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Santa Cruz Catholic School as an integral ministry of Santa Cruz Catholic Church and its commitment to Catholic Education is founded upon the teachings of the Catholic faith and the four-fold mission of the Catholic Church service message worship and community.

As Christ beckons each of his followers to informally and formally teach the tenets of the Faith the school passes the Catholic faith to our children in their daily academic environment. Santa Cruz Catholic School provides a formal Catholic education to support parents in their role as primary educators of their children. By integrating our Catholic faith into the daily learning process the school builds the foundation for life-long learning and Christian service.

Santa Cruz Catholic School is the visible reality of a parish community committed to a Catholic education for each child that involves the home school parish and civic community.

Santa Cruz Catholic School exists to teach children to live the Catholic faith and make good moral decisions based on Christs teachings. Faculty and staff live as models of the Word of God present among us and nurture each childs unique God-given gifts. To develop a way of life that follows in Jesus footsteps children participate in projects of Christian service and endeavor to give the best of themselves to their families their school and their community.

Santa Cruz Catholic School develops the full person and teaches the relationship between God and creation. Santa Cruz strives to supplement and refine influences of the home and community environment in order to develop the whole person spiritually intellectually socially morally emotionally and physically.

Spiritually students learn of Gods love for them and to love God and neighbor.

Intellectually students acquire sound knowledge of the core curriculum.

Socially students recognize their role in creating a just society.

Morally students find the Gospel values as a foundation and Christ as the model for decision-making.

Emotionally students as children of God learn to act with self-control.

Physically students learn to maintain their fitness and health.

Santa Cruz Catholic School recognizes that each child is unique in Gods plan possessing individual gifts and talents. It is our plan to respect and nurture individual differences while developing each student to his or her fullest potential.