Customer story · Catholic high school
A high school where AI reflects the curriculum, the standards, and the values
St. Joseph by-the-Sea is among the first private high schools to bring school-controlled AI into the classroom, with every Assistant grounded in the school’s own materials, standards, and values.
St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School
- Location
- Staten Island, NY
- School type
- Catholic, co-educational
- Students
- About 1,450
- Daily student use
- 98%
- of St. Joseph students use Nectir AI every day
- 98%
- grounded in the school’s own materials, standards, and Catholic values
- Every Assistant
- Teachers embed their own pedagogy into every AI Assistant they create
- Teacher-built
The story
The challenge
Setting real boundaries on what AI says to students
The school’s leadership needed a way to set boundaries on what AI says to students, and the other AI tools they looked at couldn’t offer that.
The decision
Control over every AI interaction
Control was the deciding factor: the ability to make sure every AI interaction reflects the school’s curriculum, standards, and Catholic values. With Nectir AI, teachers build their pedagogy and the school’s values directly into each Assistant.
The results
Adoption was almost immediate
98% of students now use Nectir AI daily. The quality of personalized, guardrailed responses is exactly what the school was looking for.
“What separated Nectir for us was the level of confidence it gave our leadership that our mission and values could remain a part of the experience.”
— Stephen Amato, Director of Information Technology, St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School
How students use it
Exam prep partner
Students review and practice ahead of tests with an Assistant grounded in their own course materials.
Learning partner
A study companion that works through concepts with students, the way their teachers would.
College guidance assistant
Support for students thinking through the next step after high school.
What control looks like
- Teachers choose what each Assistant knows, grounded in school materials
- Access to the open web can be restricted
- Instructions reflect how the school teaches and what it stands for
- Student and school data is never used to train AI models
Bring school-controlled AI to your school.
In a 20-minute walkthrough, we’ll show you how St. Joseph set up its Assistants and build a sample for one of your classes.
Questions? Reach out to Tim Gilbert at tim.gilbert@nectir.io.
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