The aims of a Marymount education are manifold: to educate the heart and mind, and to provide for each student’s total growth, intellectually, spiritually, socially, and physically. – Mother Marie Joseph Butler, RSHM, Founder
Marymount School is an independent, Catholic day school founded to educate girls in a tradition of academic excellence and moral values. The School promotes in each student a respect for her unique abilities and encourages the development of her own voice and a commitment to responsible living in a changing world. Marymount celebrates diversity and draws upon it to foster cultural sensitivity, religious understanding, and a global perspective. From Nursery through Class XII, the School affirms the value of educating students in a challenging, supportive, and structured learning environment.
Central to the mission of the School is the development of critical and creative thinking, clear expression, and a lifelong love of learning. Emphasizing classical disciplines, the arts and scientific inquiry, the rigorous college preparatory curriculum fosters the intellectual, aesthetic, physical, and spiritual development of students and incorporates technology as an essential tool for learning. A wide range of activities complements the academic program and increases opportunities for competition, collaboration, and leadership.
Marymount School is part of an international network of schools founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. Through the Goals and Criteria, shared by these schools, the original vision of the founders continues. The religious traditions of the School provide a foundation for articulating and exploring questions of personal integrity, ethical decision-making, and social justice. While committed to its Catholic heritage, Marymount School respects the religious diversity of the community and seeks to give all students a deeper understanding of the role of the spiritual in life, an appreciation of individual religious traditions, and a commitment to service.
Marymount values the separate yet collaborative roles of parents, students, staff, trustees, and alumnae in building community. Parents are recognized as the primary educators of their child. Teachers strive to know each student well, to respond to individual needs and to encourage initiative and accomplishment. Students are urged to become active community participants, responsive to others within and beyond Marymount.
In sum, Marymount seeks to educate young women who continue to question, risk, and grow – young women who care, serve, and lead – young women prepared to challenge, shape, and change the world.