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St. Anne School
100% Local32451 Bear Brand Rd.
Laguna Niguel , CA 92677 (view map)
Phone:
(949) 487-2663
Website:
http://www.st-anne.org/
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MISSION STATEMENT
• St. Anne provides a traditional Roman Catholic education, combining time-proven concepts of instruction and discipline with modern technologies and a contemporary understanding of childhood learning processes - in a safe atmosphere of support, encouragement, and close personal attention.
• The School encourages a balance of the students' experience among academics, spirituality, physical well-being (including athletics), family involvement, and service to church and community. It instills in students an awareness of themselves and others as well as their civic responsibility to both community and country. Toward this end, St. Anne promotes economic and ethnic diversity in its student body.
• The School prepares the student to succeed with future responsibilities in education and society through the development of educational, academic, social, and religious discipline. St. Anne helps all students identify their unique God-given talents and broaden and strengthen those gifts and interests so they may pursue vocations. St. Anne believes education is a life-long process, of which formal schooling is an essential part.
• St. Anne School is a private Roman Catholic school. All doctrines taught, as well as liturgical and prayer practices, are in accordance with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. St. Anne believes in Christian unity, practicing ethnic and religious acceptance. Families of all faiths are welcome by St. Anne. The religious formation program is designed to preserve, enhance, and supplement the students' religious upbringing in their homes and churches. The School's goal for its students is that they become educated, thoughtful, wise, compassionate, and humble by living out the teachings of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. St. Anne teaches the dignity of each person and the sanctity of human life at all stages.
PHILOSOPHY
ACADEMICS
• St. Anne provides a traditional Roman Catholic education, combining time-proven concepts of instruction and discipline with modern technologies and a contemporary understanding of childhood learning processes - in a safe atmosphere of support, encouragement, and close personal attention.
• St. Anne believes school children today need to be proficient in basic factual knowledge and develop the discipline necessary to learn.
• Modern educators stress “learning skills” and “self esteem.” St. Anne believes that students acquire these elements by addressing tangible facts, considering logical concepts, and using intelligent language. Through these methods, St. Anne teaches the skill of “thinking”.
• The curriculum developed at St. Anne offers a traditional, well-balanced core of subjects: art, computer training, English, foreign language, geography, grammar, history, literature, mathematics, music, natural sciences, phonics, physical education, reading, religion, social studies, spelling, and writing.
• Traditional literature appropriate to the age and ability of each child complements the use of textbooks. This provides children with reading materials of high quality, while stimulating their interest and introducing them to a rich literary heritage.
• The curriculum incorporates the best of the Western educational tradition with modern innovation in a creative, value-centered approach. Each student receives personalized instruction from teachers dedicated to the well-rounded development of the young mind.
• The School's goal is to impart the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, calculating, problem-solving, observing, measuring, estimating, critical reasoning, and discussion of great ideas and books, as well as appreciation of and participation in artistic activities such as music, drama, and the visual arts.
• All subjects are presented cumulatively, each level of difficulty building on previously acquired knowledge. Science is taught through field and laboratory studies, manipulation of objects, experiments and individual projects. Students progress logically through each aspect of mathematics, from counting and arithmetic to algebra and simple geometry. Computers, calculators and other learning devices enhance individual comprehension and provide enrichment. Computer instruction begins in kindergarten with students having access to the most recent technology. However, these computational aids are introduced only after basic understanding has been achieved.
• At St. Anne School, a uniform dress code in Grades K-8 enhances classroom decorum, reduces peer pressure and reinforces the precept of school as a place of structure and learning.
• As a liberal arts program, St. Anne is concerned about teaching the traditional values of reverence for God, while promoting the development of character. These teachings include the quest for truth, honesty, respect for others, humility, good citizenship, encouragement of positive relationships, service to one's community and nation, discipline, acquiring knowledge and wisdom, and the pursuit of excellence in all endeavors.
BALANCED EDUCATION
• The School encourages a balance of the students' experience among academics, spirituality, physical well-being (including athletics), family involvement, and service to church and community. It instills in students an awareness of self and others as well as their civic responsibility to both community and country. Toward this end, St. Anne promotes religious, economic, and ethnic diversity in its student body.
• In the history of the United States, private Catholic schools have been an extremely effective instrument of Christian education. These schools have been major contributors to the spreading of God's word and enabled the faithful to blend human affairs and activities with their religious values. In such private schools, the power of the Gospel has been brought to bear on thought patterns, standards of judgment, and norms of behavior. It is up to committed Christians to promote private Christian schools, doing everything possible to help establish and maintain them.
• St. Anne provides guidance to find answers to questions such as: “What does it mean to be an American?” and “What does it mean to be a Christian in America now?”
• Part of the meaning of being in the world is the realization that we are citizens of the world and in particular, American citizens. Every young person at St. Anne School who is growing toward maturity will become a full participant as a citizen in the civil body. Each student has a vital stake and interest in the society within which he lives. Each graduate of St. Anne is required to read, study, and discuss the major ideas of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. A study of these documents enables students to better understand society and to gain insights into the role that they might perform. This understanding, requiring a student to become knowledgeable of the past, comes at an exciting time for historical studies that offers new information and stimulating insights, particularly concerning the Revolutionary and early national periods. Knowledge and understanding of American history and citizenship will help this generation to build a better world for the future.
• The students' civic responsibility is concern for their community. Students at St. Anne School are encouraged to be involved with both school projects and community service. To that end, they are finding ways to serve Christ in their personal relationships and in their communities. Middle School students must meet a community service requirement.
• St. Anne appreciates the high cost of private education. St. Anne believes that charity starts at home. It strives to promote economic diversity through a scholarship program for those less financially fortunate individuals who qualify as students. St. Anne also promotes other charitable programs within its community.
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
• The School prepares the student to succeed with future responsibilities in education and society through the development of educational, academic, social, and religious discipline. St. Anne helps all students identify their unique God-given talents and broaden and strengthen those gifts and interests so they may pursue vocations. St. Anne believes education is a life-long process, of which formal schooling is an essential part.
• The New Testament reveals that the church universal is a body, that each Christian is a member and that all have gifts and abilities that are indispensable. Everyone has a place and a function within the Body of Christ. No one person is superior or inferior to another and no one is able to judge another in these terms. “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” (I Cor. 12: 4-7)
• St. Anne believes that education is a broad experience through which a culture is transmitted from generation to generation. The school has a vital role in this process, together with family, church, government, and society.
• St. Anne School exists to teach these basic ideals within the Catholic and liberal arts traditions. This allows all students to find their unique gifts and talents, to fulfill their purpose in life.
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