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ANTONIAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY
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Transition to Antonian College Preparatory High School
High School is an important part of a youngster’s life. In high school, students not only learn about Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. They also learn about values, morals, friendships, decision making and they also begin to make their way towards becoming young adults – people who are able to make Christ-center decisions. The goal of high school therefore, is to provide students the necessary foundation with which to succeed in life, further learn in college and live a life worthy of heaven. Often young people come to high school made of “Jello”, that gelatinous form that seems to be balanced on the precipice of something sweet and sometimes something sour. This form is sometimes solid but often simply watery. As parents of youngsters know, this will eventually give way to a more solid form called “clay”. It is with this that we begin to form the student, based upon what they have already learned from home and school and based upon the structure, relationships and interactions they will experience in school. The Catholic school brings hope to all and especially to our young people. In that the pillars of a Catholic education is community, worship and service, Antonian strives to instill in its students a desire to form a community of people who love, respect and work towards a common goal. “A Placed Called Home”, is not just a slogan, it is a way of being in community. While living in community, Antonian calls forth in its students and teachers the need to worship together. By living in community, helping one another and worshiping together, we become people of service. This has been and is the legacy of our school and of our students. At the end of the day that will eventually lead to the hour of graduation. Being people of service, being people of the Beatitudes must be a part of our student’s life for service is the synthesis of faith formation. Transition into high school is not unlike any other transition in our children’s life. When they learned to crawl and walk and talk we took a pause to observe and marvel at the possibilities. During this transition into high school, there will be an opportunity to pause and observe and marvel at the opportunities. The opportunities will be many, will be varied, sometimes they will be challenging and sometimes they will seem simple. Whatever those opportunities, be assured that we will walk with your children, we will talk with your children, we will pray with your children and we will teach your children. We will pause, observe and marvel at the growth of their persons and of their personalities. When you bring your children to Antonian, we take them into our family and they become one of ours. After all, we are “in loco parentis” (in place of parents) and as such we will love them, honor them, correct them and sometimes even get after them. The final sentence of the Antonian Mission Statement was purposefully inserted – in partnership with parents. Through this we wish to include you in the formation of your children. When Pope John Paul II spoke to Catholic educators in New Orleans during his 1983 visit to the United States he admonished the Catholic school and said “Parents are the primary educators of their children. This responsibility can never be abdicated nor shall the Catholic school, no matter the circumstances, assume that responsibility.” We welcome you to our Catholic school and educational institution. As a Catholic school, we have spirit – that is the spirit of our good Lord and the intercessions of Mary, the mother of God, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, the Mother of the Americas and all the saints. As an educational institution, we have success – that is success in the form of learning, of becoming and of gaining entry into college and of becoming people of the Beatitudes. _______________________________________________________________________
As a Catholic School, We have Spirit.
As an Educational Institution, We have Success. |
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