Mission
Our Model & History

Our Model in Action

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  • Our Model

    Regis Jesuit forms young men and women of faith, purpose and confidence through a Catholic, Jesuit education that intentionally combines the benefits of both single-sex and coeducational experiences.  

    Every element of the Regis Jesuit experience is intentionally designed to help students grow in self-knowledge, develop their gifts and learn to use those gifts in service of others. Our distinctive model uses both single-sex and coeducational environments at key moments in a student’s formation, when each can have the greatest impact. 

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  • 100%

    of full-time faculty teach both boys and girls

  • 90%

    of courses taken in a single-sex classroom
    Co-ed classes generally at the upperclass level

  • 85

    co-ed clubs

  • 15%

    of retreat experiences co-ed

  • 100%

    co-ed service immersion experiences

In Their Own Words

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  • The Student Experience

Single-Sex Research

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  • All-Girls Education

  • All-girls school students strengthen their voice and are encouraged to speak freely without interruption.

    “Girls’ school students are more likely than their female peers at coeducational schools to experience an environment that welcomes an open and safe exchange of ideas. Nearly 87% of girls’ school students feel their opinions are respected at their school compared to only 58% of girls at coeducational schools.” 

    —Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools  

  • All-girls learning environments champion the educational needs of girls as a group currently underrepresented in STEM majors and careers.

    “Girls’ school graduates are 6 times more likely to consider majoring in math, science and technology compared to girls who attended coeducational schools.” 

    —Goodman Research Group, The Girls’ School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools

  • All-girls schools empower students to become bold leaders.

    “At girls’ schools, girls demonstrate great confidence in female leadership and become increasingly interested in leadership positions themselves. Data suggests that girls at coeducational schools actually become less interested in leadership positions with age.” 

    —Dr. Katherine Kinzler, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago and Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University 

Single-Sex Research

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  • All-Boys Education

  • All-boys learning environments can focus on the specific learning needs of boys.

    A large study by The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) found boys educated in a single-sex classroom scored on average 15 to 22 percentile ranks higher than boys in coeducational settings, concluding single-sex schools are better equipped ‘to accommodate the large differences in cognitive, social and development growth rates of boys’ (ACER, 2001).  

    —Australian Council for Educational Research, (2001). Academic performance of students at single-sex and coeducational schools. https://www.acer.org/au 

  • All-boys schools help boys create authentic friendships that last a lifetime.

    “When boys can pursue a variety of interests, they are more likely to find more in common with others and develop strong friendships. The bonds formed during school years often last a lifetime and these strengthen through opportunities to engage positively together. (Rubinstein, 2013)” 

    —Rubinstein, A (2013). The Making of Men: Raising boys to be happy, healthy and successful. Australia: Xou Creative. 

  • Boys thrive with clear expectations.

    “Boys thrive in environments that communicate and enforce clear boundaries consistently (James, 2007). Relationships are critical to a boy’s learning and they thrive in an educational context in which positive, trusting relationships with teachers holding high standards are prevalent (Reichert and Hawley, 2010).  

    In addition to pursuing high academic achievements, schools develop resilience and empathy by educating boys in the areas of responsibility.” 

    —Reichert, M and Hawley, R (2010) Reaching Boys Teaching Boys: Strategies That Work – and Why. San Francisco. Jossey-Bass. 

Our Faculty

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  • Inside the Classroom

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