Holy Cross of San Antonio is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory middle school and high school serving the metropolitan San Antonio area -- especially the city´s west and south sides -- founded on the Congregation of Holy Cross tradition, which strives to develop and educate young women and young men of mind and heart as well as body and soul through an integrated program of academic, spiritual, and extra-curricular activities. Holy Cross seeks to develop well rounded students to become productive citizens by striving toward the ideals of the Venerable Basil Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, "While we prepare useful citizens for society, we shall likewise do our utmost to prepare citizens for eternal life."