Our Mission and Vision

Mission Statement

Our Lady of the Hills (OLH) is a regional co-educational Catholic high school, committed to providing a quality college preparatory education to students from all social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds within a caring, diverse Christian community which values the potential and dignity of every student. Central to this purpose is our belief that every child is a child of God and each student deserves the right to seek truth in Jesus Christ for the greater glory of God.

Philosophy

OLH is committed to providing an excellent academic, value-based education for the children of the Texas Hill Country. OLH is a Catholic community that merges Christian Living with academic goals. We hold the belief that we are created to know, love, and serve God. We work to instill knowledge of moral values in each student whose behavior reflects a respect for the dignity of all God’s creation.

As a college-preparatory school, OLH provides an educational environment that addresses the development of the whole person. The curriculum addresses a broad range of content areas across disciplines relevant to the educational and personal development of each student.

Objectives of Our Lady of the Hills

1. To develop in the student both an attitude of openness to growth and an acceptance of personal responsibility
2. To prepare the student to be intellectually competent
3. To help the student to become mature in his/her faith
4. To guide the student to grow as a loving person
5. To foster in the student a commitment to support justice

The influence of the school on student's growth is limited. Other influences such as family, friends, the youth culture, and the general environment in which the students lives also affects their growth. OLH acknowledges that parents are the primary educators who share with the school the responsibility for education. We believe that the teacher’s role is to facilitate learning by challenging each student in a supportive environment to reach his/her potential.

School Mottos

Our two school mottos hail from the two Catholic religious orders whose educational philosophies and examples inspired the founding of Our Lady of the Hills Regional Catholic High School. Although OLH is not formally affiliated with either order, both congregations represent traditions of educational excellence, deep Christian faith, and moral integrity for which we strive.

"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" : For the Greater Glory of God

"Veritas": Truth

Christian Formation

Practical experience in Christian living is realized in the pastoral activities program through retreats, service projects and days of recollection, liturgies and other forms of personal spiritual formation. All students are offered an opportunity to reflect on their spiritual life and relationship with God.

The curriculum and extracurricular activities reflect the best of the Jesuit and Dominican orders and their philosophies of service to others. Our Lady of the Hills is committed to assist students to become mature in their faith, to become critical thinkers, and to challenge each student to develop his or her talents to the fullest. The theology program is academic in nature. Students are tested and graded on their ability to comprehend and assimilate information regarding doctrine, morality, Church history and practice. Every student is required to study theology.

Students are given the opportunity to think critically, examine attitudes, challenge assumptions, and analyze motives. All of this is important if students are to make decisions with the freedom that allows them to develop a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.