主教的身份

4项清单.

• Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice

  圣公会的传统是我们包容的欢迎和教育平等的承诺所依赖的支柱. Our school commitment to diversity affirms, “. . .  that participation in an inclusive school culture . . .  为世界播下积极贡献的种子，在这个世界上，恐惧和冲突可能会通过排斥产生一种虚假的归属感.” Our anti-bias and antiracism programs, in which students explore the meaning of an inclusive and just society, 为我们的毕业生在参与式民主中承担道德责任铺平道路.  
  
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• 服务学习

  学校的圣公会传统是社区联系和为更大利益服务的悠久历史的核心. Whether working on behalf of relief from disaster or displacement, 环境, 或者正义与公平, 恩典教会学校学生, 父母, 教师, and alumni are active members of a “community that serves.” 
  
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• 教堂 & 学校牧师

  教堂
  The 教堂 program serves children of all faiths and no faith. 学生 are not asked to diverge from their 个人 or family 信仰, but rather to 反映 on them more deeply. 教堂暴露了所有存在的美丽和超越，超越了平凡和日常. The physical grace and beauty embodied in the architecture of Grace Church, and the ethical steadiness nourished by the School’s Episcopal tradition, provide both a powerful counterpoint to the concentrated energy of the city, and a strong spiritual and ethical compass, for students from Junior Kindergarten through grade 12.
  
  教堂提供了一个分开的空间, a still point in the day where all may slow down, 反映, 放松, 认为, 感受或祈祷. It is also the one central gathering place for the entire school community.

   

  从幼稚园到八年级的学生每周参加一次礼拜，而高365bet平台生每隔一周参加一次礼拜. 教堂 is a non-denominational Christian observance, loosely drawn from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, that neither includes nor excludes a student on the basis of 宗教. 每个礼拜堂服务都包括希伯来圣经和新约圣经的阅读, an invitation to the Lord’s Prayer, 歌曲和赞美诗, 还有主题教堂演讲.

  
  

  教堂 talks are built around a range of topics; they may address ethical issues or social justice themes (such as an annual Martin Luther King Peace 教堂) or be used to mark the holy days of a diverse list of faith traditions. 学生, 我们邀请所有有信仰或无信仰的教职员工思考有关人类存在的哲学问题, the meaning behind various world religious traditions, and the complexities involved in developing ethical and moral leadership. The core requirement in chapel is to sit quietly and with respect, observing the rule that “one behaves courteously in another person’s house.”

  
  

  365bet平台 chapel is held in the chantry. 教堂 services are in a storytelling format. They focus on 道德 and values, and include prayers written by the children. 低年级的教堂围绕着低年级生活的十个关键美德:尊重, 公民身份, 责任, 善良, 勇气, 诚实, 慷慨, 和谐, 同理心和优雅. 365bet平台 and 高中 教堂 involves student participation in music, 演讲, 阅读和祈祷. 父母被邀请参加幼儿和低年级学校的教堂，许多人经常这样做. In addition, there are four all-school chapels per year, which many 家庭 attend.

  
  

  最后，教堂提供了一个神圣的空间，在悲剧或困难时期反思或寻求和平. 教堂 gatherings may mark a local, national or international crisis; the loss of a community member; or any notable event that causes people to wish to come together. 在这些时候, the sanctuary of Grace Church becomes a source of comfort to the entire school community, providing a place for all to find solace in shared experience.
  
  学校牧师
  

  教堂 services are led by the School’s chaplain. 牧师, 被任命的圣公会牧师, holds a Masters of Divinity and Ordination as well as a degree in counseling. 除了带领教堂，牧师还担任学校行政领导团队的成员. 牧师 is a full-time member of the 教师, 教授伦理学课程, 宗教 and psychology; serving as an advisor; and leading student groups focused on service learning and diversity.

  
  

  牧师 provides crucial leadership in times of crisis, 在个人或社区需要时，为恩典教会学校社区的所有成员提供资源, and functions as a bridge between the School and Grace Church.

  
  

  The School is a member of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES). 牧师 represents the School at the NAES conference, webinars and local Episcopal and interfaith forums.

  
  

  For further information about chapel services at GCS, or the role of the chaplain at Grace Church School, please contact the chaplain at mhummell@nxjeff.com. 欢迎提问.

   

   

• 宗教与伦理

  365bet体育平台的宗教和伦理课程加深和提高了学生对历史上反复出现的主题的掌握, 文学, 哲学, 社会运动和文化. 我们教授所有的宗教, affirming and welcoming the diverse faith and ethical belief systems of our 家庭, while recognizing that a curriculum covering Hebrew scriptures, 新约和其他信仰传统的神圣文本是全面教育的基础. 
  
  Religion holds a solid place in the complement of JK-12 studies at Grace Church School. GCS教授所有宗教的方式，使所有信仰的学生和家庭感到欢迎和肯定, with an interdisciplinary approach that includes both specific, 专门的宗教课程，并与其他院系如英语和历史的学习单元相结合.

  
  

  学生 in JK-2 experience the study of 宗教 and values through chapel. JK and K students also learn about prayer and what it is to pray, with regular discussions that are then incorporated into the 教堂 program.

  
  

  第三, fourth and fifth graders take Bible class, which meets once a cycle all year in grades three and four, and for a half year in grade five. 三年级和四年级读希伯来文经文，五年级的重点是新约. These sacred texts are taught neither as truth, nor as 文学. 而, 它们被呈现为一个强大的故事体，几千年来感动了数百万人，对那些认为它们是真实的人来说，它们是真实的.

  
  

  In 365bet平台 beyond the fifth grade, 宗教研究被整合到几个现有的项目中——尤其是世界文化中的历史单元. 在365bet平台阶段，道德和道德决策是品格教育课程的一部分.  另外, eighth graders complete a ten week special project, 《世界观报,这是一篇5到8页的研究论文，探讨每个学生个人道德的一个特定方面, 信仰, 或值.

  
  

  高中课程包括哲学和宗教的必修课和选修课. The courses focus not only on descriptions of various 宗教s and belief systems, 但它们也让学生参与讨论和思考历代伟大的哲学和宗教思想家提出的基本问题. 学生们审视自己以外的传统和信仰，拓宽和加深他们对精神世界的理解, 哲学上和实践上. All ninth and tenth grade students take a weekly Philosophy & 宗教课程. The ninth grade course surveys the world’s 宗教s; the tenth grade course offers a survey of major 认为ers and philosophies. The eleventh and twelfth graders are required to take a semester elective in 宗教, 道德, 比较宗教, 哲学或心理学.