# Mission, Values and Vision
##### **[](https://onlineschool.ca/about-us/our-mission-values/)Our Mission Statement:**
To develop innovative, Christ-centred educational opportunities for learners to explore and embrace God's unique purpose.
##### **Our Values**
**Academic Success - Engaged Lifelong Learner**
We aim to inspire every member of our community to be passionate learners who reach towards their personal best while continually seeking opportunities to grow.
**Integrity - Authentic Christ Followers** We believe wholeness is found in Christ. Our desire is for people to walk in the fullness of an authentic relationship with Christ within a supportive community that prays together, challenges each other, and shares life together.
**Relationship - Intentional Supportive Community**
We commit to creating meaningful spaces where we can connect, learn, and pray together, encouraging one another, and growing strong, supportive educational partnerships along the way.
**Flexibility - Personalized Learning Choices**
We design learning experiences that are flexible and tailored, empowering individuals and communities to pursue knowledge in ways that best fit their needs and aspirations. This commitment inspires us to cultivate innovative opportunities that honour diversity in learning.
**Generosity- Serving With Joy**
We desire to respond to God’s abundance with gratitude, cultivating courageous generosity as an expression of trust. This generosity flows through service offered with authentic joy, humility, and compassion.
##### [](https://sophie.onlineschool.ca/attachments/49)**Our Vision Statements:**
The vision statements below outline the current and future objectives of HCOS. They are intended as a guide to support future strategic planning, by addressing what we aim to do and hope to become as a school. Each Vision Statement is focused on our relationship to or development of the following areas:
**Students** We aim to guide our students on their personalized, Christ-centred educational
journey with an array of opportunities to know and be known.
**Parents** We aim to partner with parents, equipping them in each student’s educational journey
by providing support within our comprehensive educational ecosystem.
**Educators and Staff** We aim to inspire, equip, and empower educators and staff to continually grow and
pursue diverse opportunities with consistent, supportive accountability in a culture of
engaged excellence.
**Curriculum and Programs** We aim to develop world-class resources and provide thriving, sustainable, and
innovative programs that anticipate and meet the changing needs of our community.
**Other Schools** We aim to be a leading collaborative influence to improve the reputation of IOL through mutually supportive relationships rooted in informed perceptions.
**External Networks** We aim to be innovative leaders in transforming education, generously sharing the
resources God has entrusted to us and positively impacting personalized learning
worldwide.
**Service and Outreach** We aim to create communities of learning and belonging, engaging with local and
global communities to serve and be transformed in Christ’s love.