OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL recognizes and accepts its responsibility to the Hispanic people of the southeast side of
Chicago. We are part of a missionary church, which is open to all people and is respectful of all cultures.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL recognizes the parents as the primary educators of children. We strive to assist parents
by being dedicated to the education of the total person. We will provide opportunities for all students to take advantage of the
programs and counseling which will prepare them for higher education. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL will recognize
and respect the bilingual and multicultural heritage of all families.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL is dedicated to Integral education, which includes:
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL accepts its mission because it recognizes the families involved in our school are part of
the Catholic Church in the United States of America as well as citizens of the World.
Chicago. We are part of a missionary church, which is open to all people and is respectful of all cultures.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL recognizes the parents as the primary educators of children. We strive to assist parents
by being dedicated to the education of the total person. We will provide opportunities for all students to take advantage of the
programs and counseling which will prepare them for higher education. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL will recognize
and respect the bilingual and multicultural heritage of all families.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL is dedicated to Integral education, which includes:
- Religious education for the information in faith of the individual, family and community.
- Multicultural values, which help individuals and family groups, understand and appreciate their heritage and the heritage of
other people. - Family unity because the family is the one essential unity for the growth of children which includes education in matters of
faith, literacy,justice,morals, economics and political systems.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL accepts its mission because it recognizes the families involved in our school are part of
the Catholic Church in the United States of America as well as citizens of the World.
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INTRODUCTION
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL was founded to serve the Mexican American Community of the South Chicago
neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The enrollment is predominately composed of students who come from Catholic families in the
community.
One of ten children entering OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL speaks only Spanish, or has a limited proficiency in English.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL was founded to serve the Mexican American Community of the South Chicago
neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The enrollment is predominately composed of students who come from Catholic families in the
community.
One of ten children entering OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL speaks only Spanish, or has a limited proficiency in English.
| AIMS OF EDUCATION AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL |
To create an atmosphere and provide opportunities for growth in the Catholic faith. Each student is to be given opportunities to
participate in the preparation of liturgies and para-liturgies. We will provide an atmosphere in which students will grow in
knowledge of the Catholic faith and be allowed to demonstrate their faith by the manner in which they live.
To create an environment in which the parents are recognized as the primary educator of their children.
To create a climate in which the students feel accepted and their culture and heritage are factors to be valued rather than rejected.
To provide an atmosphere to learn to appreciate, understand and take care of the world in which we live. We strive to help students
become aware of the fascinating complex climate terrain, vegetation, animals, people and their inter relatedness that surrounds them.
We strive to understand; appreciate and learn to live with the various races and people of the world and the rich variety of the
world's cultures. Students must learn there are people whose habits, ideas and ways of life are profoundly different from their own.
They must perceive these differences as challenges to their understanding rather than as occasions for hostility or anxiety.
Each student should be given an opportunity for esthetic experiences. An esthetic experience is the organization of feelings, a search
for the ordering of their effective lives. Time for the contemplation of beauty and order is necessary to enrich the life of the
individual student so he will have something to contribute to the lives of others.
Every student must learn in order to be capable of earning a living. Each person needs to feel his services are important enough to
other people so that others are willing to pay the keep him alive. We strive to demonstrate an active relationship between the world
of learning and the worlds in which people earn a living.
We must provide the students with an opportunity to learn some kind of critical or intellectual method. With the information
explosion, there is much misinformation and so we need some method of evaluating the information we receive.
participate in the preparation of liturgies and para-liturgies. We will provide an atmosphere in which students will grow in
knowledge of the Catholic faith and be allowed to demonstrate their faith by the manner in which they live.
To create an environment in which the parents are recognized as the primary educator of their children.
To create a climate in which the students feel accepted and their culture and heritage are factors to be valued rather than rejected.
To provide an atmosphere to learn to appreciate, understand and take care of the world in which we live. We strive to help students
become aware of the fascinating complex climate terrain, vegetation, animals, people and their inter relatedness that surrounds them.
We strive to understand; appreciate and learn to live with the various races and people of the world and the rich variety of the
world's cultures. Students must learn there are people whose habits, ideas and ways of life are profoundly different from their own.
They must perceive these differences as challenges to their understanding rather than as occasions for hostility or anxiety.
Each student should be given an opportunity for esthetic experiences. An esthetic experience is the organization of feelings, a search
for the ordering of their effective lives. Time for the contemplation of beauty and order is necessary to enrich the life of the
individual student so he will have something to contribute to the lives of others.
Every student must learn in order to be capable of earning a living. Each person needs to feel his services are important enough to
other people so that others are willing to pay the keep him alive. We strive to demonstrate an active relationship between the world
of learning and the worlds in which people earn a living.
We must provide the students with an opportunity to learn some kind of critical or intellectual method. With the information
explosion, there is much misinformation and so we need some method of evaluating the information we receive.
| FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL IN SOCIETY |
The schools required to fulfill the needs of the individual student as well as society. We must recognize the culture and talents of
each student and acknowledge the role of parent as the primary educator. The school participates in the responsibility of helping the
students develop their potential in such a way that they will be useful members of society. We perceive our roles as developers of
human potential rather than as architects of men.
each student and acknowledge the role of parent as the primary educator. The school participates in the responsibility of helping the
students develop their potential in such a way that they will be useful members of society. We perceive our roles as developers of
human potential rather than as architects of men.
| VALUE OF LIFE AND EXISTENCE |
We believe in the existence of a personal God who has intervened in the history of man. Consequently, we believe that life and
existence are permanent values for all men. Men are required to actively embrace values whether they are transmitted down through
culture or sought by the individual.
existence are permanent values for all men. Men are required to actively embrace values whether they are transmitted down through
culture or sought by the individual.
| ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE |
The acquisition of knowledge is dynamic process. Humans learn from the people around them in society. We do not always learn
by our experience. The most important ingredient of the learning process is the desire to learn.
by our experience. The most important ingredient of the learning process is the desire to learn.
| THE PHILOSOPHY OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL |
| MISSION STATEMENT |
