Our Mission and culture
Our Mission
The Wilberforce School was founded to provide a distinctly Christian education characterized by academic excellence and joyful discovery within a classical framework.
We invite you to explore each of the four parts of our mission in greater depth using the links in the submenu to the left or in the paragraph above.
Our Culture
The culture of the Wilberforce
School nurtures a love of learning, a love of God, and a commitment to
godly habits that will be the basis for a lifetime of academic and
spiritual vitality. The spiritual and academic development of our students is vitally important to us. Here are some of the tangible ways we nurture this
love and commitment in our students:
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Teachers: Attracting and training teachers who are gifted, called,
and committed to the Wilberforce mission.
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Family: Recognizing
parents as a child’s first and best teachers, nurturing a vital school
community without overburdening parents with collateral obligations.
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Calendar: Organizing the school year with many small breaks and a few extended breaks to
allow time together as a family.
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Statement of Faith: Seeking to articulate and live by a shared
Christian conviction.
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Uniforms: Instilling an attitude of attentiveness and respect
towards our studies and forging a distinctive school identity.
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Chapel: Teaching devotion through songs, hymns, testimonies, and
reading and teaching from Scripture.
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Discipline: Cultivating godly character; building habits of
kindness, attentiveness, diligence, obedience, and respect.
As the
psalmist wrote:
“Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the
end.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my
heart.
Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to
your word.”
Psalm 119:33-37