The Founding Circle
The first families will not simply enroll. They will help build it.
Verae Valores is being created for families who believe education should form the whole person: character, intellect, physical health, faith, family, service, responsibility, purpose.
Why Now
We believe a different institution can be built.
Many families have lost confidence that existing institutions will educate their children transparently, protect the proper authority of parents, preserve childhood, and prepare students to pursue lives of serious achievement.
What Verae Valores Will Be
A small, highly selective school in Miami — no more than 100 students at full capacity.
Exceptional Academics
Individualized Development
Daily Physical Training
Meaningful Religious Accommodation
Protected Attention
Global Awareness
Community Service
Outstanding Teachers
Fresh, Whole Food
Safe Transportation
Athletics
A Deeply Engaged Family Community
Beyond Examinations
Not merely prepared for the next test. Prepared to —
Think independently
Live with conviction
Pursue ambitious callings
Care for their bodies
Serve others
Build strong families
Contribute meaningfully to the world
Help Build It, Not Just Enroll
The Founding Circle brings together parents, future parents, grandparents, educators, philanthropists, and community leaders.
Members will participate in the development of —
The Founding Charter
The Governance Model
The Student Experience
The Religious Framework
The Scholarship Mission
Traditions & Long-Term Campus
We are seeking families prepared to contribute not only financial resources, but —
- Judgment
- Expertise
- Relationships
- Time
- Conviction
- Philanthropy
- A Future Enrollment Commitment
Participation in the Founding Circle is initially relational, advisory, and selective — not defined by a published financial minimum. Participation does not purchase control over the institution or guarantee admission. It carries something more serious: the opportunity and responsibility to help create a school intended to endure for generations.
The Circle will remain intentionally limited, and will close or transition once the founding charter, governance model, campus strategy, and capitalization plan have been established.
Questions Guiding the Founding Process
Open questions Founding Circle members help answer.
- What should parents remain responsible for?
- What should every graduate know and be capable of doing?
- How should faith be respected in a multifaith institution?
- What role should physical development play in education?
- What does responsible access to technology look like?
- How can extraordinary opportunity be joined to service?
- What traditions would make students proud to remain Vanguards for life?
The question is not merely where your children will attend school. The question is what kind of institution ought to exist for them — and whether our families are prepared to build it together.
The Founding Circle
The first families will not simply enroll after the school is built. They will help build it.
The Verae Valores Founding Circle brings together a limited group of parents, future parents, and community leaders who share this vision, and will help shape the school’s founding charter, governance, and traditions from the beginning.
Participation does not purchase control over the institution or guarantee admission. It carries something more serious: the opportunity to help create a school intended to endure for generations.