Public Purpose
St. Paul’s School's mission features a provision to support the greater community. The primary outlet for the School’s work in the community is via a nationally recognized Service Learning Program in which all students participate. St. Paul’s is also dedicated to developing its public purpose tenets as an institution through a variety of initiatives and activities.
In 2002, St. Paul’s became the first East Bay site of Aim High, a summer academic program for public middle school students. Founded in San Francisco in 1986, Aim High is a tuition-free education and social development program for middle school students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Aim High also provides valuable teaching experience for new teachers and teachers-in-training. This program occurs for six weeks each summer.
St. Paul’s School is a founding member of the Bay Area Teacher Training Institute (BATTI). This collaboration between San Francisco State University and several independent schools in the Bay Area provides education students at the university level with the mentorship, practical experience, and coursework necessary to receive a multiple subject teaching credential.
St. Paul’s School also maintains a strong relationship with the western branch of Facing History and Ourselves, a national organization dedicated to engaging students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.
Over the past several years, St. Paul’s has also sponsored other community supportive activities including a public screening of Shakti Butler's Mirrors of Privilege, a community service festival in collaboration with The Jane Goodall Institute, Internet safely information, and author presentations and book signings.
St. Paul’s School supports education as a collaboration between teachers, parents, students, and educational organizations to enhance the quality of learning and teaching for all. As part of the School’s outreach, teachers and administrators often lead workshops at state and national conferences within their fields of expertise.
