Parent Vision Statement

Parents of students at St. Madeleine Sophie School recognize the fact that the education of students is a challenge that is shared by school staff, the students and the parents themselves.  St. Madeleine Sophie parents wish to see their children fulfill their potential to be positive, participating adults with a dedication to the values and skills learned as students at our school.

Parents believe and support the idea that they can help to influence this outcome by doing the following things to support their children while at St. Madeleine Sophie School:

• Homework is a necessary part of a good education.  Parents will set aside a time and an appropriate place for study, and will see that homework assignments are completed to the best of the child's ability.

• Modern electronic media can have both a positive and a negative influence on children.  Parents will monitor their children's activity and will remain vigilant to help them make good decisions about their choices.

• School is physically demanding on young people.  Parents will help their children with the physical demands of school by seeing that they have a good diet, including a well balanced lunch, and that their children get to bed at appropriate times for their age and get a good night's sleep.

• Responsibility and independence are two important values children must learn.  Parents will help in this learning by helping their children get ready for school so that they can arrive on time and with the materials needed for class.

As a Catholic school, the people of St. Madeleine Sophie are striving to become a community of believers where staff, parents, and students seek to grow in the knowledge and love of God and one another.  Parents, as first teachers of their children, will guide them in the formation of faith and moral values reflective of a Christian Educational community.