List of 8 items.

• Core Values

  Lovett’s core values are the foundation of what we believe and do as an institution, a community, and a school.
  
  Intellect: We value intellect as a lifelong pursuit of the cognitive, social, and emotional skills required to thrive in an increasingly complex world.
  
  Purpose: We value purpose as the source of motivation for learning, the discovery of self, and the foundation of a meaningful life.
  
  Belonging: We value belonging, in a diverse community where all members feel connected, included, supported and respected.
  
  Faith: We value faith as the foundation of spiritual and moral values that lead to ethical decision making and perseverance in the face of challenge.
  
  Love: We value love to cultivate joyful learning, strong character, and a compassionate, healthy community.

• Mission

  The Lovett School is a community that seeks to develop young men and women of honor, faith, and wisdom with the character and intellect to thrive in college and in life.
  
  Founded in 1926 by Eva Edwards Lovett, we continue today as an Atlanta independent school serving children in Kindergarten through Grade 12. With an emphasis on the whole child, we provide integrated experiences in academics, arts, athletics, and service through an education grounded in learning, character, and community.

• Purpose

  Because we are committed to improving our school, our city, our society, our environment, and our world, we hold strong convictions about the persons we must send out into the world. We are committed to our students developing these qualities:
  
  

  Knowing Content and Skills

  The ability to think critically, communicate effectively, engage creatively, and collaborate purposefully.
  
  

  Knowing Oneself

  Curiosity and confidence, inspiring them to find and cultivate their individual voices and their best selves.
  
  

  Knowing the world

  Social, emotional, and spiritual awareness, built on a foundation of integrity and strong character and practiced through civic and global engagement.

• Character Pledge

  The following Character Pledge embodies the moral vision of the Lovett community:
  
  We, who are members of the Lovett community, seek to live lives of good character. We believe that good character grows from daily acts of honesty, respect, responsibility, and compassion. We pledge ourselves to develop these ideals with courage and integrity, striving to do what is right at all times.

• Diversity Mission Statement

  The Lovett School celebrates the uniqueness of each individual within an intentionally inclusive, diverse, and welcoming environment. We recognize that our community is enhanced as we seek to appreciate and respect the differences among our students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni. We are committed to supporting this environment through classroom instruction, professional development, and other curricular and co-curricular programming, and in accordance with our nondiscriminatory policy.

• Honor Code

  Consistent with Lovett's goal of developing a culture of integrity, the community has established an Honor Code. This Honor Code states:

  • A Lovett student will not lie.
  • A Lovett student will not steal.
  • A Lovett student will not cheat.
  • A Lovett student will not plagiarize.

• Nondiscriminatory Policy

  The Lovett School admits students of any race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The Lovett School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin in administration of its employment practices, educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs.

• Vision for Learning

  Lovett offers experiences that inspire our students to love learning. We encourage them to think critically, communicate effectively, engage creatively, and collaborate purposefully. We provide the opportunities and resources that help our students develop independence and self-direction and extend their learning beyond the walls of the classroom as they grow intellectually, emotionally, physically, aesthetically, morally, and spiritually.
  
  

  The Lovett student:

  • is a person of character who lives the ideals articulated in our character pledge and is prepared to think and act with empathy as a responsible global citizen in an increasingly diverse landscape.
  • is creative, constructing imaginative ideas and innovative alternatives and applying his knowledge to non-routine problems, particularly those without rule-based solutions.
  • thinks critically and reflectively. As a researcher, he is able to navigate abundant information, analyze and synthesize what he finds, and draw evidence-based conclusions. As a problem solver, she is more interested in asking good questions and developing ideas than in memorizing facts.
  • is an effective communicator who listens attentively, speaks articulately, writes clearly, and conveys his ideas and understandings in a variety of formats using the language of his discipline.
  • works collaboratively to create a new knowledge base, comprising multiple perspectives. She builds leadership skills by facilitating group discussions, forging consensus, and negotiating outcomes within a diverse group.