Mission Statement

The fundamental objective of Rygaards School is to teach and live the Catholic-Christian ethic. More specifically the school’s objective is to provide a school environment inspired by the values of the Order of the Assumption, in which the spirit of freedom and love expressed in the Gospels permeates the entire daily life of the school.

At Rygaards School a framework has been created which enables the individual’s insight into Christianity to grow and the individual’s creed to be clarified and to mature.

Rygaards School has a special mission to take in students from diverse cultures and religions, and therefore wishes, while showing respect for the individual’s faith, to further an ecumenical and cross-religious dialogue to the spiritual enrichment of all.

Rygaards School sees as its purpose, in co-operation with parents, to practice a form of educating which aims, also out of school hours, to build up the self-confidence, sense of values, and all-round personal development of the individual student.
Based on Danish school legislation, Rygaards School provides an all-round education, using contemporary teaching methods and encouraging ethical awareness.

At Rygaards School the students are free to develop their potential for the good both of self and of society. It is thus a part of the school’s aims to strengthen the students’ understanding of responsibility for one’s fellow and mutual respect for others – both on a local and a global scale.

In addition, the school operates as a private Basic School (primary and lower secondary school = Danish Folkeskole/Grundskole) in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations in force for Free-Schools and Private Basic Schools, etc.

The school shall provide an education comparable to that generally required of the municipal Basic School.

The school shall prepare students to live in a free and democratic society.