Students

Mustard Seed students bring varied gifts and talents, including a considerable range of academic abilities.

Committed to Serving a Diverse Community of Learners

Open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, culture, or socio-economic background, the school is committed to serving a diverse community of learners. The school is intent on its mission to serve those with the fewest options. At least 50% of students receive financial aid. Most of our students come from Hudson County with some coming from Manhattan, Queens, and the greater NY Metropolitan area. With many of our students speaking languages other than English at home, the school is particularly aware of the needs of bilingual children.

Throughout their years at Mustard Seed, students become

• Inquiring and reflective thinkers, who can reason and calculate well, ask incisive questions, and solve complex problems.
• Effective communicators, who can use and understand varied forms of human expression, including languages, numerical and symbolic systems, maps, graphs and diagrams, artistic media, drama, dance, and music.
• Self-directed and ethical individuals, who act with integrity and moral sensibility, with understanding and respect for others’ ideas, creations, and cultures. 
• Responsible and caring people, who, with a wide understanding of the world, are prepared to participate actively for the sake of justice and mercy.
• World contributors, who understand the importance and consequence of scientific and technological innovation, political and social change, artistry and service.

Graduates

Graduates successfully gain entry into a variety of excellent high schools. In general, our graduates are able to attend the high school of their choice and best fit.

Beacon High School (NY)
Cathedral School (NY)
Collegiate School (NY)
County Prep (NJ)
Don Bosco (NJ)
Dwight Englewood School (NJ)
Eastern Christian High School (NJ)
Elisabeth Irwin High School (NY)
Friends Seminary (NY)
Hoboken High School Holy Angels (NJ)
Holy Family (NJ)
Hudson Catholic High School (NJ)
Hudson County High Tech (NJ)
Iolani High School (HI)
Kent Place School (NJ)
Loyola High School (NY)
Marist High School (NJ)
Marymount School (NY)
McNair Academic High (NJ)
Montclair Kimberly Academy (NJ)
Nightingale-Bamford (NY)
Packer Collegiate Inst. (NY)
Paramus Catholic (NJ)
Regis High School (NY)
Saint Ann’s High School (NY)
Seton Hall Prep (NJ)
St. Aloysious (NJ)
St. Dominic Academy (NJ)
St. Joseph of the Palisades (NJ)
St. Mary High School (NJ)
St. Peter’s Prep School (NJ)
The Dalton School (NY)
The Hudson School (NJ)
The Spence School (NY)
The Stonybrook School (NY)
Trevor Day School (NY)
Xavier High School (NY)
York Prep (NY)

Graduates Attend Prestigious Colleges

These days, we are staying in touch with alumni at the following colleges and universities:

Bennington College
Boston University
Brown University
Caldwell College
Colgate University
Colorado College
Columbia University
Denison University
Drew University
Drexel University
Essex Community College
Fashion Institute of Technology
Financial Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology
Ithaca College
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Kean University
Kenyon College
Macalester College
Massachusettes College of Art and Design
Merrimack College
Montclair State University
Muhlenberg College
New York University
NJ Institute of Technology
Providence College
Rice University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
Seton Hall University
Skidmore College
St. Peter’s College
Stevens Institute of Technology
Syracuse University
SUNY Purchase
The College of NJ
University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
University of Scranton
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Wagner College