Educating for Tomorrow: Developing Global Citizens

Educating for Tomorrow: Developing Global Citizens

THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR LAKE FOREST ACADEMY 2014

MISSION Lake Forest Academy strives to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

CHARACTER encompasses respect for others and their beliefs, dedication to honesty in every sphere of life, realization of moral clarity and conviction, and pursuit of virtue and value in life.

SCHOLARSHIP encompasses acquisition of knowledge, development of critical thinking, enthusaism for discovery and learning, and exercise of a powerful imagination.

CITIZENSHIP encompasses appreciation of diversity and multiculturalism, involvement in the LFA community, participation in service to others, and commitment to global awareness and understanding.

RESPONSIBILITY encompasses development of self-reliance, ability to seek guidance, dedication to cooperation and teamwork, and action based upon informed decisions.

Building upon 158 years of history, LFA is on the move. Using the 2003 and 2008 Strategic Plans as our compass, the Academy successfully completed its first comprehensive capital campaign in 2014, raising $68.8 million to fund school improvements and build the endowment. The resulting additions and enhancements to LFA’s facilities and program have been transformational.

The school’s dedication to four simple, but powerful, pillars of Character, Scholarship, Citizenship, and Responsibility has created a community, a climate, and a program that are inspiring. LFA students are motivated to take ownership of and pride in their role in maintaining a pluralistic environment.

Thoughtful, devoted, and passionate adults in the community encourage the students’ progress both academically and holistically, instilling a sense of shared humanity, helping them grow into kind, empathetic people.

With our 2014 Strategic Plan, Educating for Tomorrow: Developing Global Citizens, throughout the next 3-5 years LFA will build upon its strengths and advance the Mission’s four pillars. LFA is committed to continued improvement with a special emphasis on our students and the pursuit of excellence.

PROMISE LFA develops global citizens through unique educational experiences within a diverse and caring community.

THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE CREATE INSPIRED GLOBAL CITIZENS n Provide an individualized curriculum and emphasize a global

academic experience n Maximize educational growth and college placement results n Provide mastery of innovative academic technologies n Improve faculty professional development and performance n Improve student-life experiences and facilities

THE MULTICULTURAL INITIATIVE IMMERSE STUDENTS IN A CULTURE OF INCLUSION n

Increase student recruitment from new and diverse domestic and international markets

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Embrace diversity and pluralism through new programs and activities

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Measure and improve LFA’s commitment to multiculturalism and global pluralism

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Recruit and retain a faculty and staff whose diversity reflects the composition of the student body

THE MARKETING INITIATIVE ENHANCE THE REPUTATION AND AWARENESS OF LFA n Enhance the LFA brand,

improve communications,

and revitalize the LFA

website n Increase alumni

involvement

and connection to LFA n Track LFA graduate

experience and success n Increase satisfaction of all

LFA stakeholders

THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH INITIATIVE ENSURE THE LONGTERM STRENGTH OF THE SCHOOL n Increase the LFA

Endowment by: l establishing new student scholarships and faculty chairs l increasing participation in LFA’s Richards & Tremain

Planned Giving Society l maximizing annual non-tuition revenue n Increase and sustain

alumni participation in

annual giving n Fund and build a new

student union and

dining facility n Control expenditures to

ensure the value of every

dollar spent

2014 STRATEGIC PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE

2014-15 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Tommy Clarke ’14 Charlie Cooper ’96 Donna Curran Emily Sammon Curtis ’91 Jenny Emery Miriam Fraga ’14 Brian Gamache Carolyn Gorowski Gloria Harper Michele Marsh Ihlanfeldt ’89 Jeff Keller ’87 Julie Kennedy Stephanie Ramirez Krych Paul Makovec Adam Schlipmann Phil Schwartz Nat Small John Strudwick Chris Tennyson Richard Zhao ’04

Mr. J. Michael Schell ’65 (Chair) Ms. Gloria W. Harper (Vice Chair) Mrs. Sandra F. Boles (Secretary) Mr. Christopher E. Freeburg ’90 (Treasurer)

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Mr. Zaid I. S. Abdul-Aleem ’90 Dr. Makola M. Abdullah ’86 Mrs. Sylvia Barros ’90 Dr. Kenny Bozorgi Mr. Jim C. Cowart ’69 Dr. Rachel E. Goshgarian ’93 Mr. William J. Hayes Mr. Maurice L. Holmes ’83 Mrs. Michele Marsh Ihlanfeldt ’89 Mr. Ned Jessen Mr. Gregory K. Jones Mr. Jeffrey B. Keller ’87 Mr. Rumi Kuli ’93 Mr. Michael P. Leonard ’66 Mr. Ben Malek ’91 Mr. John S. Marlatt ’65 Ms. Katherine Gray Pollock ’70 Mrs. Anne N. Reyes Mr. Mark S. Simonian ’77 Dr. Regina E. Spellers Sims ’85 Mr. John A Walton Mr. Richard L. Zhao ’04