About Us

Our Vision

Our Philosophy

Bellarmine College Preparatory is a community of students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and friends. We believe that God has gathered us together to educate the mind, spirit, heart, body and imagination of the student.

Our philosophy finds its origin in the experience of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, and forms the basis of our mission. Through the vision of St. Ignatius we are rooted in the larger and living tradition of the Catholic Church. Our belief is expressed in our school program: a series of experiences directed to help each student become a "man for others." The rigor of the curriculum prepares the graduate to succeed in college, but more importantly to use his critical skills in a larger sense. We want him to have a passion for justice by recognizing that God desires a life of happiness and peace for everyone. The Bellarmine community embraces this belief as the core of its mission of education.

Bellarmine cherishes its diversity as it strives to educate each student to accept that all persons are created in God's image and are unique expressions of the divine. This varied diversity inspires the men and women of our community to create a loving and nurturing environment where each student's talents, abilities and desires can reach their highest expression. Our school challenges us to excel according to a pattern of Christian service -- to fulfill all of our God-given potential and to place that fullness at the service of others. Jesus Christ is the model for this service. While such a notion is contrary to much contemporary understanding of success, we believe it offers the student a rich capacity to engage in a loving dialogue with the world into which we send him at graduation. Our hope is that this dialogue will build a more just and faith-filled world.

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Director of Diversity

Sonya Arriola
sarriola@bcp.org
(408) 294-9224 x253

Our Mission

We are a community of men and women gathered together by God for the purpose of educating the student to seek justice and truth throughout his life. We are a Catholic school in the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Founder of the Society of Jesus. As such, our entire school program is dedicated to forming "men for others" - persons whose lives will be dedicated to bringing all their God-given talents to fullness and to living according to the pattern of service inaugurated by Jesus Christ.

Seeing God in All People

Bellarmine cherishes its diversity as it strives to educate each student to accept that all persons are created in God's image and are unique expressions of the divine. Our Diversity Program is based on the core Ignatian value of “Seeing God in All People”. 

Students at Bellarmine reflect a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and faith traditions – yet students embrace each other as brothers and love one another as members of God’s family. Our diversity inspires the men and women of our community to create a loving and nurturing environment where each student's talents, abilities and desires can reach their highest expression. We believe exposing students to an environment rich in difference offers the student a capacity to engage in a loving dialogue with the world upon graduation. Our hope is that this dialogue will build a more just and faith-filled world.

The Diversity Office centers its programming around eight types of diversity:

  •   Race / Ethnicity
  •   Religion
  •   Gender
  •   Age
  •   Ability / Disability
  •   Sexual Orientation
  •   Geography
  •   Socio-economic Status

Our approach is to focus on students' awareness of their own identification and experiences and then explore how these thoughts translate to their perception of others.