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STATEMENT OF ACADEMIC PHILOSOPHY
Palmer Trinity is a student-centered, Episcopal college preparatory school. Each student is challenged to aspire to excellence in a community that teaches and models high academic and personal standards. Palmer Trinity admits students with personal integrity and academic potential. The school is committed to diversity and seeks students with a range of academic interests from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
Palmer Trinity’s academic program is designed to promote intellectual growth and curiosity, to foster excellence in all disciplines, to stimulate and guide aesthetic appreciation, and to encourage physical well-being. Palmer Trinity demands much of its students, challenging them to develop their potential as individual scholars, while expecting them to participate in and contribute to the life of the school community. The program aims to instill in its students a love of wisdom and to evoke from them the highest expressions of personal integrity, tolerance, and social responsibility.
Palmer Trinity embraces its obligation to provide for the spiritual development of its students by upholding Judeo-Christian principles and ethical traditions and by encouraging personal sacrifice in service to others. Palmer Trinity graduates are well prepared to succeed at the university level and inspired to make positive contributions to our interdependent and changing world. |