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Wisdom More Than Knowledge
Service Beyond Self
Honor Above Everything
At Darlington School Together...
- We strive to become well-educated, responsible human beings.
- We teach to think critically, communicate effectively, and develop strengths and talents.
- We discern right from wrong, act with courage and conviction, practice ethical leadership, and exhibit honorable character.
- We challenge everyone to learn with passion, act with integrity, and serve with respect.
- We perpetuate these attributes throughout our lives, both as individuals and as members of the world community.
Darlington faculty and students continue a one-hundred-year-old tradition of challenging each other to grow into our fullest potential.
Darlington’s philosophical foundation stone is integrity of both individual and community, a foundation embodied in Darlington’s Honor Code. Darlington insists that every member of the community do his or her own work and respect the rules of community life. Our goal is to reinforce in each student the firm belief that success in every endeavor is the result of hard work honestly done, and that life in community must be based on respect for authority and the rule of law as embodied in our Judeo-Christian tradition.
Community life is abundant with service organizations, academic and athletic interest groups, spiritual fellowships, arts organizations, and residential life centered on a “house” system, where students experience small family within the life of the larger community. We offer students a variety of opportunities for leadership, service, exploration, and development as aspects of full individual development and rich community experience. Our goal is to instill in our students a respect for diversity and an ability to thrive both within and across boundaries.
Academic programs seek to be intellectually rigorous and demand the best of students at each level, but acknowledge and respect students’ differing abilities and different learning styles. We emphasize the pursuit of individual excellence. Our goal is to prepare students for a rewarding college experience and to inspire in our students a love of learning that will last a lifetime.
Sports programs emphasize both team and individual sports activities and challenge our students to excel in a competitive environment. In team sports, we instill a respect for the cooperative effort and the appreciation of individual contribution to a group outcome. In individual sports, we teach the value of self-reliance and fearless competition. In all our sports activities, our goal is to teach respect for the training, dedication to the effort, and graciousness in the outcome.
The Fine Arts program aims to foster in each student an appreciation for various modes of artistic expression and to nurture a capacity for their own artistic abilities while promoting self discipline, encouraging self confidence, and therefore meeting the needs of the whole child.
- Recognizing that all human beings have spiritual needs, Darlington School commits to fostering the spiritual growth and development of its students.
- In keeping with Darlington’s heritage, our religious life orientation, while non-denominational, is Judeo-Christian based.
- People of all religions are welcomed and respected at Darlington. We desire to be a nurturing community where love and understanding permeate all relationships
- Darlington will admit qualified students regardless of their creed and religion. Students, however, must know in advance and be willing to abide by and support the Darlington School Religious Policy.
- Darlington will hire qualified faculty regardless of their creed and religion. Faculty, however, must know in advance and be willing to abide by and support the Darlington School Religious Policy.
- Darlington expects its students and faculty to respect all religions and people of all religions. The school will not practice or tolerate either the maligning of any person’s religion, or the attempting to convince any person that his or her religious beliefs are not valid.
- Since Darlington views the primary role of the classroom setting as educational, faculty will refrain from using the classroom as a forum for religious conversion and will refrain from expressing their personal religious beliefs in any manner demeaning to any other system of belief.
- Believing that well-educated people in a global community must understand the world in which they live, Darlington will provide opportunities for students to learn the basic tenets of the world’s major religions.
- Darlington will attempt to provide meaningful worship opportunities with regularly scheduled services in both the Christian tradition and traditions of other world religions.
- Darlington will strive to enhance the religious understanding and spiritual journey of every student.
This policy, intended to clarify religious policies and procedures at Darlington, was passed by the Board of Trustees on April 30, 1998, [and revised by the Board of Trustees on September 10, 2004.]
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