Welcome
FROM THE HEADMASTER, MR. KEVIN WEED
Dear Families & Friends of St. Michael High School,
I’m humbled and honored to be the new Headmaster at northern Michigan’s only Classical Catholic high school. As a career educator at both public and private schools, I’m convinced that recapturing the Classical model of education is the antidote to a litany of societal ills.
Classical Catholic education – as practiced by our fellow Chesterton Schools, many other independent Catholic schools, a growing number of Diocesan schools, and innumerable homeschool families – continues to surge, nationwide. Take this to the bank… The future of Catholic education is Classical.
At St. Michael, our students and staff pursue the Truth not just academically, but spiritually as well. As Christ said, “I am The Way, and The Truth, and The Life. No man cometh to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6). And so we pursue God’s Truth with conviction and vigor. While the ostensible mission of most schools is
merely to provide “a good education” (as amorphously defined by our modern age), ours is to form holy, confident Christian men and women who are taught how to think, not what to think.
We accomplish this through the formation of daily habits in our students which, in turn, builds goodness and virtue in their character. Our relentless pursuit of excellence follows Aristotle’s admonition that “excellence is not an act, but a habit.” This philosophy embodies all areas of our school, whether our students are in the classroom, on the stage, on the athletic field, or out in the community.
I’m especially heartened by the incredible response to our recently announced 20-percent reduction of full-price tuition, as well as by our new Classical Enrichment Program which will allow homeschool students to attend our classes on a part-time basis. We’ve fielded an unprecedented number of calls and emails from families interested in full-time and part-time Enrollment options.
To our faithful benefactors… this new wave of incoming students and families needs your help!
It costs much more than $6,000 for us to educate a student each year (it’s actually north of $16,000), and we’ll ask those families who can afford to pay more to do so – but for other young, working families, for whom costs of living spiral ever-higher, we still need Tuition Angels to get their students to St. Michael.
We’re blessed to have never turned a student away for financial reasons – and we ask you to help us continue this policy, so that we can bring Truth, Goodness, and Beauty to all families who seek it!
Our momentum is building and I’m thrilled to be at the helm! Families, Friends… we need your help and we invite you to join our team as we embark on our voyage into the 2024-25 academic year! Please pray for our beloved school and please Contact Us to help our cause! We look forward to hearing from you!
Thank you and may God richly bless you!
Mr. Kevin Weed
Headmaster
kweed@stmichaelchesterton.org
June 2024