D4+Strengths.Growth


 * Category D: Areas of Growth (Updated As of 10-12-2011) **
 * (Boldface indicates incorporation into ACTION STATEMENT) **

CATEGORY D: PRELIMINARY ACTION STATEMENT
 * Increase endowments in order to reduce the reliance on tuition moneys. **

__D1 Areas for Growth:__
 * 1) **Decrease reliance on increasing tuition to sustain programs by increasing enrollment **
 * 2) Opportunity to increase education for faculty and staff as it relates to resources of allocation and budget ( NOTE : This has been included within the consolidated ACTION STATEMENT for Category A)

__D2 Areas for Growth:__
 * 1) **Endowment growth, and a possible committee (Also in D5) **
 * 2) Investigate ways to get wider involvement from the constituents of the school (Also in D5 NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT above)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To inform faculty and staff more on what happens on committees and Board meetings <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This has been included within the consolidated ACTION STATEMENT for Category A)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__D3 Areas for Growth:__
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Collaboratively work on long-term planning for capital improvements to better anticipate large resource allocations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT above <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__D4 Areas for Growth:__
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Increase the recruitment of highly qualified students, by a) leveraging the use of technology and media to enhance our marketing strategy, b) leveraging the relationships with feeder school alumni teachers to enhance outreach efforts and c) enhance our community profile by showcasing our student's academic, athletic, artistic, spiritual and leadership skills/talents in an effort to attract like-minded students. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT above <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__D5 Areas forGrowth:__
 * 1) **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Endowment growth must be a focus of the school community <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Also in D2) **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Increase focus on individual major gifts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT above <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Increase in giving across constituent groups is needed in the coming years, with a focus on parent and alumni giving <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Also in D2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT above <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)

Area D4 Chart for Strengths and Areas of Growth


 * **Areas of Strength (a good thing)**
 * "what do we have. . . "** || **Areas of Growth (a thing we need)**
 * "what do we need. . . "** ||
 * * effective use of communications tools across all publications
 * Inclusive admissions interviews for perspective students
 * Beginning stages of a branding strategy
 * Steady increase of applications for admissions
 * Ongoing recruitment of a diverse international student program
 * Increase in tuition assistance || * Ongoing recruitment of highly qualified students
 * Feeder school alumni teachers helping market the school
 * Support school outreach
 * Additional relational activities
 * Updating the website making it easier to navigate and find information
 * Use of technology especially in creating videos to market the school
 * More academic and social programs to develop well rounded students ||