By graduation the Prep student will exhibit a mastery of those academic requirements for advanced forms of education. While these requirements are broken down into departmental subject matter areas, the student will have developed many intellectual skills and understandings, which cut across and go beyond academic requirements for college entrance. The student moreover is beginning to see the need for intellectual integrity in his personal quest for religious truth and in his response to issues of social justice. (Note: Although this section deals with intellectual competence, elements from other parts of this Profile clearly presume levels of intellectual understanding consistent with those highlighted in this section.)

More specifically, the Prep student at graduation:

Academic Requirements

1. has mastered the fundamental skills of language.
2. has mastered the fundamental skills of mathematics.
3. can read and summarize material at a level of a beginning college freshman.
4. has mastered those academic subjects required for entrance into college (or for some other form of advanced education).

General Skills And Attitudes

1. is developing mastery of logical skills and critical thinking.
2. is developing greater precision and a personal style in thought and expression both written and oral.
3. is developing a curiosity to explore ideas and issues.
4. is developing the ability to apply knowledge and skills to new situations, and can adjust to a variety of learning formats.
5. is developing an organized approach to learning tasks.
6. can present a convincing argument in written and oral form.
7. is taking pride and ownership in his school accomplishments and beginning to enjoy intellectual and aesthetic pursuits.

Substantive Knowledge

1. has begun to develop a general knowledge of central ideas, methodologies, and the conceptual parameters of a variety of intellectual disciplines of knowledge.
2. has begun to relate current issues and perspectives to some of their historical antecedents.
3. is growing in appreciation of his cultural heritage.
4. has begun to understand some of the public policy implications of the uses of science, technology, and capital.
5. is beginning to understand both rights and responsibilities as a citizen of the United States.
6. is beginning to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the United States form and practice of government.
7. has begun to develop a repertory of images of the human person as presented in literature, biography and history; exemplars which are shaping in him a more compassionate and hopeful appreciation of the human community in its variety and potential.
8. is beginning to develop that critical consciousness which enables one better to analyze the issues facing contemporary men and women and to evaluate the various points of view on these issues