Mission, Values and Vision
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 learners
We aim to inspire every student to become a passionate learner who reaches towards their personal best while continually seeking out opportunities to grow. Our goal is that students leave HCOS having developed the skills and tools to remain discerning lifelong learners.
Relationship - intentional supportive community
Responding to the needs of our families, we have developed a variety of opportunities for students to connect, to learn together and to build supportive community. Our teachers and staff pray for, encourage and come alongside our students and families as we partner with them in their academic journey.
Integrity - authentic Christ followers
One of the definitions of integrity is the quality or state of being complete or undivided. We believe this wholeness can only be found in Christ. Our desire for our students and, by extension their families, is 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.
Flexibility - personalized learning choices
Just as every student is unique, their learning should be as well. We value creating individualized learning plans for every student that are designed to provide a flexible and tailored education, empowering and supporting parents as we partner with them. We strive to create innovative opportunities including individualized home education, any pace online courses, community building face-to-face learning groups, cross-enrolled options and much more.
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:
Parents We aim to support and empower parents in their student’s Christ-centered education through frictionless access to our comprehensive network of programs, people and information.
Students
We aim to guide our students on atheir personalizedpersonalized, Christ-centred educational
journey with an array of opportunities to know and be known.
TeachersParents
We &aim Supportto partner with parents, equipping them in each student’s educational journey
by providing support within our comprehensive educational ecosystem.
Educators and Staff
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pursue uniquediverse opportunities with consistentconsistent, supportive accountability in a culture of
engaged excellence.
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Other Schools Schools
We aim to be a leading collaborative influence to improve the reputation of IOL through mutually supportive relationships rooted in informed perceptions.
Curriculum 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
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Programs We aim to intentionally plan and provide thriving, sustainable and well-resourced programs that anticipate and meet the changing needs of our community.