Saint Stephen’s Leadership
With a Board of Trustees made up of parents, grandparents, alumni and members of the local community, an experienced and innovative Head of School, and highly qualified teachers and staff, the students of Saint Stephen’s are surrounded on every side by people who care about them and truly desire to see them reach their full potential.
The Board’s primary responsibilities are to determine and guide the character, mission, and culture of the school; to establish overall policies for the school; to assure the financial stability of the school; and to cause the policies that the school adopts to be effectively implemented. In addition, the Board is responsible for developing and carrying out the school’s Strategic Plan.
The school’s 2011-2016 Strategic Plan goals embrace the vision of the future of Saint Stephen’s:
- Create Long Term Financial Stability
- increase total enrollment to our strategically identified optimal target
- develop a strategic tuition policy
- develop a culture of philanthropy
- build an Endowment which significantly reduces our dependency on tuition
- Build an academic reputation competitive with the top independent schools
- Maintain and enhance our student culture and value system of love of learning, respect, integrity, independence, self worth, physical health, spiritual awareness and responsible global citizenship
- Build upon and broaden the strengths of our global education program
- Strengthen the athletic program to engage the students and the school community, in a competitive program which is consistent with the school’s values and mission.
- Build a community of parental and alumni engagement, volunteerism and support
- Continue to attract and retain superior faculty and staff
- Use leadership in technology as a core educational competitive advantage to enhance learning and internal efficiency
