Hargrave’s four pillars – academics, character, faith, and athletics – combine to create a blueprint for developing you as a leader.
Throughout your Hargrave experience, you’ll put leadership into practice daily – in the classroom, on the sports field, within our Corps of Cadets, and in your community. You’ll learn that the ability to follow – rules, people, procedures, and principles – is an essential ingredient of leadership, and your leadership skills are cultivated by gifted, passionate educators and mentors who care deeply about your progress and development.
Leadership in academics is cultivated through rigorous coursework and the guidance of educators who challenge you to excel and lead by example. Within the military program, you learn to lead and follow with honor and integrity, understanding the weight of your responsibilities and the impact of your decisions. Athletics stretch your capability, instilling the value of teamwork and underlining the importance of discipline in building skill and character. You may rise to leadership through faith, finding purpose in balancing humility and responsibility while pursuing a higher purpose.
Hargrave graduates intuitively understand that leadership combines competence and character, helping people and organizations reach lofty goals. Leadership is taking the path less traveled, sacrificing for a greater cause, and often being the one to take the first step.
