Mission
Bishop Chatard High School, a dynamic educational environment for young men and women with different life experiences, is directed to the success of each student, focused on the growth of the whole person, and modeled on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church.
Bishop Chatard High School prepares students for a life-long commitment to faith, learning, leadership, and service.
To Provide A Catholic Education
To achieve the mission of Catholic Education, as stated by the U.S. Catholic Bishops (1972) "To Teach As Jesus", the school provides a comprehensive religious program which includes:
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Religious instruction faithful to doctrine and contemporary in presentation.
Instruction addresses both personal sanctification and social responsibility in light of Christian values and tradition. It does not emphasize one of these dimensions at the expense of the other nor is the religious instruction restricted to the religion classes. Efforts are made to relate all aspects of human culture to the news of salvation. Teachers point out the relationships between the Gospel message and the content of other academic disciplines.
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Spiritual and moral guidance
Appropriate opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation are given. Spiritual and personal counseling are made available to the students. The goals and expectations of the school's code of student behavior, and other school-wide policies, are rooted in Gospel values.
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Strong Youth Ministry
Youth ministry organizes school-wide and small-group liturgical worship. It also provides student retreats and days of recollection. Youth ministry established programs which train students for service to the less fortunate. It also arranges opportunities for student service to others.
Objectives of Bishop Chatard High School
Bishop Chatard strives to provide a program of studies and activities through which students:
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Have the opportunity to acquire knowledge of their faith and to develop those attitudes essential for Christian living;
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Learn and appreciate their rights and responsibilities as American citizens and citizens of the world;
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Learn good personal health habits, both physical and mental.
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Develop an aesthetic appreciation of beauty in nature, art, literature, music, and drama in order to make proper and worthy use of leisure time;
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Develop an understanding of the universal obligation and dignity of work whether in the professions, skilled or unskilled labor, homes, or elsewhere;
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Develop new interests, ambitions and ideals that will assist them in finding a vocation for which they are naturally well fitted;
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Develop an appreciation of education and a realization that education is a life-long process.
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At A Glance