Sant Bani School Mission Statement

Adopted June 15, 2002

The essential belief of the Sant Bani School is that God resides within each individual. The school strives to realize this belief through the twin principles of reverence for life and service to all.

The Sant Bani School offers a coeducational day program in a rural setting in central New Hampshire. A cohesive, consistent environment meets the changing needs of students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. A strong academic program, enhanced by co-curricular activities ranging from the arts to athletics, integrates intellectual, creative, and spiritual growth with physical, psychological, and social development.

Preparing students for college is a focus of the upper grades. The curriculum promotes inquiry and thoughtful choice, appreciation of the elements common to all humankind, and respect for the natural environment. The school forms a caring, family-like community, characterized by a low student-faculty ratio and interactions among a variety of age groups. Such an atmosphere gives students the confidence to seek new challenges and adventures, and fosters a sense of responsibility to others. Service projects take place within and beyond the school community.

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Essential to carrying out the school’s work is the admission of qualified students from a range of backgrounds who can benefit from and enhance the program. The school embodies its commitment to service through the need-blind admissions policy whereby qualified applicants are admitted without regard to their ability to pay. For a limited number of students with special needs, the school provides a supportive program in which they can achieve success.

Sant Bani School was founded in 1973 under the direction of Sant Kirpal Singh of Delhi, India (1894-1974), and is inspired by His words on education. His successor, Sant Ajaib Singh (1926-1997), guided the school’s development and growth to its present form. From its inception, the school has provided an atmosphere that supports a spiritual perspective, including a vegetarian diet, yet does not promote any religion over another. The belief in the importance of each individual, as “God resides in every heart” (Master Kirpal Singh), is the precept that binds the school community together. The school endeavors to remain true to the advice and principles it has received from the spiritual masters, and strives to be open to grace and support—the foundations of its existence.