Strategic Initiatives

During the 2021-2022 academic year, Saint Andrew’s School launched a comprehensive strategic planning process.

The strategic plan was developed to provide a long-range view of future school priorities created through an inclusive and participatory process.

Five key initiatives

Distinctive Culture and Community

Reinforce our distinctive culture and community of belonging grounded in our Episcopal tradition and developing students in Mind, Body, and Spirit

Communicate with clarity our mission, vision, and values.
Leverage our unique heritage in the Episcopal tradition to forge an educational family room for the region, a safe harbor to convene people and cultures from throughout our community.
Cultivate our diversity through our foundational identity, strategic partnership organizations, and stronger connections to our community.

World Class Excellence

Provide world-class academic and extracurricular opportunities in a transformative setting

Inspire and integrate academic mastery into all divisions of the school.
Maximize opportunities to expand and enhance our tradition of excellence in interscholastic athletics and arts programs.
Illuminate pathways for individualized student success.
Explicitly instruct students in all divisions and all courses in approaches to learning skills that align with the school’s adopted programs and that are founded on current, research-based best practices.

Unparalleled Residential Learning

Provide exceptional opportunities to create a distinctive residential program

Increase the enrollment demand for our residential programs to maximize the number of outstanding students.
Continue to develop a community of committed educators inspired to bring their expertise and professionalism to the residential program.
Enhance and expand our facilities to cultivate the residential life community experience and integrate the day and boarding environment.

LASTING FOUNDATIONS

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Background

A steering committee was formed and focused on research, environmental scans, SWOT analysis, committee exercises, and trends in the independent school and the education sectors.

In order to build a base of sound information and to guide the planning process, the school enlisted the assistance of a research and planning firm, Ian Symmonds & Associates. The strategic planning steering committee worked collaboratively through a series of exercises designed to establish priorities based on the findings of the research. The steering committee also took time to refine the school’s mission and vision statements. The goal was to keep the mission as succinct as possible and to untether the vision from the prior strategic plan while representing the foundation upon which Saint Andrew’s School was established and its enduring value in the educational marketplace.

This planning process culminated in the spring of 2022, with the steering committee developing a set of priorities for future focus. As strategic priorities were developed, the steering committee expanded upon them to outline specific initiatives, action plans, and a series of sequenced priorities. Each of these strategic goals contains several strategic initiatives and numerous action plans. As we move forward, we will continue to update the community on the implementation of the main initiatives, action plans, and metrics for success.

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