We take them where they are, giving attention to their individual ways of learning and to their individual needs, challenging each to achieve at his or her potential as a student. We help them towards independence as people and as students. For us, good teaching and good learning take place best in a structured atmosphere in which students can feel trusted. Such trust enables all of us, teachers and students alike, to be responsive to each other, to laugh and take risks. Structure should liberate, not confine.
Excellence is our goal.
We hope students will acquire a life-long interest in the formal disciplines, in the performing arts, and in sports. We hope that they will acquire a sense of responsibility not only to themselves, but also to the school community, to their families, and to society in general. We try to instill this sense of community responsibility by what we do as much as by what we say.