Upper School

About The Upper School

The faculty of the Upper School is committed to creating challenging learning environments and to supporting our students in ways commensurate with those challenges. We intend that the school be a place of mutual faith and trust. Our students come to us prepared to accept this commission and to assume their roles in completing the trust and consideration that we extend to them. In doing so, students begin to recognize and apply their potential as thinkers, leaders, and citizens.

Educational Philosophy and Focus

The Upper School Community is a community which is assembled for shared spiritual, academic, and social purposes. The cornerstone of human relationships essential for the life of this community is founded on our core values which are reflected in our Honor Statement.

Additionally, the Upper School offers a college preparatory academic program which is appropriately rigorous and encourages students to become confident in their approaches to learning and to life; provides extensive extracurricular opportunities in community service, the arts, athletics, and leadership development; believes that spiritual insight and personal devotion are essential to healthy and meaningful lives and good citizenship; promotes the pursuit and practice of honor in our conduct, diligence in our work, and decency in our relationships.

The strength of our school lies within the foundation of its shared heritage, the quality of its commitments, and the devotion of all members of the the community to its common goals and core values. This foundation sets the Upper School apart as a distinctive educational community. The following Honor Statement is representative of our commitment to "practice honor" as essential aspect of our individual character.