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The Mission of the June Buchanan School

Mission Statement

The mission of The June Buchanan School is to nurture our students intellectually, physically, socially, and spiritually emphasizing the development of character, responsibility, leadership, and service."

Vision Statement

Where every child—everyday—is college bound!

School Beliefs

1. Students are leaders of tomorrow, empowered by God to live a life of purpose.
   
   
2. Our priority is to intellectually challenge and academically prepare our students for college and lifelong learning.
   
   
3. Our students are encouraged to seek their limits and broaden their horizons through the development of healthy habits, discipline, and teamwork by means of curricular and competitive athletics.
   
   
4. A caring and inclusive community based on strong relationships between students, parents, and teachers establishes sensitivity to social issues of racial and ethnic fairness.
   
   
5. Providing opportunities for our students to develop or strengthen their moral, ethical, and spiritual standards is imperative in the education of the whole person.
   
   
6. Integrating opportunities for development of constructive character within the structure of the classroom and extracurricular activities enables our students to pursue their full potential.
   
   
7. Creating opportunities for all stakeholders to contribute to the decision-making processes of running our school develops greater responsibility, ownership, and accountability, among the participants.
   
   
8. Whether in classrooms, extra-curricular activities, or the community, leadership skills are best developed through active participation in the role of leading others.
   
   
9. Today’s generation will be better prepared to address the societal and global issues they will encounter in the future by developing a mindset for availability to world service.
   

The Purpose Road Philosophy

From the early days of Caney School, now Alice Lloyd College, The Purpose Road Philosophy was taught by Alice Lloyd and June Buchanan. It was originally created by George Herbert Palmer, a professor at Harvard University. Our founders' burning desire was that each student would catch a vision of his or her purpose which would eventually manifest itself in world service.

Today, the ideals of The Purpose Road Philosophy permeate the educational process at Alice Lloyd College. All students work either on campus or in community outreach positions off campus. Good character is emphasized and supported. Even our main street is named Purpose Road; side streets, which include names such as Conscience, Duty, Courage, and Consecration, serve to remind us of the importance of ethical living. A life of service to God and Humanity is the desired result of one's "walk" upon the Purpose Road.

The Purpose Road Philosophy manual includes the following passage:

By an inexorable law,
What we expect tends to come to us.
Facing life in the right way, we must have
A Purpose
A Goal
A Vision.
Then hold the thought and work toward it.
It will come as dawns the day.