Grace-St. Luke`s Episcopal School in Memphis, TN | Children`s and Teens` Education

Grace-St. Luke`s Episcopal School

Mission Statement and Aspirations:
Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School is a coeducational school that seeks students with high intellectual promise and provides each child with an opportunity for an excellent education by caring for the whole child in a setting that reflects the faith of the Episcopal Church.
Our commitment is to develop within each student academic achievement, self respect, citizenship, and the knowledge, love and service of God.
Grace-St. Luke’s aspires to:
- promote the spiritual growth of each student in an Episcopal tradition that respects the religious heritage of others.
- develop within each student an awareness of duties and responsibilities to God, to the environment, to country, to community, to family, to fellow students, and to self.
- initiate programs that will help each child think critically and creatively, thus enhancing each student’s ability to solve problems and to make wise choices.
- motivate students toward academic excellence through stimulating and creative experiences in the classroom, and equip students to function in a technologically advanced society.
- develop open, inquiring minds by maintaining a tolerance for the opinions, thoughts, and feelings of others.
- encourage the school, home, and community to work together for the total development of each child, and nurture within each child a feeling of self worth.
- promote cultural inclusion and awareness within the school, and encourage societal awareness and responsibility through community outreach.
- provide a variety of activities that encourage and promote physical growth and healthy competition.
- develop within each student an appreciation of visual and performing arts through participation in the classroom and through extracurricular activities.
- uphold an honor code that promotes honesty and respect for others.
Worship:
Grace-St. Luke's School is a church school, affiliated with Grace-St.Luke's Episcopal Church, and therefore the expression of our foundation of faith is an important aspect of our life together. One of the more outward and visible expressions of our community faith is worship. From the early childhood program at Miss Lee's campus through grade eight in the middle school, students have times for worship appropriate for their age. Attendance at chapel is required of each student and full participation is strongly encouraged of each student. At the same time the religious traditions and background of each student are respected. All of the mission and ministry of this school find its specific expression within the structure of the Christian faith and practices of the Episcopal Church.
School Motto:
"Reverentia Domini initium sapientiae est" (The reverence of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.)
School Seal:
The school seal incorporates the anchor, a Christian symbol of faith and hope, and a chain, representing the interdependent linkage of students, teachers, and parents.
School Colors:
The School colors are red, white and gold.