Grad-at-Grad

“Grad at Grad” is a unique term developed by the Jesuits in 1980 to represent the five key characteristics of a Graduate at Graduation from a Jesuit high school. All Jesuit high schools instill the Grad at Grad characteristics as pillars to the Jesuit mission. The five characteristics are:

Dedicated to Growth

A U of D Jesuit High School student, at the time of graduation, has matured as a person — emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially, religiously — to a level that reflects some intentional responsibility for his own growth. The graduate is beginning to reach out in his development, seeking opportunities to stretch his mind, imagination, feelings, and religious consciousness.

Intellectually Excellent

By graduation the U of D Jesuit student will exhibit a mastery of those academic requirements for advanced forms of education. He will have developed many intellectual skills and understandings that cut across and go beyond academic requirements for college entrance. The student is also developing habits of intellectual inquiry, as well as a disposition towards life-long learning. He is beginning to see the need for intellectual integrity in his personal quest for religious truth and in his response to issues of social justice.

Religious

By graduation the U of D Jesuit student will have a basic knowledge of the major doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. Having been introduced to Ignatian spirituality, the graduate will also have examined his own religious feelings and beliefs with a view to choosing a fundamental orientation toward God and establishing a relationship with a religious tradition and/or community. What is said here, respectful of the conscience and religious background of the individual, also applies to the non-Catholic graduate.