Welcome to St. Luke’s School!
As parents, we have great hopes for our children. We hope they know we love them unconditionally. We hope they grow in confidence and self-esteem with each year of their lives. And we hope we provide an environment for them that inspires their minds and their hearts. A school should hope for no less. In its mission statement, in the actions and policies that flow from its mission statement, in the fabric and culture of everything it does, a school should demonstrate its care for the intellect and the character of every student.
Our motto – INTRATE COGNITUM, EXITE SERVITUM (Enter to Learn. Go Forth to Serve) – unites us and gives life to our teaching. At St. Luke’s, our talented and dedicated faculty holds as its highest value the intellectual and moral development of our students. Teaching moments abound: from the classroom to the extensive community service program; from the theater to the playing fields; from the hallways to the library.
When you and your child join the St. Luke’s community, you will quickly see how that foundation of excellence, connections, and service energizes everyone in the School.
Mark C. Davis
Head of School
SCOOP Article by Mark Davis
3/11/2008
Each Wednesday morning, at 9:30 a.m., Upper School students and faculty take a few moments to pause, reflect and listen to a Meditation. It is a time for inward contemplation of thought, on one person’s focused idea, offering each of us the opportunity to make an emotional and intellectual connection with a member of the school community and – in one form or another – with a life lesson.
Meditations began this year, and started with several teachers and administrators who spoke about everything from relationships with family members to formative life experiences and the lessons learned from them. Reactions from students were immediate and enthusiastic. Above all, as many students have said, Meditations offer a break from the fast-paced everyday routine, and allows us to come together as a community, deepen our relationships, and provide more – and a different type of – substance to learning at St. Luke’s. The program reinforces our teaching and learning methods, supported by our work with Peter Cobb and brain expert Robert Greenleaf who remind us that the best teachers, and the best schools, regularly make time to pause and to reflect.
