The mission of St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School is to be an affordable school of choice with high academic and character standards. With parent partnership and donor support, we continue our legacy as a Christian education community for Springfield families to give our students the future they deserve.

We believe:

• Each child is unique, special and precious, not only in the sight of God, but also to us.
• Each child has the basic right to be treated with dignity, respect and compassion by both peers and persons in authority. Reverence for life must be experienced by students; this leads to the development of a sense of justice tempered with mercy.
• Instilling the value of compassion for persons and places will influence their relationships, both now and in the future.
• Children with positive self-images are less likely to exhibit prejudice and more likely to achieve success in whatever endeavors they undertake.
• Active participation of parents and guardians is absolutely essential in the education experience, because they serve as their children’s primary role models.
• Education of the total person is a necessity. We therefore consider the spiritual, emotional, physical development of our students and attempt to provide them with opportunities to work, learn and play together in a nurturing environment.
• Our students are a vital part of the future of our world. We expect them to become goal oriented, responsible individuals whose values, ideas and actions will lead their generation in making our world a better place to live. We believe all of this reflects the 4-fold dimensions of Catholic Education: message, community, service, and liturgy.

St. Patrick Catholic School admits students of any race, color, sex or national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.  It does not discriminate based on race, color, sex or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarships and loan programs, and athletic and school administered programs.  Our schools do reserve all their rights as religious entities in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church, the protections of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and the Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act 775 ILCS 35/.