Our Mission
St. Lawrence O’Toole, a Catholic K-8 parish school, serves a diverse student population and provides a challenging educational program, in a faith-filled learning environment. Our community partners with parents—the primary educators of their children—to prepare students to make moral choices, succeed academically and socially, and to model the Catholic Faith.
Our Philosophy
At St. Lawrence O’Toole School, we believe that each child has many important components. We have a commitment to nourish not just the intellectual facets, but the spiritual, aesthetic, emotional, and physical aspects as well. We believe strongly that a child’s ability to grow in faith—and eventually make a mature commitment to that faith—is dependent upon an adult community of believers, which consists of the family, the Church, and the school. We recognize that learning is a lifelong process. Our goal is to teach children to be responsible, to think and apply knowledge critically, and to make moral choices.
In addition to enriching a personal relationship with God and the Christian community, we also recognize the importance of cultural awareness, creativity, and effective communication. It is through a sense of common purpose that students, parents, faculty, clergy, staff and volunteers work together in this supportive atmosphere to create a community spirit.