Philsophy
Our Educational Goal
To help the child become a true human being, a person
(in the theological sense of the word).
The Way We See Things
Christ above all
In our school, the education offered to children is built on the understanding that we inherit in the Church on the meaning of life, the conception of man and the world. We want to help children desire the Kingdom of Heaven. This thought is the foundation of our school. Our God is the God of Truth. And we believe that he will fulfill what he promised: “seek the Kingdom, and the rest (i.e. diplomas, career, family, house, etc.) will be added to you”.
Transcendental meaning:
Let us have our minds up high!
We also believe, like Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince, that what is essential is invisible to the eye. What is essential in the school years is not the accumulation of diverse information, nor obtaining good grades, but finding the meaning of what is learned, as well as acquiring learning tools and skills. The information that children receive at school must become life lessons that help them fulfill themselves. Behind everything that exists is a reason that comes from God, the Creator of all. The process of education is not a simple transmission of information, but its transformation into transcendent values. Thus, the child will intuit the metaphysical substratum of good and evil and will be able to choose in life consciously of the consequences that arise from each choice.
Transversal meaning:
in everything that exists, the same creative reason is reflected
– the divine Logos
The purpose of the school is to help the child enter the wonderful world of God, to make associations and connections between the knowledge transmitted in the different subjects. In this way, the child is led towards the unique, divine Principle that connects everything. Thus, students are mysteriously led towards God, because they are helped to find the Good, the Beautiful and the harmony in everything they learn, in an interdisciplinary manner.
Preparation for life:
the school as a greenhouse
We have thought of our school as a greenhouse in which young plants, still vulnerable and fragile, are given conditions to grow healthily, to become strong, able to face diseases, cold and storms. We must be aware that, no matter how much parents would like to protect their children from encountering the evil in the world, one day this will happen. On the one hand, we understand that this cannot be avoided. On the other hand, it is important to prepare children for the experiences that await them in life and to teach them how not to lose their joy, how not to be afraid, how to remain confident in the strength they have. Strength that comes from their heavenly roots, from the wings they received in school, from the faith and education they acquired.
The Values We Believe In
Freedom and the Uniqueness of Each Child
Having the freedom that comes with the independent nature of the school, we do everything within our power to offer our children a high-quality academic education. In this regard, our pedagogical team engages each child in his uniqueness, working with each one of them at their own pace, seeking to uncover each child’s specific gifts in order to enhance them.
Let us remember the parable of talents, talents that everyone receives in their own way. For each person there is a personal path to fulfillment, to the knowledge of God. Depending on our personal gifts, if we become conscious of them, if we use them correctly and nourish them, we will all hear the same word from our Lord, “Well done, good and faithful servant (…) Enter into the joy of your master.” (Matthew 25: 14-30)
Character, Responsibility and Joy
We cultivate in our children fundamental Christian values: introspection, the practice of interrogation and self-evaluation with discernment – all in order to obtain a noble and strong character. We teach our students responsibility: every choice – good or bad – has consequences to match. Our children come to school with great joy. For us, this is as much a good indicator of success as an objective onto itself. We constantly strive to plant the love of learning, the joy of discovering the sublime mysteries of the wonderful world created by God, the joy of growing beautifully, together.
Relationship, Trust and
True Growth
We put great emphasis on the importance of having a good relationship with one’s colleagues, based on collaboration, the competition in good, true value, mutual trust and openness. The kind of competition we promote is especially with oneself. In relationship to others, competition is a very important growth factor when it is thought out long term, for the duration of one’s whole life and not in terms of an immediate, subjective evaluation. Knowing this, we take care so that it does not transform in a battle of parental pride or envy between the children, as so often is the case in school.
School and Family
We believe that the relationship between the schools and family is very important. We all know that many of the problems of students stem from home – from educational deficiencies, from emotional imbalances etc. Because of this, we are in constant dialogue with the parents (daily, if need be), we value them (we have a very active and involved parental council), we organize various activities of “education for parents” to advise them in all the difficulties that they encounter in their relationship with their children.
Creativity and
the School of Flight
We have learned that an important attribute of the Person is creativity. We all have a creative potential within us. A free man tends to create because all he is doing is actualizing the potential that God has bestowed upon him, by creating him in His image. In order to achieve this, he needs to absorb essential knowledge (without which he cannot create), he needs to be aided to discover his creative inclination and to be granted confidence.
Because we have come to understand this, but, also because over the years we have seen many unhappy instances of people whose flight has been impeded by family, school and society, we strive to make children creative, to make them creators. To put it differently, we pay attention not only to not sever children’s wings but to also teach them to fly. Because of this we love calling our school a “school of flight”!
Love, the Heart of Everything
But, above all, we strive to teach kids how to love . We teach them to love, out of love. The love a child feels when he is loved by those around him is the image of heavenly love. God loves unconditionally, fully, until the end; He loves us no matter what we think, what we feel, what we choose. At home, at school and in the parish, we also must love the child unconditionally just as he is, no matter what he does, what he says, what will happen. On this foundation can the child build his character, without feeling the need to search for validation outside the family and the Church. Moreover, in time, this type of attitude in adults will become the attitude of children towards those around them.
Aside from this, we try to bestow upon our children two other important lessons about life: first inspired by Saint Paul – if they do not learn to love, whatever they do in this life, it does not matter: if there is no love, then there is nothing. The second one, from Seneca: if you wish to be loved, be the first to love! This is the school of the Church for us and the essence of our school: Love must be learned. School is life. Life is a school of love. Love is everything. Love is God.
