Faith. Character. Academic Excellence.

Forming Minds. Building Character. Strengthening Faith.

Traditional Catholic education for students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 in Central Minnesota.

Founded 1968 in Waite Park, Minnesota

Why Families Choose Holy Innocents

FAITH - Catholic faith woven into the school day through prayer, instruction and formation.

ACADEMICS - A structured K–12 education designed to develop knowledgeable, capable students.

CHARACTER - Responsibility, discipline, respect and virtue are expected and cultivated.

FAMILY - The School is very family oriented with open classrooms, volunteer activities, and hand on experiences throughout every grade.

A God-Centered Catholic Education Committed to Academic Excellence

Our Educational Philosophy

At Holy Innocents School, education has an eternal purpose.

We believe that every child is created by God, endowed with dignity and purpose, and called ultimately to the salvation of his or her soul. For this reason, education must do more than prepare students for college, careers, or worldly success. It must form the whole person—mind, character, and soul.

Our students are taught to pursue truth, recognize what is good and beautiful, and strive for excellence in all that they do. Through rigorous academics, disciplined study, prayer, virtue, and the example of their teachers, students learn to place God at the center of their lives.

We prepare young people to live in the world, but not of the world—to think clearly, act courageously, love their neighbor, defend the truth, and remain faithful to God throughout their lives.

At Holy Innocents, academic excellence and Catholic formation are not separate pursuits. They are one education, ordered toward one purpose: forming knowledgeable, virtuous, faithful young men and women prepared for this life—and for eternity.

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Life at Holy Innocents

Faith · Learning · Tradition · Community

Mission Statement of the Founders

Robert & Bernice Sis · Founders · 1968

The purpose of Holy Innocents School is the sanctification of souls through the formation of the whole child—spiritually, intellectually, and morally—by a sound education rooted in truth and the Catholic Faith.

We seek to form each child:

in a deep and abiding love of God, family, and country;
in the understanding that obedience nurtures humility, and humility opens the soul to virtue;
in respect for rightful authority, good order, and just laws;
in personal responsibility and charity toward others;
in the desire to unite his or her will more perfectly with the Holy Will of God;
and above all, in love for Jesus Christ through the Blessed Virgin Mary, fostered especially through the daily recitation of the Holy Rosary and the Angelus.

Academic excellence is pursued not for pride or worldly distinction, but in humility and in service to truth. We strive to give each student the knowledge, wisdom, discipline, and strength of character necessary to remain steadfast in the Faith amid a world that too often draws the soul away from God.

In all that we teach, in all that we undertake, and in every child entrusted to our care, may there be one final purpose:

For the greater honor and glory of God.