church farm school sp 2011

8/4/2019 Church Farm School SP 2011

1/8

CFS,The School at Church Farm

Sttgc Pl 2011


2/8

Dear Friends of CFS,

n January of 2010, the cFS Board of Direors appoined a ask fore wih he hare

o deveop a sraei pan for he Shoo and is immediae fuure. n February 2010

ha ask fore bean usin wo primary oos o insure a onsiuenies of he Shoo

ommuniy woud be invoved: rs, a series of eeroni surveys was sen o eah Shoo

onsiueny (fauy/sa, sudens, parens, aumni, and Board of Direors) and, seond,

a workin rerea invovin seeed members of eah onsiueny was hed a Shoo

in pri 2010. Faiiaed by an ouside onsuan, pariipans a he rerea reviewed

resus of he surveys and skehed ou possibe responses. he onusion o he

rerea, he onsuan summarized ndins in a repor and oered a series of wrien

reommendaions he ask fore onsidered a is May 2010 meein.

By June of 2010, he ask fore had oeed a body of informaion from whih i oud

draw direion and idenify prinipa poins of ineres, eadin onerns, and riia issues

voied by he ommuniy. Over a series of subsequen meeins, his resoure heped he

ask fore disi, ariuae, and prioriize

severa major oas i beieves he Shoo

shoud pursue as mos beneia o he

Shoos fuure and around whih aion

seps and ime ines oud be deveoped.

n January 2011, he ask fore ompeed

is work and submied his pan o he cFS

Board of Direors, who approved i in is

urren form.

cerainy, here are many areas of ineres any insiuion mih address in and hrouh

a sraei pan, ye for he sake of ariy and fous suh a pan an ony hihih a few

imporan objeives a a ime. the objeives in his doumen have been idenied by

he ask fore as ruia o cFS a his momen in he Shoos hisory. they wi be furher

rened ino aionabe seps and imeines wih subsequen and reuar moniorin

oered under he uidane and eadership of cFS adminisraion and Board ommiees.

ssenia o his pan is he disinive quaiy of our foundin vision and he mission hahas on served boys of abiiy and promise who have souh he kind of opporuniy a

rea Shoo ike cFS provides. the onsisen and enerous uiion underwriin ha cFS

has hisoriay provided famiies wih ie nania means is unique and worhy of every

eor o mainain in he fuure. throuhou is deiberaions, he ask fore spoke o he

remendous dediaion he vas majoriy of persons in our ommuniy have o see ha his

nobe purpose oninues o be fued in a modern onex. Whie he mission saemen

may nd a dieren ieraion from ime o ime, he ask fore arms and eebraes

CFSThe School at Church Farm

2011 Board of Directors

Mark T. Carroll,

Chairman and President

Stephen A. Loney 97,Secretary

Richard H. Gherst II,Treasurer

The Rev. Edmund K. Sherrill II,

Head of School

Samuel H. Ballam, III

Rt. Rev. Charles Bennison, Jr.

Gregory W. Coleman

Samuel B. Cupp, Jr.

Stephen Darby

Kermit S. Eck

Sally N. Graham

John Pickering

Robert G. Rogers, Jr.

Cannie C. Shafer

James Tate 52

Jacques Vauclain


3/8

he hisori vision cFS has pursued in servin a porion of soiey ha oherwise mih be

overooked and underserved in independen shooin.

round his enra purpose are oher oas seekin o promoe he very bes in a we-rounded

eduaiona oerin wihin our aademi, residenia, ahei and exra-urriuar prorams. We

are rs and foremos an aademi insiuion, ye we ive and earn oeher on a wonderfuampus and wihin a rih and diverse ommuniy. We aknowede and eebrae boh he

ommuniy we have beome and ampus we oupy as dynami asses we wish o suessfuy,

openy, and oaboraivey enae as we nurure and raise boys for he 21s enury. We

undersand ha hey an do so bes in a muipiiy of ways ha we wish o oninue

exporin, inudin reaer aenion o experienia earnin ouside he forma was of a

assroom. Where and whenever possibe, we seek o promoe and srenhen he eadership,

responsibiiy, and wiinness o serve ha cFS raduaes wi arry wih hem ino he word.

Finay, and faihfuy, we oninue o seek and invie gods bessin on our oninuin work and

opporuniy o serve his mission here in our beauifu orner of reaion.

the everend dmund K. Sherri Mr. Mark t. carro

Head o School CFS Board o Directors, Chair

CFS Strategic Planning Task Force

Bart Bronk 96, Director o Admission

Mark Carroll P 00, 01, Board o Directors

Todd Elliott 80

Heather Farrell, Faculty

Dick Gherst, Board o Directors

Carol Houck,Administrative Staf

Pamela Long P 11

Ken Rodgers P 09, 10, Director o Academic Afairs

Cannie Shafer, Board o Directors

Ned Sherrill, Head o School

Chuck Watterson, Director o Residential Lie


4/8

1

2

Be uniquely diverse and

nancially accessible

CFS has changed since its ounding in student

composition, yet has remained constant in terms

o mission outreach. We afrm the wonderully

diverse community we have become and look

to strengthen this unique and compelling assetin an increasing global community o cultural

exchange and learning. We afrm our unique

nancial model, building upon this heritage, that

has met the needs o othersparticularly those

boys who or lack o nancial means might not

have the educational opportunity CFS provides.

Restate and arm the Schools mission

duae boys of abiiy and promise in

rades 7-12

Mainain a ommimen o he

underserved boy eain sine-paren househods as a

primary are

nude famiies abe o aord paria

uiion eves

ow for some perenae of fu pay

sudens

denify and mainain an appropriae

baane of day sudens

Recruit and nurture a community that is

ethnically, racially, and socially diverse

Hire, develop, and retain a highly qualied

aculty and staf

Ensure that the Board o Directors

has an appropriate mix o experience,

commitment, and resources to advance

the school over the next ten years

CFS is a boarding school intending to provide a

sae, secure, and enriching learning environment

in which all members o the community have a

responsible role in the learning that takes place

both in and outside o the classroom. We look or

that learning to be meaningul, engaging, and

available within the best practices o 21st century

learning initiatives and the communities withinwhich we will grow.

Build 21st century learning experiences

in and outside the classroom

Srenhen he urriuum, pariuary in

siene, ehnooy and mah

xamine renemens and aernaives o

he urren aademi shedue

nourae reaer opporuniies for

inernships

Develop curricular oferings in

environmental awareness and

sustainability

Examine classroom acilities and needs to

accommodate 21st century goals

consoidae he ne ars proram wihin

exisin sruures

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Sttgc Pl 2011

Goals

Provide a college preparatory,experiential education within

a residential community


5/8

34

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Evaluate, rene and strengthen the

advisor program according to NAIS best

practices

Require and support regular proessional

development programs or aculty

Enhance the residential aspects o the

CFS experience

Mere he aademi and oae

fauies

Pan for on-ampus housin suiabe for

fauy famiies

ene he residenia urriuum o

aumen non-aademi earnin

enovae or repae exisin oaesand buid new ones where neessary

Dives o-ampus housin in an ordery

manner

Continue traditional ocus on athletics

or tness, leadership and teamwork

Foster a collaborative and

open culture

In the inormation age and a rapidly changingglobal culture, CFS desires to involve all members

o the school community in understanding,

developing, and promoting its educational

mission and nancial model. We desire that

all associated with us and our program will be

prooundly proud and passionate about the

School and its mission.

Expand opportunities or all

constituencies to be aware o and provide

input to the decision-making process

Develop better systems or regular

communications and knowledge sharing

Employ best practices or collaborative

learning across disciplines

Encourage greater school pride and

bonding through rituals, special projects

and tradition sharing


6/8

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Inspire spirituality and a

commitment to service and

sustainability

True to its roots in the Episcopal Church and

contemporary character, CFS seeks to remainhospitable to a diversity o thought over the

most proound questions o imagination and

experience. Maintaining a robust spiritual

program that places the needs o others

alongside i not ahead o sel-interest will provide

any community member vital intellectual

resources and moral strength to address seen

and unoreseen challenges. Environmental

sustainability and the ethics o our responsibility

to the natural resources o our campus and the

planet are essential to our program.

Enhance the chapel program and

common worship

Deveop reaive prorams ha expore

human meanin and purpose, ehis and

mora vaues, and he rea reiions of he

word

mbrae a mui-faih perspeive wihin a

chrisian/pisopa sein

Expand and promote community

service and related work

Dene he shoos ommimen o serviein raduaion or annua requiremens

Increase our commitment to

environmental sustainability

Pursue he mos eien enery

manaemen and prouremen sysems

Make onservaion/reyin/enery

manaemen par of he everyday ife of

he ommuniy

Expand our nancial resources

to perpetuate the mission

We celebrate the many blessings provided by

our current endowment or they are unique and

wonderul. We aim to repay our great debt to pastgenerations by doing our part today to assure

the vitality o this resource and its growth so that

the promise o our mission might be continually

ullled in changing and challenging economic

circumstances.

Assure that all constituencies

understand and support our great mission

and history o giving

Revive our culture o asking and giving

nhane he annua fund wih he Board of

Direors in a eadership roe

xpand suppor from aumni, parens,

fauy and sa

Deveop and impemen pans for major

ifs and panned ivin

Achieve and maintain an efective

endowment spending policy

Prepare or a capital campaign to increase

endowment and improve our academic,

residential and athletic acilities

Explore opportunities to use our acilities

to increase revenue and improve

community relations

Expand our public relations and external

communications prole

Manage the school enrollment or the

most ecient use o acilities and staf

commensurate with the mission and our

nancial capacity


7/8

While the mission statement may nd a dierent iteration from time

to time, the task force arms and celebrates the historic vision CFS

has pursued in serving a portion of society that otherwise might be

overlooked and underserved in independent schooling.


8/8

CFSThe School at Church Farm

1001 as linon Hihway, xon, P 19341

610.363.7500

www.gocfs.net

church farm school sp 2011

Documents