Schools rely on strategic plans to help them achieve their goals, meet the needs of their community, and set long-term goals for the future. Our community shaped our last strategic plan in 2017–2018, and while we made some wonderful progress toward our plan goals, the pandemic required us to shift our efforts and refocus mid-course. Having the framework of our strategic plan allowed us to adapt to our unexpected challenges quite successfully, and EMS was one of the few schools to remain open full-time. Yet the world significantly changed during the pandemic, and a new strategic plan will help us address the needs of the present and craft a unified vision for our upcoming centennial — and beyond!
Upcoming: Countdown to Visioning Day
As we look ahead, we invite our community members to participate in a key moment in our strategic planning process: Visioning Day on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Participants from across the community will collaborate and brainstorm throughout activities designed to help us envision the future of EMS and the goals necessary to get there. We look forward to your continued engagement!
News
Dec. 9, 2024
Thank you to our current families, faculty, staff, and administrators, our alumni, and our parents of alumni who completed our communitywide survey, which closed last week. We are in the process of reviewing the results and look forward to sharing our insights as our strategic planning progresses.
Nov. 26, 2024
We were thrilled to see the great turnout of community members at our eighth annual State of the School address on Nov. 22. During the event, Head of School Marek Beck, Ph.D., shared updates on all aspects of community life as well as our vision for the future of EMS, including key insights from our strategic planning process. Attendees also heard from students across all three divisions, who highlighted aspects of their learning. For those who were unable to attend, a recording will be available in early December.
Oct. 10, 2024
Last week, we welcomed our partners from Crane + Peters to campus to tour our facilities, visit classrooms, and engage in insightful conversations with many members of our community. In the coming weeks, C+P will synthesize their findings and collaborate closely with school leadership to develop the next steps in our journey together.
Oct. 2, 2024
Crane + Peters, the strategic planning and communications firm helping us map out the development of our next strategic plan, will be on campus on Monday, Oct. 7, and Tuesday, Oct. 8, to conduct focus groups. Thank you to all who will be participating! We look forward to engaging the full community in our next planning step when our survey launches in November.
Past Communications
To learn more about our strategic planning process, please review the communications we’ve shared with our community:
- Looking to Our Centennial and Beyond (Aug. 22, 2024)
- Next Steps in Strategic Planning (Sept. 12, 2024)
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