We do not see horizons. We do not recognize
limits. We carry Saint Joan of Arc's white banner, representing God's blessing
on us all. Our mission is a continuous pilgrimage. Our relationship to God
and to each other, as expressed in Scripture, Catholic doctrine, and tradition,
is one of infinite possibilities.
We wear the armor of Saint Joan of Arc, the armor of hope
in Christ's light and joy in the way of the Lord. Within this Catholic atmosphere,
there is genuine concern, gentleness, happiness, and charity. Central of the
affective development of the whole child is the intellectual response to the
cognitive dimension. A focus on basic academic skills, critical and creative
thinking, global/future studies, environmental concerns, and multicultural
education is all part of our response to the national goals of America 2000.
We collaborate, cooperate, and reflect in a learning environment which cultivates
freedom, celebrates choices, and welcomes challenges.
Within an aesthetic context of music and art appreciation,
Saint Joan of Arc School lives THE VISION. WE DARE THE IMPOSSIBLE! We believe
in God. We believe in each other.
