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PARENTAL COOPERATION

We are committed as a school community to having your sons discover their God-given gifts, to knowing they have an obligation to develop those gifts, and ultimately to using those gifts in service to others When your sons graduate from De La Salle, they will have been through a great deal of academic, spiritual, and personal growth. Graduating as men of faith, integrity, and scholarship will prepare them for the next stage of life and its challenges

Our goal is that their formation in a Lasallian Catholic school will have prepared them to know how to make decisions about their lives that are well-informed, moral, caring, just, and in line with our five Lasallian Core Principles. We make this pledge in partnership with you, the parents, as we know you are the primary educators of your children. Together, we will need the courage to give them the direction and care they need

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In that regard, their developing attitudes and behaviors in and out of the classroom, on and off campus, are crucial in this process of adolescent formation The way they act and what they do represents and reflects De La Salle; more than that, their behavior reflects their understanding and ability to embrace the school’s Lasallian Catholic values and mission. Failure to consistently demonstrate attitudes and behaviors that are consistent with the mission of the school will place them in jeopardy of remaining in the community. Essentially, the student could be dismissed from De La Salle.

As part of this partnership with us, parents have responsibilities as well to cooperate with school personnel when your son is being disciplined; to work respectfully with school personnel over disagreements in schedules, academic performance, rehearsals, practices, playing time, parking, and traffic control; to monitor the use of your home as a healthy gathering place for young people when appropriate; to participate with the school in the spiritual, moral formation of our students in all endeavors, including academic, athletic, co-curricular, and Campus Ministry events; and to treat all personnel and visitors respecting their inherent dignity.

The school expects parents/guardians to model the standards of respectful and courteous behavior in their communications with others at the school. The school reserves the right to suspend, expel, or otherwise remove a student from the school, or decline to re-enroll the student, if the President and/or Vice Presidents deem the actions of the student’s parents/guardians are not in line with our mission, are inappropriate or disrespectful, or impede the school’s ability to meet our educational objectives

It is a pleasure and an honor to partner with you, the primary educators of your children. It is a challenging world that awaits our students when they leave Let us together ensure that they are up to the challenges for college and beyond and ultimately let us never forget the fact that we are always in the Holy presence of God.

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