Cotter High School

"Cotter is a diverse Catholic school community of faith, scholarship, and service." Cotter is a Catholic, day and boarding, college preparatory school. Our diverse school community includes students with a wide range of talents and interests. Cotter's faculty and staff assist students of all abilities as they strive to achieve their personal best. Students receive an excellent education with close attention given to their individual needs. Cotter provides students with a challenging and supportive school environment with teachers who are passionate about teaching and assisting students become young men and woman of character. This care and enthusiasm inspires students to strive for success. Please explore our website to meet the members of our school community and to learn more about the curriculum and the wide variety of extracurricular programs available to students. Perhaps this small glimpse will encourage you to call for further information and to schedule a visit to campus. Cotter Profile Philosophy of School First, we strive to be a spiritually vibrant Catholic community confident in our faith while embracing people of diverse beliefs. Ethically, we are grounded in the values of honesty, respect for God, for others, and for ourselves. Our community emphasizes personal and social responsibility as essential to Christian life. Second, we seek to provide an interdisciplinary, well balanced liberal arts education integrating the arts, the humanities, and the sciences. We foster an open atmosphere conducive to academic inquiry, the pursuit of knowledge, and personal growth. To these ends we use technology as a means of helping students become critical thinkers and life learners in a global society. Finally, but the with no less importance, is our commitment to student life. We firmly believe the activities we offer encourage students to build adult relationships and become whole persons by teaching them the value and rewards...