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Our Mission Statement
St. Benedict at Auburndale is a college preparatory school committed to academic excellence in an atmosphere permeated with the aims, values and teachings of the Roman Catholic faith.
Overview and Philosophy
St. Benedict at Auburndale High School is a Catholic school of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis. The school offers educational experiences for grades 9 - 12 with special programs for students requiring special learning programs.
It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and a charter member of the National Catholic Education Association. The school is located on a beautiful forty-seven acre campus in northeast Shelby County.
The school was founded in 1966 as The Auburndale School System by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith. The Smiths had long been interested in developing an academic environment where children with all levels of learning ability could be educated on the same campus.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith sold the Auburndale System to the Catholic Diocese of Memphis in 1988, and St. Benedict at Auburndale opened its doors as a new 4K-12 diocesan school in the fall of 1988.
In July, 2004, St. Francis of Assisi Church acquired governance of grades 8 and below and assumed the name of St. Francis of Assisi School. The high school moved into a new campus facility on adjoining property.
The school colors are red and blue. The school mascot is the Eagle.
St. Benedict at Auburndale School admits students of any race, religion, or national origin. Records from previous schools, placement tests, student interviews, and visitations by prospective students are used to evaluate applicants' probabilities for success in the St. Benedict at Auburndale program.
The philosophy of St. Benedict at Auburndale recognizes as its highest value an environment wherein knowledge is enlightened and enlivened by the Gospel values. This essence of Faith is shared by administration, teachers, students, and parents in a spirit of great freedom and great love.
St. Benedict at Auburndale is aware that each student has a personal style of learning and a pace at which he/she learns best. Consequently, the school works to provide an atmosphere which capitalizes on strengths and to remediate weaknesses. Knowing also that the classroom is not the only arena in which learning takes place, St. Benedict at Auburndale attempts to educate the whole person by providing a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
The focus of this institution is the promotion of personal excellence through the maximum spiritual, physical, emotional, social, and academic growth of the student. We endeavor to guide each student to realize his/her worth and dignity; to identify and develop potential for learning; to utilize his/her individual talents and skills for the betterment of self, family, Church, community, nation, and world.
Based on this philosophy, St. Benedict at Auburndale seeks to lead each student in the gradual transition from dependence to self-determination and personal mastery.
