St Lukes Child Dev Center

Our philosophy of education flows from the Christian belief that each child is created in Gods image and redeemed in Christ and has a transitory destiny on earth and an eternal destiny with God in heaven. Hence the school proposes to compliment the home church and state in giving dignity direction and motivation to all phases of the students lives and to prepare them spiritually intellectually psychologically socially physically and morally to take their places in American contemporary society as mature Christians.

In practical application of this philosophy the school seeks to provide the children with those experiences and opportunities which are designed to develop in them such knowledge appreciation skills interests and habits requisite to the realization of their full potential. A St. Luke Catholic School education will thus prepare students to be intelligent practical Catholics good citizens and worthy members of society the church and the home.

Students are taught that knowledge is not to be considered solely as a means of material prosperity and success but a call to serve and be responsible for others. The integration of religious values into ones lifestyle is brought about not only by specialized curricula but more importantly by the presence of teachers who employ an integrated approach to learning and who embody Christian living in their private and professional lives.

The unique contribution of Catholic education to the community-at-large is its precise understanding of the human person as a God-created being and its explicit teaching development and implementation of the values that flow from this understanding; faith values that nourish and strengthen the entire public community. We do not choose to dilute or hide our identity as a religious value-oriented school because we believe that this emphasis on value is precisely what our society needs at this juncture in its history. It is our unique service to all aspects of the civic community.