of missions, statements

I've been meaning to blog about some absurdities of recently notorious alumni newsletter of my esteemed alma mater. Particularly, the statement that appears, free-floating, on the last page of every issue:

"The creation of the State of Israel is one of the seminal events in Jewish History.
Recognizing the significance of the state and its national institutions,we seek to instill in our students an attachment to the State of Israel and its people as well as a sense of responsibility for their welfare."

(example)

What this assertion has to do with the other things on the page - like who won what math competition or is the new student government president, has always escaped me. A recent lookjed post pointed me to the mission statement of Frisch and things got curiouser:

"The raison d’etre of The Frisch School, as a unique educational institution of Bergen County, is to promote the values and study of the Judaic heritage as defined within the Written Law (Bible) and Oral Law (Talmud). The wellsprings of Judaic values, under whose rubric all others may be classified, are:

a) the dignity of the human being
...
b) the sanctity of the Jewish people
...
c) the centrality of Medinat Yisrael

We believe that the creation of the State of Israel is one of the seminal events in Jewish history. We seek to instill in our students an attachment to the State of Israel and its people as well as a sense of responsibility for their welfare.

(emphasis added)

On to google, and it seems quite a few other schools, including at least one solomon schechter,* use the same language.

*This is relevant to the extent I was surmising perhaps it is an "Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools" thing...

So what exactly is going on?