The Catholic school must provide the experience of Christian community to its students and staff as well as being a model of a living Christian community to those outside by its service to the surrounding community. Parents are the primary educators of their children. Their efforts are complemented by the school and state. The school community that includes all ethnic and socio-economic groups, with students possessing the full range of artistic, athletic, intellectual and interpersonal gifts, will best prepare its students for the world in which they live. The single gender school is a uniquely effective setting for the desired growth and formation to occur.
Consistent discipline based in love is essential to the learning environment.
Goals To build a Catholic Christian community, experiencing and giving witness to to the Good News of Jesus Christ. To develop responsible and well-informed Catholic Christian young men who are prepared to assume roles of leadership and service. To remain true to the 77 year tradition of O'Dea as a Catholic, Christian Brothers' school while remaining open to the changing needs of its students and to opportunities for growth and improvement. School and Community O'Dea High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school for young men, owned by the Archdiocese of Seattle and directed by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. The central location of the school, on First Hill overlooking downtown Seattle and in the midst of the city's major medical facilities, centers for law and judicial process and primary businesses, contributes to the unique atmosphere as does the proximity of Seattle University, a Jesuit school with which O'Dea shares some common curricula.