What was missing from the school slogan was "...in the Catholic tradition"... - dropped long ago although Catholic schools were originally started for academic excellence AND to instill a good Catholic education, especially here in the USA which was a Protestant country.
Thanks, I had no idea Catholic schools actually used to have a longer official slogan, or even that they had an official slogan at all.
My knowledge is limited to stories my mother told me about Catholic school in the 40's/50's in Ann Arbor, where the nuns all carried a ruler, universally named "Mr. Trouble". Knuckles were known to run screaming from him.
She seems to have turned out allright, though. ;-)