A SCHOOL FOUNDED ON TRUTH
At St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School, our classical approach encourages students to ask questions, explore ideas, and think deeply about the world around them. Why does this matter? How does it connect to other truths? How can I use what I learn to live a meaningful life with Christ at the center?
Rooted in the Catholic faith, our curriculum combines intellectual rigor, moral formation, and spiritual growth, helping students understand their God-given gifts and their role in the world. From literature and writing, mathematics, Latin, logic, and science, every subject invites students to engage with truth, reason critically, and cultivate wisdom.
Students at St. Clare are not only prepared academically, they are formed as thoughtful, virtuous, and compassionate leaders. They leave our school equipped to make decisions guided by faith and reason, contribute meaningfully to their communities, and live with confidence, purpose, and integrity.
At St. Clare, truth is not just taught—it is lived. By fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and a Christ-centered life, we prepare students to thrive academically, morally, and spiritually in a complex world.
FORMING HEARTS
A classical education forms students in truth, goodness, and beauty through an examination of and exposure to time-tested literature, mathematics, and art. The goal of a classical education is to form the hearts and minds of students in the truth, so that they can integrate it and see the order and connectedness of creation given to us by God. Its aim is not utilitarian, but one of formation in the truth, which brings freedom. A classical education has its basis in the trivium and quadrivium. The trivium consists of the literary arts—grammar, logic, and rhetoric—while the quadrivium consists of the four mathematical arts: arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.
HISTORY
St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School was envisioned by Archbishop Stafford in 1994 in his pastoral letter The Heights of the Mountains are His. The needs he identified inspired the opening of the school in August 2000 with grades K-6 and by 2003 it was a K-8 school. The Religious Sisters of Mercy (RSM) of Alma, MI, joined SCA in 2008. We currently have 6 Sisters at our school teaching including our Principal, Sister Regina Marie Connor, RSM. St. Clare of Assisi’s mission is to develop in students a love for all that is true, good, and beautiful. As disciples of Jesus Christ, our students discover the joy of learning and of serving others in a nurturing academic environment. Since our founding in 2000, we have been committed to promoting academic excellence, fostering faith development, cultivating personal responsibility, social skills and leadership. Our Christ-centered learning environment and joyful atmosphere continues to draw faith-filled families to St. Clare’s. In 2025, St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School celebrated 25 years of bringing Catholic education to the Vail Valley.
ST. CLARE OF ASSISI
We take as our school patroness, St. Clare of Assisi. A noble woman born in Assisi, Italy, in 1194, St. Clare chose to forego her family’s wealth. A close friend of St. Francis of Assisi, she chose to follow Jesus more closely through a life of poverty as a nun. She began the Poor Clare Nuns and had a strong devotion to our Lord in the Eucharist. At St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School, we strive to foster in our students a similar devotion to our Lord that leads them to put Christ first in their lives.
“Love God, serve God; everything is in that.”