Dear Academy Parents,
Next week in our student-led conferences, we will be experiencing our students’ living of Goal V, Criterion 3.
Goal V: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.
Criterion 3: Students grow in self-knowledge and develop self-confidence as they learn to deal realistically with their gifts and limitations.
Two aspects of this practice tap into deep roots of our educational philosophy:
1. The preparation process invites each student to be reflective about themselves as a learner and as a person. Our belief is that the very act of introspection launches our students to:
- Self-awareness, which is a precursor for self-confidence
- Openness to growth, which is a necessary ingredient in the process of life-long learning, healthy relationship building, and moral development.
2. The presentation process invites each student to:
- Courageously own their truth,
- Courageously use their voice,
- Experience their ownership of their growth and development,
- Experience the affirmation of honest assessment.
We hope you enjoy the work the students have done in trying to be self-reflective beings. We also hope you delight in the growth you will see as they share what they know about themselves as learners, as members of a community of learners, and as children of God, growing to become ever more reflective of the Heart of Christ.
From our perspective, it is a true privilege to see the growth and progression from the First Class students, who can share their strengths with clarity, to the Eighth Class students, who can not only own their strengths but identify their challenges and set the next set of goals for ongoing growth.
See you on the campus next week!
Maureen Glavin, rscj
