Mission Statement
Ville de Marie Academy, located in Scottsdale, Arizona is a non-profit, private, independent Catholic K
through 12 school, grounded in the First Principle and Foundation of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and loyal to
the Magisterium of the Holy Catholic Church, teaching truth, beauty, and goodness by means of an integrated classical liberal arts
curriculum, using the time-honored Ignatian method of education and the Trivium (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric) in an atmosphere and
environment conducive to the spiritual and intellectual formation of the whole person where the Catholic Faith permeates all subjects.
Philosophy and Purpose
- Assist parents as they fulfill their vocation as the primary educators of their children.
- Promote, through example and instruction, the virtues exemplified by Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints, especially
the virtues of faith, hope and charity.
- Foster in our students a love of learning for its own sake and to equip them with the tools of learning for a lifetime.
- Create the opportunity for genuine excellence by challenging and encouraging students to reach their potential in all school endeavors.
- Cultivate in our students only what is true, beautiful and good so they may be free - free to be who God intended them to be.
- Provide a classical education in the liberal arts using the Trivium - grammar, logic and rhetoric - so that our graduates will be equipped to read critically, write cogently and speak with confidence.
- Establish a Catholic community of learners in which modesty, courtesy, integrity and charity animate and guide the life of the school.
- Prepare our students for a life of active and faithful service in the Holy Catholic Church.
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