St. Francis Xavier School

What is our school about?

 

 

 

Be it known to all who enter here that Christ is the reason for this school. He is the unseen but ever present teacher in its classes.  He is the model of its faculty and the inspiration of its students.

 

 


 

MISSION STATEMENT

We educate for excellence and together we learn to live God's Message! 


PHILOSOPHY                                                                                                                                 

In keeping with the directives of the Bishops of the United States, Saint Francis Xavier School, a living Faith Community, reaches out to the individual, extending the message of the Gospel.

The entire staff strives to integrate religious truths and values with academic knowledge and skills, in order to help each young person reach his/her fullest potential. In this manner, we hope to assist him/her in developing spiritually, morally, emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially.

Realizing that parents are the first and primary teachers, Saint Francis Xavier School makes every effort to encourage creativity and to educate the "whole person” thereby developing basic lessons of obedience, respect for life, law and order, and consideration for one another, begun in the home.

With the above philosophy in mind, we are preparing students who are able to provide capable and effective leadership in today's society.


GOALS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION                                                                          

The threefold aim of Catholic education, as defined by the Bishops of the United States in their pastoral message, "To Teach as Jesus Did", is best fulfilled in the setting of the Catholic school. The school offers unique educational advantages for proclaiming the MESSAGE of the Gospel, for fostering the growth of Christian COMMUNITY and for involving students in SERVICE to others.

The ultimate aims of Catholic education are realized in the lives of the individual students. To show this MESSAGE of Christ as proclaimed in the Gospel, the students should:

learn Christian doctrine and truths be committed to the values of the Gospels develop an appreciation for the worth and dignity of all use religious truths to assess the worth of knowledge exemplify the Gospel in his/her personal life.
To foster Christian COMMUNITY among the people with whom he/she comes in contact, the student should:
work to create an atmosphere of love within the family develop Christian fellowship with peers and teachers participate actively in liturgical celebrations participate in the community life of the parish.
To be a member of the SERVANT community of the Church, the student should:

learn ways of giving service to others concern himself/herself with social justice issues.


 ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATION                                                                                          

St. Francis Xavier School is a Catholic elementary school intended to provide a quality Catholic Education in grades Kindergarten through Eight to children of St. Francis Xavier Parish and surrounding Catholic Parish communities.  2007-2008 Tuition for Grades 1-8 (parishioner):  $3,450 ~ For Kindergarten:  $2,400.  Tuition for Grades 1-8 (non-parishioner):  $3,550 ~ For Kindergarten:  $2,400.  All returning families should register their children by March 1, 2007.  PSAS (Financial Assistance) forms must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2008.
For information on parish registration, please call the Rectory at 330-725-4968.

                                                                                                     SCHOOL FACTS

 

  • Opened in 1951
  • Current enrollment of 530+ students in K through 8
  • All teachers and substitutes state-certified
  • All teachers participate in continuing education courses.

    • DRIVING DIRECTIONS                                                                                                                       

    St. Francis Xavier Elementary School is located in Medina, Ohio, in the Diocese of Cleveland, approximately 25 miles southwest of downtown Cleveland.  From I-71, take Highway 18 (Exit 218) west approximately three miles.  The church and school buildings are located on the left at the corner of East Washington (Highway 18) and Spring Grove, across from Spring Grove Cemetery.