Why do we send our children to St. Anne’s-Belfield School?


Tis question, posed at a Parents’ Association meeting this past spring, gets to the heart of the 2011 strategic planning process. Its answers provided the starting point for our deliberations about the school’s future; they also defined clearly what will not change about St. Anne’s- Belfield School in the next five years and beyond. Among the most common responses to this question were:


• Te close relationships between child and teacher • Te quality of the academic experience • Te intimacy of our school community • Te respect colleges have for our school and our students • Our commitment to building character and nurturing the spirit • Our dedication to community service


With these answers as its springboard, this Strategic Plan is designed to enhance what we already hold dear about St. Anne’s-Belfield School. It seeks to replace neither our philosophy nor our core val- ues, but instead aims to improve how effectively we adhere to them.


At the time of our last Strategic Plan, written in 2003, St. Anne’s- Belfield School required a significant investment in capital proj-


ects. Today, with a growing endowment, a new Pre-School through Eighth Grade Learning Village, and a renovated Greenway Rise Campus, those needs have largely been met. In 2011, the focus of our new Strategic Plan shiſts from buildings and endowment to people and community. Tis Plan is driven by high aspirations for what we teach and how we interact. With record enrollment and admission activity, as well as state-of-the-art facilities, we are now in a position to consider how bold improvements to our academic program and our community life will add St. Anne’s-Belfield to the list of the nation’s finest independent schools.


Strategic planning is a fluid pro- cess. In the coming months and years this Plan will continue to evolve. Te first step, which will emerge from discussions among the Head of School, faculty and administration, will be to develop specific methods for implementing the broad goals outlined here. In addition, the


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2011-2016 Strategic Plan


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