Our Mission:

Educate diverse children for access to the full array of life choices, including college and careers. To achieve this mission, the school will:

• Recognize each child’s unique abilities and talents and use these assets as the foundation for academic development and individual growth
  

• Employ a well-structured, rigorous Kindergarten through 8th grade core curriculum and create a comprehensive program based on established best practice in learning and teaching in order to develop and nurture within each child:

  1. The competence and passion for lifelong learning
     

  2. Increased levels of academic performance and personal achievement relevant to the new millennium
     

  3. A balanced cultural perspective consistent with our diverse community
     

  4. A sense of self value
     

The Preparatory School prepares students for leadership (i.e., the ability to think, adapt, evaluate and recognize and nurture potential in self and others) in the 21st century and beyond. As a school that takes individual differences seriously and crafts practices that serve different children equally well, students at the Preparatory School will:

• Require the accountability of staff, students, family, and community.

• Master the body of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and habits of mind that are critical to success in this country, in the 21st century and beyond
  
• Know the culture and are able to adapt to a variety of circumstances and conditions over the course of their lives
  
• Recognize a broad bandwidth of diversity
  
• Attain an equal footing to participate fully in American society
  
• Develop a repertoire of intellectual resources, tools, and capacities for the betterment of future generations in Racine.
  
  • Every member of the school community holds some responsibility for the welfare of every other person and for the welfare of the school as a whole. The defining, underlying culture is one of learning, and everyone learns, continues to learn, and supports the learning of others