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La Lumiere School is an outstanding college preparatory high school for day and boarding students. An independent school founded in the Catholic tradition, we form character, cultivate scholarship, and explore all faiths in order to grow into more complete versions of ourselves.
La Lumiere School is a world-class high school that graduates independent thinkers and leaders who will illuminate the world. With an ethos deeply committed to community, personal growth, and achievement, La Lumiere seeks to set a new standard for excellence in education.
With a wide range of AP and honors classes across all disciplines and a strong emphasis on writing and civil discourse, students are challenged and equipped to navigate and contribute to today’s society
Through an extraordinarily high level of engagement in all aspects of student life, students grow into their best selves as students, athletes, leaders, and responsible global citizens
Students feel known & valued, leading to self-confidence, self-awareness, responsibility & kindness
The student population is from all over the world and across our region, which allows us to authentically embrace and celebrate global understanding and interconnection
Students choose from an array of opportunities to explore creativity, collaboration, competition, leadership, and service
Challenge students to develop skills and habits of mind that will lead them to success in college and life beyond
Strong faculty-student relationships animate our community, playing a crucial role in fostering character development and preparation for impactful lives.
With a dedicated faculty and small class sizes, we ensure individualized attention and deeper connections.
Embracing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, faculty provide tailored support for each unique student.
Through built-in mentor relationships with a faculty and staff who are committed to the growth of every student, students feel both inspired and supported.
Promotes positive engagement within the school community.
We seek to develop a new signature academic
program with multiple strands that will become
a distinctive strength of La Lumiere.
We seek to elevate the quality and prominence of all aspects of our athletics program.
We will construct or renovate facilities needed to support excellence in our school programs.
We will recruit and retain superb teachers and invest in professional development to ensure excellence in teaching and learning.
We seek to grow our endowment, and create additional revenue through careful development of summer programs.
Data assessment of surveys of Parents and Alumni, along with a series of discussions with faculty, staff, and the Board of Trustees reveals a consensus that La Lumiere should develop a multifaceted signature program through which students will develop skills and experiences in the following strands:
We will broaden our robust program for leadership development across the four years of high school. We seek to incorporate opportunities to learn about and practice leadership throughout our classes and programs, including service-learning, co-curricular, and advisory programs. We will guide each student to develop strong leadership skills and a clear sense of purpose.
We will enhance and develop our distinctive STEM programs, including focal areas on coding, robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, engineering and design, environmental science, and other areas. We will monitor the rapid changes in these fields and seek to revise our program in response to these changes.
We seek to extend and deepen our program that focuses on developing global citizens and strengthening our students’ understanding of global systems and cultures. It will broaden their knowledge and provide opportunities for close connection and meaningful engagement with others around the world. The program will prepare our students to thrive in global business, political, and cultural environments.
In order to ensure La Lumiere’s ability to thrive in variable regional and national economic conditions, and in order to continue to provide opportunity to students from a wide range of financial circumstances…