Why Mercy?

Your daughter will be prepared for college. Who will she be when she gets there?

s a college prep school, Mercy will prepare your daughter for college. The real question is, who will she be when she goes off into the world? A

Our 8th grade girls have outstanding choices for high school at Catholic, private and public schools throughout the Bay Area. The options are endless – large, small, urban, suburban, co-ed, all-girls, Catholic, private, public – the list goes on.

So, why Mercy? What are the intangible differences between Mercy and other college prep high schools?

As your daughter is applying for high school, take a moment to think about whom you want her to be when she graduates and goes out into the world. What type of women do you want her to be? She is more than a statistic, more than a resume on a college application and more than the grades on her transcript. She is your daughter. . . a young girl with endless potential, dreams she hasn’t yet imagined and a lifetime ahead of her.

Mercy provides an environment in which each girl is challenged to achieve her greatest potential, she is called to find her unique passions, to integrate her faith and values into her personal decision making, to try something new and to not be afraid of failure. Mercy girls become life-long learners who think critically and who are willing to share ideas and thoughts not only with her friends, but also with her teachers and fellow students.

Mercy girls are all leaders. That doesn’t mean that they will all be elected as a class officers or team captains but they will be leaders in a more intangible way. They learn to lead from within, to stand up for what is right, to help those in need, to give back to the world sharing their gifts not just for personal gain but because it is the right thing to do. These are attributes that cross all aspects of life; whether a young woman is extremely shy or highly extroverted, is seeking to be a CEO or work in a non-profit.

She will be prepared and ready for college and, as a Mercy graduate she will be much, much more. She will be true to herself and ready to follow her passions. See pages 28 & 29 for information about admission to Mercy.