Descripción
Assessing how St. Paul’s High School Students are Fulfilling the Characteristics of the Profile of the Graduate at Graduation. The purpose of this study was to assess how graduating students at St. Paul’s High School are fulfilling the characteristics of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association’s Profile of the Graduate at Graduation. These characteristics include being open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to doing
justice. While these five characteristics are identified as desired traits for graduates of St.
Paul’s, there has not yet been an evaluation process undertaken in order to gauge student
attainment of these characteristics. The methodology involved a document analysis, a
collection of data from the sixty-two JSEA schools’ websites, and four interviews with
St. Paul’s graduates from 2014. The three-fold approach allowed for a deep understanding of the context and experience of the Profile. This allowed for a reflection that showed there is a successful outline for creating a culture where the Graduate at Graduation is central to the mission of JSEA schools, which in turn makes the characteristics attainable.