Our Mission Statement
St. Gabriel Consolidated School, a Catholic elementary school for more than 150 years, is dedicated to nurturing the whole child through faith, academics, and service in a safe environment. We share a partnership with families and parishes to inspire students in discovering and using their gifts from God to make their church, school, and community better.
Belief Statement
St. Gabriel Consolidated School, in collaboration with our three parishes, St. Gabriel, St. John, West Chester and St. Maximilian Kolbe, and in partnership with the families of our diverse student body believes Christ is the center of all that we do.
- We believe, as a Catholic school community, we are called to live Christ’s mission of service.
- We believe through Gospel teachings, all people are called to discipleship and an awareness of social justice issues.
- We believe a child best develops spiritually, intellectually, emotionally when nurtured in a faith-based environment.
- We believe in the pursuit of academic excellence and the individual potential for every child to succeed.
- We believe rigorous and relevant instruction with an emphasis on critical thinking will enable children to flourish in an ever-changing world.
- We believe through the combined efforts of administration, faculty, families and parishes that a safe environment of respect and responsibility exists at St. Gabriel Consolidated School.
Philosophy of Education
“Catholic schools strive to relate all human culture to the news of salvation, so that the light of faith will illuminate the knowledge which students gradually gain of the world, of life, and of humankind.” (Vatican II, Document on Education, 8)
“The educational mission of the Church is an integrated ministry embracing three interlocking dimensions: message, community, and service. Catholic schools afford the fullest and best opportunity to realize this threefold purpose of education among children and young people.” (NCCB, To Teach as Jesus Did, 101)
In light of these Church documents, St. Gabriel Consolidated School is committed to the education of children in partnership with parents who recognize that, for people of faith, the wisdom and culture transmitted by a school are enriched and put into perspective by the gospel message of Jesus.
“The educational mission of the Church is an integrated ministry embracing three interlocking dimensions: message, community, and service. Catholic schools afford the fullest and best opportunity to realize this threefold purpose of education among children and young people.” (NCCB, To Teach as Jesus Did, 101)
In light of these Church documents, St. Gabriel Consolidated School is committed to the education of children in partnership with parents who recognize that, for people of faith, the wisdom and culture transmitted by a school are enriched and put into perspective by the gospel message of Jesus.
