The Four Goods

Why do you send your children to school? Is it because the government told you to? Or perhaps because you fear they’ll never get into college or find a good job if they drop out after 3rd grade?

Or is it something much stronger and deeper — namely, because your love for them is the unquenchable, driving force behind your parental decisions, and you trust that sending them to school is necessary for their happiness, both now and in the future?

If you’re in that last camp, we agree with you.

Children, whether they’re five or fifteen, should only go to school because they’ll be happier and better for it. Not just when they graduate, but at the end of every single day. If we can’t offer that to our students, we have no business being a school. Everything we are and everything we do is geared towards that end: to teach children to love and live out that which will make them happy, and equip them to spread that joy to others.

Our educational philosophy finds expression in four main ways: our classical liberal arts approach; our Catholic identity; our emphasis on academic excellence; and our commitment to good character formation. Take a look: