Holy Child EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN OF CONSCIENCE AND ACTION 2225 WESTCHESTER AVENUE RYE, NY 10580
STRATEGIC PLAN
ornelia Connelly’s educational legacy is a powerful foundation for Holy Child. Her bold approach to teaching and learning in the 19th century was the bellwether (or groundbreaker) of the modern educational practices that define a Holy Child education today. Rooted in the Catholic faith, we value each individual girl, promote joy and kindness, and encourage our girls and faculty to find innovative ways to “meet the wants of the age.”
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Holy Child is at an exciting juncture in its history and we are well positioned to sustain our positive momentum. We are building on the work of Cornelia Connelly, and the members of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, who have made the present and future of our beloved school possible. With this legacy in mind, we have developed a strategic plan that consists of six overarching goals. They align with our core purpose—to provide a transformative education to each one of our girls on a daily basis.
MISSION AND IDENTITY
THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP
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Holy Child will advance our mission to educate young women of “conscience and action” and see our shared identity as our greatest source of strength. We are a small, Catholic, independent school for girls in grades 5 to 12 where each girl is known, supported, and encouraged to honor the ways her spiritual, emotional, and physical wellness supports her intellectual and moral development.
Holy Child will set the standard for girls’ education by challenging each student to push her intellectual boundaries, shape emerging interests into life-long passions, and apply her creativity, spirituality, and compassion to the world’s greatest problems. We aim for each girl to develop the confidence to tackle challenges with optimism, knowing she has the knowledge and grit to persevere.
Holy Child’s faculty takes seriously the impact our actions and our words have on the education of our students, so we will model the characteristics we know they need to develop, including collaboration, motivation, vulnerability, and flexibility.
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL ADVANCEMENT STRATEGY
CAMPUS REVITALIZATION
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With the immediate and long-term needs of our students and faculty at its core, Holy Child’s institutional advancement plan will support the recruitment and retention of exceptional students, an effective fundraising program, and a comprehensive communications strategy that advances the mission and identity of the School.
With Holy Child’s educational mission as a guidepost, the School’s financial strategy will meet our immediate needs while ensuring ongoing financial stability through strategic management of revenue, cost and capital investment, and the growth of endowment funds.
Holy Child will ensure that the School’s campus supports our mission to “meet the wants of the age” by providing an optimal learning environment for our students and faculty that both preserves our history and supports our expanding academic, spiritual, athletic, and wellness programming.
As any effective Strategic Plan is a living and breathing document, the specific action steps associated with each of these goals may be revised as needed. Strategic thinking in education today is ever-changing and we will always be reflecting to improve the quality of the education we offer our girls at Holy Child. To see the most up-to-date reflection of our community’s shared vision, go to www.holychildrye.org/support-hc/publications pport-hc/publications.