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Strategic Plan Update. Q1 2007-2008. Mission: To inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world. The Elements of our Vision. To fulfill our mission, Laurel must be a school in which : Every girl is known; each girl thrives Definitions of excellence are broad
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Strategic Plan Update Q1 2007-2008
Mission: To inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world
The Elements of our Vision To fulfill our mission, Laurel must be a school in which: • Every girl is known; each girl thrives • Definitions of excellence are broad • The facilities support extraordinary curricula • Teachers are celebrated • The community is welcoming and diverse • We operate within a balanced budget
2007-2008 Q1 Update Progress to report in the following initiatives: • Scorecards received from following initiatives: • implementing best practices • increasing breadth/depth of athletic programming • undergoing full curricular assessment • sustain and develop an outstanding faculty • increase enrollment • increase awareness of national pre-eminence • Scorecards still needed from following initiatives: • engaging girls in active/service learning; • developing student information system • overhauling structure of academic progress reporting • increasing breadth/depth of arts offerings • completing a facilities masterplan • strengthen and mobilize expanded network of parents, alumnae, friends • growing fundraising • diversifying revenue streams while keeping spending in line with revenue
2007-2008 Q1 Update (con’t) Progress to report in the following initiatives (con’t): • Facilities masterplan—new driver identified (Mary Ann Pellerano) • Engaging girls in active learning—new drivers identified (Becky Klar and Marti Hardy) • Arts/Athletic programming—divided into two strategic initiatives (one focusing on arts, the other on athletics) • Strengthen and mobilize network of parents, alumnae, and friends—new driver identified (Deborah Farquhar Jones) • Sustain/develop outstanding faculty—new driver identified (Jane Thornton) • Grow fundraising—received largest gift in school’s history! Butler gift and several other large gifts add $6.6 million to endowment • Increase enrollment • Consultant-led work on demographic analysis and Strategic Marketing Blueprint • formation of ad hoc committee of board of trustees focusing on marketing • completion of competition profiling work • Increase national awareness—creation of Center for Research on Girls at Laurel School (CRG)