The Promise

The Values That Guide Our Community

Our pillars reflect the beliefs that guide how we teach, learn, grow, and serve together. Through Character, Faith & Reason, Excellence, and Community, we form students who are prepared to lead with integrity, compassion, and purpose. This is how students experience Saint Paul.

Saint Paul Students
Saint Paul Students
Character
  • We embrace the call to respect the inherent dignity of all as individuals created in God's image and likeness.
  • We embrace the call to be compassionate to all our brothers and sisters.
  • We embrace the call to be honest and trustworthy, following our well-formed conscience in all that we are.
  • We embrace the call to show unquestioned integrity in the way in which we live our lives.
Faith and Reason
  • We dedicate ourselves to cultivating an active and vibrant faith life that is Christ-centered and grounded in Gospel values.
  • We dedicate ourselves to fostering the search for the Truth across all subject areas so that we come to an understanding of who we are and who we are called to be in relation to God, self, and others.
  • We dedicate ourselves to fostering a dialogue that brings faith to bear on contemporary cultural and social issues.
Excellence
  • We strive for excellence in the witness of our faith following the moral teachings of the Church and our call to holiness.
  • We strive for academic excellence through a holistic and challenging curriculum.
  • We strive for athletic excellence through perseverance, discipline, commitment, and team building.
  • We strive for artistic excellence through the development of our gifts and talents.
Community
  • We foster a faith-filled community that flows from the Catholic faith, is Christ-centered, and grounded in Gospel values as we grow closer to God together.
  • We foster a community that appreciates the beauty of God's creation and our responsibility as stewards of that creation.
  • We foster a community that embraces the diversity of its members and promotes unity, reconciliation, and justice.
  • We foster a community that encourages students to discover their God-given gifts in service of others as they work toward the building of a just and peaceful world.