Our Purpose
What Drives Us
As education continues to evolve, we use these words to truly guide our decisions and aspirations in all that we do — everything links back to these core statements and beliefs.
Our Mission
To create a nurturing, engaging environment that provides an enriched, personalized education, preparing students for an ever-changing world.
Rundle will:
Help students discover their potential;
Challenge students to attain their best; and
Celebrate with them when they do.
Our Vision
To develop inspired minds and unparalleled character.
Our Values
Together: Be Kind, Be Curious, Be Well
Our community embraces each of these values daily — inside and outside the classroom. They are at the core of every student’s Rundle experience.
Our Priorities
At Rundle, we have a working definition of pluralism as described by the Global Centre for Pluralism: “Diversity in society is a universal fact; how societies respond to diversity is a choice. Pluralism is a positive response to diversity. Pluralism involves taking decisions and actions, as individuals and societies, which are grounded in respect for diversity.”
Rundle values the unique life experience that each person brings and we strive toward being a community where every person feels welcome and valued. Diversity enriches our school and provides a myriad of perspectives from which we can learn through our academic, co-curricular, and character programs.
We believe that wellness is dynamic, collective, and personal. In alignment with Stanford University’s BEWell Program, we believe there are ten domains of well-being:
- social connectedness
- lifestyle behaviours
- stress and resilience
- emotional health
- physical health
- meaning and purpose
- sense of self
- finances
- spirituality or religiosity
- exploration and creativity
While all domains of wellness cannot be adhered to in every moment of our lives, we do believe that better understanding the domains and focusing on them at the appropriate time and stage of one’s life is essential for a lifetime of wellness.
As a school, we will continue to encourage our students, teachers, and the greater community to focus on wellness.
We believe that from curiosity comes creativity and from creativity comes innovation. Our value of “Be Curious” is the starting point for our staff and students to fully embrace innovation in their teaching and learning.
A working definition of innovation can be found at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where innovation is defined as “the process by which we take ideas from inception to impact.” At Rundle, we aspire to see our students taking their original thoughts and ideas and changing them into tangible actions that will go on to improve our school, city, country, and world. We believe the inspired minds of our students and teachers will not only bring program relevance in this ever-changing world, but will also create the conditions for ongoing improvement in our greater society.
Pathways to Learning Philosophy
Academics are at the core of our programs; however, at Rundle we aim for a balanced approach between academics, co-curricular, and character/leadership programs. We believe our students are so much more than just the grade on their paper and encourage them to develop many talents and choose kindness above all.
Land Acknowledgement
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations (Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations), the Métis Nation Districts 5 and 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.