The Society for the Advancement of Education believes in offering children an environment in which they will be encouraged to excel at whatever they want to do and become. A competent faculty is thus its foremost concern. Learning by doing is emphasized as a way of deep understanding and multi-disciplinary problem-solving.

However, every student of this school is also expected to be a responsible citizen and a leader of the community and profession to which she belongs. The meaning of service is not necessarily sacrifice or direct commitment to the poor. It does mean however, an absolute commitment to ethics, a pursuit of the highest standards of professional skill, an attitude of caring for nature - both living and non-living - and an empathy for those who are economically, or otherwise, less fortunate. These convictions are embedded in all decisions from the planning school buildings and facilities, to the recruitment of staff, the design of the curriculum, and the methodology of assessment.