PLANNING
FOR A BOLD
FUTURE On a recent morning, The Pike School faculty and staff gathered to ponder an unusual question: If The Pike School was being transplanted to Mars, what five things (e.g., ideas, values, people, items) would they insist on sending along? The range of answers was both extensive and varied. For every group that elected a beloved peer to go, there were others who were sending ideas and values while others focused on items as diverse as the nature trail, the library, and even the recycling bins.
The Pike School is not going to Mars. But we are embarking on a trip, one that is very real and important. The destination? The future — and a strategic vision that will ensure student learning and outcomes remain at the heart of what we do even as the world our children are inheriting becomes increasingly complex and uncertain.
