MISSION STATEMENT

Our Mission Statement: St. Agnes Catholic School seeks to provide a school climate which fosters the Gospel values, enabling our students to maximize their potential to love, learn, work and serve as Jesus did. With the school, parents, students, and the church working together, we attain success by educating students to their full potential.

CATHOLIC FOCUS

St. Agnes Elementary School, which was opened in September 1989, located north of the centre of Brampton in Heart Lake at 103 Richvale Drive South. The school was blessed on June 3, 1990. The school, which has approximately 293 students, emphasizes prayer life, liturgical celebrations, the sacraments, and the Religion/Family Life programs. The school motto is "Excellence and Cooperation". The school is named after St. Agnes, who lived in Rome during the early fourth century. She was martyred for not denying her faith even when faced with death at age thirteen. On her feast day, two lambs are blessed at her church in Rome, and then their wool is woven into the palliums.

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board believes that the Catholic faith, as expressed through Gospel values, is the driving force in the board’s community of learners, which includes five key groups: students; the parish, home and community; teachers and support staff; administrators and supervisory officers; and trustees. The board strives to be a Christ-centred system in which all may work and learn in a supportive, inclusive, meaningful, and respectful environment. Within the context of an authentic Catholic learning community, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School board strives “…to provide students with the opportunity to realize their potential and develop into highly skilled, knowledgeable, caring citizens who contribute to society.”