EA's Mission
Philosophy and Goals
[2/19/08]
| Strategic Plan
Elgin
Academy is committed to developing the full potential of each of its
students. Through a proactive partnership among
faculty, parents, and
students in a nurturing, dynamic, challenging, and diverse community, the
Academy creates an environment where students may acquire the knowledge,
skills, and attitudes necessary to become intellectually engaged and
confident about their place in the world.
Chartered in 1839, Elgin Academy is proud of its
history as the oldest coeducational,
non-sectarian college preparatory school west of the Allegheny Mountains.
It has been from its founding an independent school dedicated to a
classical curriculum, the development of high moral character and a true
spirit of community. Elgin Academy is a day school that serves Preschool
through Grade 12 students from Elgin, Barrington, St. Charles, Dundee,
Algonquin and more than 30 other communities in the Fox Valley area (see
Communities Served).
Believing in the developmental nature of
intellectual, emotional and physical growth, the Academy faculty
recognizes different stages and styles of learning which require different
methods of teaching. Within a framework that balances structure with
freedom and tradition with innovation, we seek to develop within each
child the capacity to solve problems through both reasoning and
imagination.
In both size and attitude, the Academy
is a personal school. This environment fosters respect for individual
differences, acceptance of limitations and the encouragement of risk
taking. It produces a relationship of trust and support among all members
of its community who are joined in the common goals of excellence and
cooperation. Ultimately, Elgin Academy encourages students to
assume increasing levels of personal and social responsibility in order to
live their lives with confidence and compassion.
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