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The answers to these questions can be
found in the list below and in any of
the schools in the
Archdiocese of Hartford. |
Our greatest investment is to provide our next generation with opportunities to create a more humane and just world. We must help our next generation by forming hearts, building minds, and changing lives. Most importantly our next generation must keep Christ as the center of their existence.
-Dale R. Hoyt, Superintendent of Catholic Schools
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Catholic
Schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford
THE OVERALL ADVANTAGE |
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Catholic Schools emphasize faith, academic rigor, excellence in education, self-discipline
and high moral standards.
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Catholic Schools develop the whole person, challenging each
student to reach his or her full potential.
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Catholic Schools are committed to preparing spiritual leaders
– Church, State, and National – for the 21st Century.
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Catholic Schools offer students a safe and supportive environment.
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Parents choose a Catholic education for their children for
three primary reasons: high academic standards, values and faith-based
education, and a safe, nurturing school environment.
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- Catholic Schools are successful because they make greater
academic demands, provide stronger community support, and give more
personal attention to students. (Tony Bryk – Catholic Schools
and the Common Good)
- Catholic School students make their mark beyond the classroom
whether it is on the athletic field, in parish life, or in volunteer
community service activities.
- Catholic School success depends firmly on the partnership
of our parents, the first and foremost educators of our children,
who provide overwhelming gifts of time, talent and treasure to our
schools. Family input and involvement results in higher attendance
rates and lower dropout rates.
- Catholic education recognizes and affirms all cultures and
ethnic groups. In the Archdiocese of Hartford, our minority enrollment
is approximately 25%; nationally minorities represent 30.2% of the
total Catholic School enrollment.
- The network of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford is comprised of 52 (inter)parish elementary/middle schools (including one solely Pre-K), 2 private elementary/middle schools; 4 Archdiocesan high schools; and 5 private high schools, for a total of 63 schools.
- Catholic Schools are an investment for the future providing
each child with an “Education for a Lifetime”.
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Catholic
Schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford
THE EDUCATIONAL EDGE |
- Catholic Schools provide students with a superior education manifested
by excellent test scores, an abundance of student awards and academic
achievements, and highly qualified, dedicated faculty. Students
in grades 3-7 take the ITBS and regularly score in the above-average range. More importantly, these test results demonstrate
consistent individual student growth without exception.
- Catholic Schools have much lower dropout rates. This is
due partly to an environment that stresses community, care and concern,
encourages a positive self-image in the student, and sets up the
expectation of success.
- 100% of our High School students graduate. 99% of the students graduating from the Catholic High Schools
in the Archdiocese of Hartford continue their education. 97% attend two- or four-year colleges.
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Catholic Schools provide modern technology including computer-assisted
instruction across the curriculum and cutting-edge academics balanced
with traditional wisdom and morality.
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The approximate student/full-time teacher ratio in our Archdiocesan
and private elementary schools is 18 to 1; in our secondary schools,
it is approximately 13 to 1.
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Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford must go
through a regular process of evaluation, certification and accreditation
involving their programs and teachers, with the ultimate goal of
securing accreditation from the prestigious New England Association
of Schools and Colleges. This ongoing process provides accountability
for the maintenance of the schools’ high academic standards.
Moreover, the curriculum of the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese
of Hartford meets or exceeds all State regulations and guidelines.
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Extra-curricular programs in areas such as the arts, community
service, athletics and social/cultural activities help to educate
the total person and encourage a healthy sense of competition, a
spirit of cooperation, creativity and leadership.
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In Catholic Schools and the Common Good, researchers Bryk,
Lee and Holland found that the following factors exist in Catholic
Schools: high levels of student learning; a more equitable distribution
of learning with regard to race and class than in the public sector;
and high levels of both teacher commitment and student engagement.
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Catholic
Schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford
THE EMPHASIS ON FAITH |
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Catholic Schools emphasize the message of Christian love and community,
particularly service to others. It has been found that Catholic
School students are more likely to volunteer for community service.
(Andrew Greeley)
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Catholic School education provides “a synthesis of
culture and faith, and a synthesis of faith and life”. (The
Catholic School, Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, Rome,
1977)
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Catholic School administrators and teachers are models of
Christianity for the students. Those who work in Catholic education
understand that their religious convictions, faith in God, and active
commitment to the Church are essential parts of their identity as
teachers and school administrators.
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A Catholic School education teaches children to respect
the uniqueness of every individual as made in the image and likeness
of God.
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Catholic Schools advance the all-important teaching mission
of the Church.
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- Catholic Schools promote social justice for all, especially
for the poor, regardless of color, race, creed, sex, or socioeconomic
status.
- Catholic Schools foster Gospel values and encourage the
formation of students into responsible members of society. In a
Catholic School, students live their faith daily, emerging with
a solid foundation for life.
- Catholic Schools contribute to the present life of a parish
and Archdiocese as well as to the future of the whole Church –
Catholic Schools have always been a source of leadership for the
Church.
- Catholic Schools foster a strong sense of community and
a special bond among students, the home, the school and the Church.
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