Portrait of a Graduate

Landon students are offered a unique experience.

Our goal is that they will do something with it, that they will make a positive difference in their communities and the larger world, in ways big and small. That they will become virtuous and well-rounded men who contribute and give back to the common good out of both a sense of personal responsibility and an awareness that much has been given to them.

With this in mind, our ambition is that Landon graduates might be described individually and collectively – and throughout their lives – as persons who:

Act Ethically

Landon graduates’ identities are formed by the character principles in which they have been immersed over their time at the school. Boys leave Landon with years of practice grounding their actions in ethical principles and exploring what makes an honorable life.

Respect Others

Landon graduates have been held to a high standard of respect over their time at the school. They have been taught what it means to treat others with the dignity they deserve as fellow human beings, especially across categories of identity and difference, and with the foundational skills of empathy and civility that ready them to serve and contribute to the communities they encounter beyond Landon.

Live Responsibly

Landon graduates have been taught the meaning of responsibility and how to engage with their communities, knowing both how to build up and how to draw on the capacities of those communities in productive ways. Boys leave Landon having experienced over their time here increasing degrees of independence and initiative as well as accountability for their own learning and behaviors.

Serve Selflessly

Landon graduates have been provided with an educational experience that not only provides them with the foundations to live a full and meaningful life, but also one that teaches them that they are part of something greater than themselves and that they have a responsibility to that larger whole. Boys leave Landon with an ethical framework that tells them that one of the most important ways to lead is to set aside the self and to be of service to others, to the community, and to the greater good.

Think Deeply

Landon graduates have experienced a program that intentionally seeks to develop scholarship, creativity, and critical thinking in ways that build their problem-solving capabilities. Boys leave Landon ready to use these skills, and just as importantly, to continue to develop them so that they might face and address in thoughtful, examined, and informed ways the new and evolving challenges life will bring to them.

Communicate Clearly

Landon graduates have been challenged to write and speak with clarity and purpose, to present, to listen, and to seek understanding across all elements of the program. Boys leave Landon with an awareness of the tools they will need to engage effectively in a world where the ability to communicate is essential both to healthy relationships and to personal and professional well-being.

Embrace Challenge

Landon graduates experienced a school that asks a lot of them – that is at once demanding and supportive and that expects them to learn from mistakes, to try new and challenging things, and to stretch themselves towards difficult goals. Boys leave Landon with the resilience, courage, and confidence necessary not only to persevere through the obstacles that they will inevitably face but also to continue growing through and because of them.

In the end, the time that boys spend at Landon is but a stop on their personal journeys.

We know that; we know they leave Landon as persons still evolving into who they will ultimately become. But we also know that the time they spend at Landon is a period of great growth and personal development, an impressionable time.

And it is with that in mind that we work to ensure that their experience here is a foundational one that puts them on the path towards a full and meaningful life in all the ways listed above – that is, towards a life well-lived.