Our School

At Good Shepherd Catholic School, we are called to celebrate and nurture the God-given talents of each student as we serve with excellence in the light of Christ. We recognize our call to love and serve from our Master teacher Jesus Christ, and we are committed to creating a Catholic learning community under the protection of Mother Mary. The Catholic Graduate Expectations are our foundation as we strive for academic excellence and the acknowledgement of those who achieve it. We recognize God as the source of all life and actively work to focus on social issues within our local and global communities.

Patron Saint

Jesus is God's greatest gift to us, and he often referred to himself as the "Good Shepherd". Shepherds guide, protect and carefully watch over their flock. Jesus used the shepherd as a symbol for Himself and the sheep as a symbol for His people. Jesus is a Shepherd to everyone who believes in Him. He came, like a Good Shepherd, to save us and He loved us enough to lay down His life for us. He is our Good Shepherd who guides us, feeds us, protects us, and saves us for all of eternity.

Philosophy

As Catholic educators, we live according to our Father's code and to lead our students, by example, to live the basic truths of the gospel message. This is an awesome, yet inspiring challenge which we share with the parents of our young men and women. Children learn what they live. Each day we have the opportunity to teach our students:

• to love by the way we love;
• to be generous by our generosity;
• to be passionate by our compassion; and
• to be forgiving by the way we forgive.