The Hawthorn Difference
Hawthorn is a smaller school that will make a big difference in a girl's life, one student at a time. It is a unique place that explores each girl's potential in a smaller learning environment that knows them individually and recognizes and responds to their needs alone.
Hawthorn's all girls environment, small class sizes, and one of the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in the country, provides a unique kind of student-by-student learning that is proven to differentially prepare students for reaching and succeeding in the next phase of their learning-and beyond.
We respect the shared goals of our students and their families. We pride ourselves not only on preparing the girls for a postsecondary education, with a 100% university acceptance rate, but also on helping them to succeed in their life's path - no matter what it may be. Our Classical Liberal Arts Education provides cultural literacy, critical reasoning skills, and aid in the growth of virtue, in a smaller school environment that allows teachers and mentors to know every girl, their personal interests and abilities. This fosters a truly individualized education and allows every girl to leave her mark in her own way.
Our goal is to make a difference in each girl's life and we take that to heart. Although what the Hawthorn Difference will mean for each girl will depend on their individual needs and goals, the way it is delivered is set upon a common foundation of five key pillars: Pursuit of Excellence in Education, Personal Mentorship, Partnership with Parents, Leadership through Service, and All Girls Advantage.
One of the ways that we keep making a difference is by listening and changing, but not only the requirements of an increasing competitive and complex world - but by listening to and working together with parents. Hawthorn was founded upon the principal belief that parents are the primary educators of their children, and our commitment to educate together in partnership with them, is part of what continues to make Hawthorn different.
Catholic-inspired Education
The teachings of the Catholic Church are at the heart of a Hawthorn education.
Hawthorn School provides an education directed to achieving the harmonious development of the whole person: mind, will, heart and body. Through the school’s classical liberal arts curriculum and the interdisciplinary character of our programs, students are led to search, know and love the truth about who they are, the meaning of life, the dignity and respect of every human being as children of God.
Altogether, parents, mentors and teachers, guide and challenge the students to exercise human and Christian virtues, integrating their faith into all areas of their life, so that they might live according to their beliefs and dignity, becoming confident women of integrity and faith.
Students are encouraged to use their reason and ask questions, explore the reasons for their faith and learn to distinguish between essential matters of faith and questions of culture and history. The study of moral theology enables them to discern the morality of human acts and facilitates their search for goodness, truth, love and respect for other human beings.
Chaplaincy
We at Hawthorn respect and offer a friendly culture that respects students of all religions and backgrounds. Catholics, non-Catholics and non-Christians are welcome, coming together as one respectful and cohesive community. Everyone – parents, teachers and students – is welcome and free to participate in the spiritual activities.
