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The Academic Program
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The St. Andrew's academic
program reflects the School's
commitment to the value of a
liberal education. Proper preparation
for further study is a
primary goal, but the encouragement
of learning as an end
in itself is an important part of
the St. Andrew's emphasis.
It is St. Andrew's objective to
help students to learn to think
and speak clearly and effectively
and to develop the writing skills
necessary to communicate these
qualities with precision; to gain
a greater knowledge of human
nature and to study the human
condition as it is conveyed
through literature, history and
the arts; to achieve increased
awareness of their place as
Americans within the Judea­
Christian tradition; to develop
a firm foundation in computational
skills and quantitative
analysis and an appreciation of
the language of mathematics;
to learn how to use the scientific
method of analyzing biological
and physical phenomena
and to be introduced to the applications
of this approach in
the study of human society; to
acquire competency in at least
one foreign language, knowledge
of other cultures and a
global awareness; and to learn
to be sensitive to ethical and
moral problems and to make
judgments systematically and
with discrimination.
We encourage students to
achieve these academic goals in
an atmosphere that supports and
fosters the pursuit of intellectual
curiosity, individual creativity
and the joy of learning for
its own sake.
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