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The Graduate at Graduation

THE GRADUATE AT GRADUATION

Creighton Prep is one of over 60 Jesuit high schools across the United States, where the expectation is to graduate students who meet the five characteristics of the Profile of the Graduate at Graduation.

That’s why a Jesuit education is focused on the whole person: mind, body and spirit. It’s a foundation to build strong character and set young men on a path to a happy, rewarding, and more fulfilling life.

“Grad at Grad” is our goal for every student who graduates from Creighton Prep, five key points to guide you far beyond your high school years: to seek growth, intellect, love, religion, and justice.

The Grad at Grad is...

Open to Growth

The Jesuit high school student at the time of graduation has matured as a person—emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially, religiously— to a level that reflects some intentional responsibility for one’s own growth. The graduate is beginning to reach out in his or her development, seeking opportunities to stretch one’s mind, imagination, feelings and religious consciousness.

Religious

By graduation, the Jesuit high school student will have a basic knowledge of the major doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. Having been introduced to Ignatian spirituality, the graduate will also have examined his or her own religious feelings and beliefs with a religious tradition and/or community. What is said here, respectful of the conscience and religious background of the individual, also applies to the students of other faiths who graduate from a Jesuit high school. The level of theological understanding of the Jesuit high school graduate will naturally be limited by the student’s level of religious and human development.

Committed to Doing Justice

The Jesuit high school student at graduation has acquired a considerable knowledge of the many needs of local, national and global communities, and is preparing for the day when he or she will take a place in these communities as a competent, concerned and responsible member. The graduate has been inspired to develop the awareness and skills necessary to live in a global society as a person for and with others. Although this commitment to doing justice will come to fruition in mature adulthood, some predispositions will have begun to manifest themselves earlier.

Intellectually Competent

By graduation, the Jesuit high school student will exhibit a mastery of those academic requirements for advanced forms of education. While these requirements are broken down into departmental subject matter areas, the student will have developed many intellectual skills and understandings that cut across and go beyond academic requirements for college entrance. The student is also developing habits of intellectual inquiry as well as a disposition toward lifelong learning. The student is beginning to see the need for intellectual integrity in his or her personal quest for religious truth and in his or her response to issues of social justice.

Loving

By graduation, the Jesuit high school student is continuing to form his or her own identity. He or she is moving beyond self-interest or self-centeredness in close relationships. The graduate is beginning to be able to risk some deeper levels of relationship in which one can disclose self and accept the mystery of another person and cherish that person. Nonetheless, the graduate’s attempt at loving, while clearly beyond childhood, may not yet reflect the confidence and freedom of an adult.