EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
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Education is, therefore, a continuous process of integral human formation through the teaching-learning experiences for personal and social transformation to attain fullness of life.
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VISION STATEMENT
Saint Augustine’s School shares a common vision with all the other ICM Schools in the Philippines; thus:
OUR VISION
We are Women and Men Disciples of JESUS
bonded as Companions in Life and in Mission
Growing in and through
Discernment, Ministry of Presence, and
Prophetic Witnessing as a Way of Life
Journeying with
Mary in her Magnificat;
Marie Louise De Meester in her
PASSION for GOD,
PASSION for PEOPLE, especially the poor, and
for the harmony and integrity of creation
Augustine of Hippo in his
PASSION for the Building of Community of Friends
and
Striving to live
Compassion, Wisdom, and Right Relationships
towards a TRANSFORMED WORLD-COMMUNITY…
Life in Abundance: GOD’S DREAM.
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MISSION STATEMENT
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Saint Augustine’s School is our school. It is a Catholic institution of learning and development for young women and men, owned and administered by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM Sisters). SAS provides her students, from the pre-school level through the elementary and secondary school, a dynamic program of basic education which stresses training for academic proficiency, lifelong learning and holistic development.
OUR MISSION
SAINT AUGUSTINE’S SCHOOL is committed
to provide quality Christian education
that develops young boys and girls
to become PATHMAKERS who
Work out for
PEACE with oneself, with others,
with God and the whole of creation;
Engage in works of
ADVOCACY in the promotion of justice and peace and
in the preservation of the integrity of creation;
Hone skills, competencies, creative imagination
and the capacity for critical thinking
contributive to effective participation for personal and social
TRANSFORMATION;
Deepen appreciation of and respect for our genuine cultural Filipino
HERITAGE focusing on the Ilocano culture and
work for its preservation;
Live out the spirit of
MISSION that emboldens them
to become prophetic men and women;
Develop a discerning
ATTITUDE as well as a readiness to face the challenges
of the rapid developments in science and
technology and to act accordingly
for the benefit of the people;
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GOALS
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FORMATION of community of FRIEND
LEADERSHIP exercised in service
for the transformation of women and men, culture and society.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
within the context of a holistic human formation
MISSIONARY
EMPOWERMENT of people
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