Welcome to the Sts. Peter & Paul Parish School Website
We believe education should include spiritual, intellectual, personal, physical and social development. We believe education is a preparation for life and helps one develop the skills needed for dealing with life in Society. Our Curriculum endeavors to foster and adapt state guidelines to enable students to accept ownership and responsibility for their education and academic success.
At Sts. Peter and Paul, students come to know and experience the Word of God and develop their gifts of hope, faith, trust and love. Students gain knowledge and understanding of the Catholic doctrine and the theology behind worship.
Our student body currently consists of 117 Students, with an average class size of 12 per class.
Sts. Peter and Paul Cathlic School exist because of Christ and the Church's mission to educate the young. Recognizing that parents are the primary educators, we are committed to assisting families in providing the best possible spiritual, intellectual, and social enrichment for their children. Saints Peter and Paul School is one of the missions of the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Community.
Right to Learn the Truth
The Cathechism of the Catholic Church states:
It is not possible for the faithful to know how to fulfill their mission without education. One aspect of tyranny is when one is deprived of the opportunity to advance in knowledge and skill. This is as true of our spiritual journey as it is of our academic and political journey. If one is called to live as a Christian and to transform the world, how can this be done if there is no access to a Christian education. Because education is essential in the mission of the laity in living a life in unison with the gospel message, all the faithful (Catholic and non-Catholic) “have the right to a Christian education, which genuinely teaches them to strive for the maturity of the human person and at the same time to know and live the mystery of salvation.” (Code of Canon Law #217)
The term “academic freedom” is sometimes used to justify saying anything about anything within an academic environment. Such however is a denial of the truest freedom… to know and to enter into a deeper relationship with our creator. Real academic freedom is always directed toward the truth, which inherently enters upon the area of faith, as Jesus IS the truth. In the study of God, there will always be a diversity of approaches and expressions of how best to express in human language the experience of God and how he is responding to humans as they approach him. Because there are people at various levels of faith and education, it is always important that while scholars have a just freedom to research, they must express themselves prudently to avoid misleading those who may not be on par with their spiritual development or academic skills. Because of this potential for scandal, it is important for scholars of sacred study maintain due allegiance to the Magisterium of the Church. (Code of Canon Law #218)
Our community established the school to support its mission given by Jesus to go out and proclaim the good news to all the ends of the earth! Sharing faith in Jesus Christ for the salvation of souls, is the primary mission of all Christians.
Since, like all the faithful, lay Christians are entrusted by God with the apostolate by virtue of their Baptism and Confirmation, they have the right and duty, individually or grouped in associations, to work so that the divine message of salvation may be known and accepted by all men throughout the earth. This duty is the more pressing when it is only through them that men can hear the Gospel and know Christ. Their activity in ecclesial communities is so necessary that, for the most part, the apostolate of the pastors cannot be fully effective without it.(#900)
For More Information
For more information about the Sts. Peter and Paul Parish School please contact:
Principal Aaron Kemlock
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Phone: 304-465-5045
We believe education should include spiritual, intellectual, personal, physical and social development. We believe education is a preparation for life and helps one develop the skills needed for dealing with life in Society. Our Curriculum endeavors to foster and adapt state guidelines to enable students to accept ownership and responsibility for their education and academic success.