Contact us at: 604-942-7465 or office@acrss.org
Mission & Vision
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MISSION STATEMENT:
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Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School is centered in Christ. This school's primary commitment is to educate students in a Catholic environment, to challenge them to excel in all virtuous aspects of life and to encourage them to use their gifts in the service of the community.
VISION STATEMENT
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We will strive to make this mission statement integral to all that we do by pursuing a number of goals. These include:
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To promote in our pupils a strong set of Catholic values
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To encourage an awareness of God and an appreciation of our responsibilities as Christians
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To develop the spiritual, moral, physical and intellectual well-being of young people
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To offer education of the highest quality
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To encourage responsibility and self-reliance as preparation for adult life
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To nurture an awareness of our social responsibilities
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To support parents, and for parents to support teachers in genuine partnership, in the education of their children
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To cultivate creativity and an aesthetic appreciation
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To further our pupils interest in and knowledge of their cultural inheritance and engender a respect for other cultures
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To encourage involvement in physical activity to enable all students to enhance their quality for life through active living
RESPECT FOR ALL
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We understand the various dimensions of respect to include the following:
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Accept and respect yourself
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Respect the diversity of ethnic and racial mix at Archbishop Carney
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Respect our various religious backgrounds and practices
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Respect personal and school property, both here and at neighboring schools.
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Respect the authority of all school staff
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Use language appropriate to a school setting
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Respect the rights of other persons. There is no place for threats, possession of weapons, fighting and violence.
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Refrain from personal harassment**
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**Personal harassment means verbal or physical conduct, directed at a specific person which causes substantial distress in that person, and serves no purpose but to cause such distress. Such behavior includes, but is not limited to:
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words, gestures, or actions, the natural consequence of which is to humiliate, alarm or abuse another person
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discriminatory conduct based upon a person’s race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, physical appearance or health.
All people have the right not to be touched, teased or humiliated.