Founded in 1871, La Salle’s mission is to educate young men and women in grades 6 through 12 from diverse backgrounds, with a special focus on those from middle-class, working-class, and underserved communities. The La Salle community does this in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle: a man whose ideals of faith, service, and community are honored daily through the La Salle curriculum and culture. The school currently enrolls over 1,400 students from 38 of the 39 communities in Rhode Island, and dozens of others in nearby Connecticut and Massachusetts.   La Salle Academy operates in the President/Principal Leadership Mode