School Objectives

Religious Education Goals: St. Joseph of Cupertino School dedicates itself to an ongoing process of faith development among faculty, students, and families.
- To foster a spirituality based on the teachings of Jesus Christ: respect, responsibility, justice, freedom, and peacefulness.
- To impart knowledge and understanding of the principles and traditions of our Catholic faith.
- To guide students in understanding and loving the basic message of Scripture.
- To challenge students to live the values of Jesus in daily life.
Intellectual Goals: Stimulate intellectual curiosity, thinking critically, acting responsibly.
- To stimulate intellectual curiosity, and foster a lifelong appreciation of knowledge.
- To provide students with a solid educational foundation.
- To instill a sense of responsibility and pride in their work through the formation of good and productive study habits.
- To develop responsible decision-making skills based on Christian values.
- To guide students to develop critical thinking skills.
- To develop an awareness and appreciation of our multicultural society.
Psychological, Social, and Physical Goals:
- To foster growth as well as concentration, students need to be operating from their best, most comfortable, and most confident selves.
- Students should grow to be happy, productive, caring, and generous people
  - To encourage students to believe in themselves - in their abilities and in their goodness.
  - To foster acceptance and compassion among our students so that we become a welcoming community which reaches out to others.
  - To develop an atmosphere which encourages strong and honest friendships; and to provide guidance which helps the child to grow in these friendships.
  - To foster unselfishness and instill social responsibility, so that our children may grow to be good caretakers of the world.
  - To encourage student leadership and instill a sense of pride in our school community.
- Students' well-being involves educating them about their physical and mental health.
  - To develop in students good habits of physical hygiene.
  - To develop lifelong habits of good nutrition and exercise.
  - To instill in students a high regard for safety.
  - To infuse knowledge of and respect for our physical bodies, and the bodies of others.
  - To care for our physical surroundings.