St. Jeanne De Lestonnac School

SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT: Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac School brings together the faith, talent, gifts, and the dedicated lives of priests, women religious, and lay collaborators as educators who are committed to fostering, nurturing, and sustaining a Catholic, Christian environment. The prevailing spirit of this school is focused on building a community of faith which invokes the positive formation and comprehensive education of each child in our care. This dynamic educational program is designed to promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, and psychological growth, as well as the intellectual, aesthetic, and physical development of each child.Together with the devoted parents, who are the primary educators of their children, we unite in striving to build, strengthen, and incorporate our beliefs as Catholics, so that each child may develop a vibrant awareness of God’s presence in their daily life and experience a meaningful personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Through the dynamics of our Christ-centered community, the children will experience a sense of worth, belonging, and success.Saint Jeanne’s School provides for it?s families and students a caring community and an educational environment in which academic scholarship and Christian citizenship flourish. The faculty aspires to meet the students at their respective levels of ability and achievement and endeavors to provide them with skills and encouragement where each child may grow to his/her full potential. In this affirming atmosphere, traditional ideals and values are cherished so that the child is challenged to meet the diverse opportunities of tomorrow effectively with the knowledge, wisdom, and spiritual integrity that s/he has learned as a vital component of the school community.