Spring 2010 Potomac Term - Potomac School

Our work on the new Strategic Plan began last year with the development
of the document Preparing for Exemplary Lives: Defining
Excellence at The Potomac School, which describes the foundations of
our educational mission. This year we are taking that work forward,
focusing on four broad areas. These include:
Academic Distinction
Moving beyond excellence, we will strive for a leadership role in the
independent school community. That includes an ongoing pursuit of
student learning and achievement at the highest levels, academic programming,
and faculty and staff development.
Connecting our Community
We will strive to create deeper partnerships among the members of
our broader Potomac community to enable us to even more successfully
come together around common purpose and strengthen the sense
of belonging and inclusion. Modeling our foundational values, we seek to attract students and families who embrace
a wide spectrum of ideas as well as represent different cultures and races.
Exemplary Lives
We will examine ways to develop the character, leadership and scholarship habits that prepare us to lead exemplary
lives. That includes balance within our lives, making healthy choices and a commitment to service and citizenship.
Sustainability
We will examine our fiscal responsibilities (endowment, revenue and advancement); the stewardship of our facilities
and campus; and how we can continue growing while preserving what is most extraordinary and best in our
Potomac School culture.
These are areas that reflect our deepest values and aspirations for our School.
We have invited all members of our community to participate in this ongoing
process, including faculty and staff, parents, alumni, the wider community and
the students. Committees are working to create goals and measurable objectives
in each of the four areas, based on input from the community, including a
School-wide survey, parent meetings and other opportunities to participate. We
expect to complete this strategic plan by the end of June, which will focus on how
best to advance the School and its mission forward over the next several years.
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