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Mission, Core Values, and Philosophy
St. James Lutheran School exists to educate, equip and encourage students in the light of Christ to love compassionately, learn confidently, and lead courageously in today's world.
School Vision Statement
Equipped with an intellectual and spiritual foundation, our students will excel in high school and throughout life as life-long learners and leaders who are committed to bringing Christ’s love to their families and communities.
St. James Lutheran School offers preschool through 8th grade students innovative and engaging coursework in a Christ-centered environment that shapes their intellectual, spiritual, and physical well-roundedness.
Ultimately, 95% of St. James students are accepted into their first choice Chicago high school.
A focus on personalized education.
We intentionally keep class sizes small so that students receive individual attention and opportunities for small group work. Our faculty are experts at differentiating instruction and proactively planning lessons based upon students’ readiness, interests and learning profiles.
Thinking critically and creatively.
Class sizes are kept small so that students receive individual attention and opportunities for small group work. Employing an inquiry-based approach, our faculty are experts at differentiating instruction and proactively planning lessons based upon students’ readiness, interests, and learning profiles.
Educating the whole child.
No two children are the same, which is why we provide opportunities for each student to find their unique interests and learn to express themselves through multiple disciplines. Through participation in athletics, academic clubs, art, music, drama, and a variety of other learning experiences, a St. James graduate is a confident and well-rounded individual.
Faith Formation
We teach age appropriate Bible stories in every class and grade level. We believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God and tells us the story of our brokenness and God’s work through Jesus Christ to fix the whole creation.
Early Childhood classes emphasize God’s love for us and His work through family and school to take care of us. At the Elementary level, students learn how God works to redeem, heal and equip us to live as his agents caring for others. By middle school the focus is on applying the stories to life as Bible study, mission, Christian history and comparative religion enter the curriculum.
Chapels are a weekly assembly in small groups to focus our students on God as the provider of all good things and the author of their life and salvation. Through age appropriate songs, prayers and messages, our students learn to worship and appreciate the importance of grace and forgiveness.
Character
Integrity is not something we possess on our own. It is learned and modeled. The Biblical values we promote and teach our students are compassion, grace, generosity and mercy. Each of these concepts introduces our students to the importance of caring for others and serving their needs. The discipline to form good character begins at home and moves through the day at school and play requiring a strong school/family cooperative effort to consistently model appropriate behaviors and forgiveness.
Positive Discipline
At St. James, we incorporate Positive Discipline with our Biblical beliefs to keep God’s love and forgiveness at the center of each and every conversation with students. The Positive Discipline Classroom Management Model is aimed at developing mutually respectful relationships. It teaches adults to employ kindness and firmness at the same time, and is neither punitive nor permissive. We make sure that each conversation ends with one party forgiving the other, just as Christ forgives us.
Each year St. James students will learn the importance of loving our neighbor as they learn about mercy and serving in simple and practical ways. Through Chapel offerings, community collection projects and current event discussions they are encouraged to empathize with others and seek to help improve their specific situations. In past years we have partnered with Nourishing Hope, St. Theresa's Lunch Program, and LCMS World Missions.