Religion and Ethics at Grace

        In addition to the ethical teaching and imparting of values implicit in every activity of a school, Grace Church School, in keeping with its mission, provides a chaplain and a department of religion and ethics staffed by the chaplain and two other teachers with credentials in religion and values education. Grace has chosen to incorporate a separate curriculum devoted to religion and ethics in Grades Three through Eight and holds weekly chapel services throughout the year. All students are expected to participate in the course of study, to attend chapel and to understand and respect the place of religious commitment in our world. The aim of the curriculum is not to proselytize, catechize or inculcate Christianity, but to help students become familiar with and respect the place of religion in life, particularly the Judeo-Christian tradition. There are three courses in the Bible, in Grades Three, Four and Five,  two courses in ethics, in Grades Six and Eight, and one course in world religions, in the Grade Seven. Three goals underlie this curriculum: 1) to promote familiarity with biblical stories and themes which underlie so much of our western culture; 2) to recognize that ethics can be studied both as part of a religious system and as a subject in its own right; and 3) to appreciate the place that religions hold in both western and non-western societies.

The Chaplaincy

     The chaplain is an Episcopal priest who administers the program of weekly chapel services and teaches three of the courses in the department of religion and ethics.