ST. LOUIS U HIGH
GRADUATE AT GRADUATION
Short version from Preisdent's Office
The profile of the Graduate at Graduation is based upon a
document produced by the Jesuit Secondary Education
Association. The profile is one of hopes and ideals. It is
not intended to be a description of the �product� manufactured
at SLUH.
The five general categories sum up the many aspects or
areas of life most in accord with a full adult living of the
Christian life. The five categories provide the kind of qualities
which cumulatively point in the direction of the kind
of person who can live an adult Christian life into the
twenty-first century. These categories are (I) Open to
Growth, (II) Intellectually Competent, (III) Religious, (IV)
Loving and (V) Committed to Doing Justice.
OPEN TO GROWTH
The SLUH student at the time of graduation has matured
as a person � emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially,
religiously � to a level that reflects some intentional
responsibility for his growth. The graduate is at least
beginning to reach out in his development, seeking
opportunities to stretch his mind, imagination, feelings
and religious consciousness.
INTELLECTUALLY COMPETENT
By graduation, the SLUH student will exhibit an appropriate
mastery of the fundamental tools of learning and will be
well on his way to honing his emerging intellectual skills for
more advanced levels of learning. He is beginning to see
the need for intellectual integrity in other areas of concern
such as the quest for religious truth and for social justice.
RELIGIOUS
By graduation, the SLUH student will have a basic knowledge
of the major doctrines and practices of the Catholic
Church. He will also have examined his own religious feelings
and beliefs with a view to choosing his fundamental
orientation toward God and his relationship with a religious
tradition and/or community.
LOVING
By the time of graduation, the SLUH student is well on his
way to establishing his own identity. He is also on the
threshold of being able to move beyond self-interest of
self-centeredness in his relationships with significant others.
In other words, he is beginning to be able to risk
some deeper levels of relationship in which he can disclose
himself and accept the mystery of another person
and cherish that person. Nonetheless, his attempts at loving
are still awkward and relatively superficial; he is clearly
beyond childhood, but not yet arrived at the confidence
and freedom of a mature person.
COMMITTED TO DOING JUSTICE
The SLUH student at graduation has achieved considerable
knowledge of the many needs of local and wider
communities and is preparing himself for the day when he
will take a place in these communities as a competent,
concerned and responsible member. The graduate recognizes
within himself the potential for doing injustice and
has begun to see injustices in some of the surrounding
social structures. He has begun to acquire the skills and
motivation necessary to live this commitment. Although
this attribute will come to fruition in mature adulthood,
some characteristics will have begun to manifest themselves
earlier.