De La Salle Academy

About

De La Salle Academy is a private, independent, non-sectarian middle school which provides a quality education in a multi-ethnic setting to children from economically less advantaged urban families. www.dlsa.org

Mission

De La Salle is both a community and a school which believes that its vision and its mission are so closely intertwined as to be indistinguishable from each other. Rooted in the La Sallian tradition, we believe that, to be truly effective, education must be directed toward the development of the whole child: body, heart, mind and spirit.

Our Vision/Mission calls us to action:

* To provide academically talented, economically less advantaged children of diverse backgrounds equal access to a quality education through a needs-blind admissions process.

* To provide each student with a learning environment where the issues of the spirit are respected equally with those of the intellect, and where God�s presence is recalled and revered.

* To train a cadre of youngsters who will become the leaders of tomorrow.

* To instill in each youngster the pride in being who they are, an acceptance of diversity, and a humble gratitude for the gifts God has given to them.

* To train the youngsters to recognize and make a personal commitment to become involved in the issues of Social Justice and community.

* To expose the students to teachers who relish the intellectual life and delight in sharing with the students the joys of the world of ideas.

* To be a place where the students can feel loved and can learn to love appropriately.

* To be a force in the movement to refound and revitalize education for the poor.

* To be a counter-sign to parents who are despairing for the education of their children.

* To establish a positive peer culture that demonstrates both the responsibilities and meaningfulness of living as a true community.

We believe that all youngsters must accept the responsibility of continuing to develop the talents given them by God and to share those talents with the community. The mission of De La Salle Academy is to help students experience the joy of becoming responsible for their own giftedness.

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For information on the Admissions process, please visit our website or email us at: [email protected].