NEWS


at the synapse between pioneer exploration and the dawning of the Industrial Age, and it has emerged as a leading independent school in the midst of the Information Age. Last year, we embarked as a community on a


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journey to define our vision, led by a group of community stakeholders, the Vision Steering Committee, and guided by Ian Symmonds and Associates, a marketing strategy firm specializing in independent schools. Through “listening sessions” and community coffees, we met with more than 300 community members, gathering input and synthesizing what we learned into a cohesive vision for OES: Connecting people, ideas, and cultures to advance knowledge, create solutions, and enhance meaning. Some of you may wonder why we need a


Vision Quest: Articulating Our Aspirations As we became immersed in your feedback,


By Kathy Layendecker, Interim Head of School


regon Episcopal School has thrived and grown over its 140-year history, spanning three centuries. It was founded


Connecting people,


ideas, and


cultures to advance knowledge,


create solutions, and enhance meaning.


the relationships between students, parents, alumnae/i, faculty, and staff emerged as a focal point of what you value in the OES experience. Building on that strength, we developed a vision for the future OES that challenges us to extend relationship-based learning to equip students with 21st century skills, knowledge, and sensibilities. We want to develop students who are inquisitive, analytical, solution-oriented, collaborative, spiritually centered, globally aware, and interculturally adept. At the same time the vision


challenges us to exercise our citizenship by establishing connections with the broader community as individuals and as a school. We will continue to strengthen our existing partnerships and expand our collaborations with local,


national and global organizations With your help, we did a lot of introspection


Vision Statement when we have a clear Mission Statement. A mission and a vision serve different purposes: Our mission eloquently reminds us of our reason for being while our Vision is what we aspire to achieve.


this past school year. We’re now ready to take action and are currently developing a strategic plan geared toward achieving the vision. We look forward to sharing that strategic plan with you in the fall and moving forward with it as our guide.


More About OES on the Website: www.oes.edu The OES website has received a face-lift this


year and multimedia features have been added to make it more appealing to prospective students and their families. We hope you will take a look at www.oes.edu, where you can find the following new content:


• See videos, flipbooks of recent issues, and samples of student writing that illustrate the work described in the story about writing at OES in this issue at www.oes.edu/magazine


• See highlights of the 2009–10 school year in the archive of the weekly Aardvark newsletter at www.oes.edu/newsletter


• Interactive map of the campus lets you click on different buildings and learn what goes on there. See www.oes.edu/map


WWW.OES.EDU


• See photos from the past year at OES at gallery.me.com/oes_photos


• See welcome video that was sent to newly enrolled students at www.oestv.org


• See video about musical theater that was shown at the spring auction at www.oestv.org


• Coming this fall: more web videos, photo galleries, and upgraded social media sites.


You can also look at calendars of upcoming


events, order merchandise from the OES Gallery Store, or make a donation to the school.


• See the viewbook that OES sends out to prospective students at www.oes.edu/viewbook


NEW WEB CONTENT!


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