Academically, we require a great commitment from our students and parents. When students are in class they are working diligently and are actively engaged in the learning process. At home, they are completing assignments and preparing for tests. This is as it should be. We also recognize that our students are still children and need to experience the joy of childhood.
Children have a wonderful, fundamental zest for life.
At St. Vincent s we seek to strike a balance between the demands of academic excellence and the joy of being a child. With this balance in mind, we are establishing a philosophy whereby we will endeavor to keep the weekends free from assigned work. It would be ideal to see students leaving campus on Friday afternoon looking forward to childhood pursuits. We cannot guarantee that a long term project, due on Monday, will not need some final effort over a weekend. That is a time management or organizational skill.