Strategic Plan

As a school that recognizes, respects, and values the gifts of each individual and celebrates this diversity, Ancillae-Assumpta Academy commits to fostering the global competency of our students through collaboration.

• Preserve the Handmaid charism and values through global connections with other Handmaids and their ministries

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy offers an innovative, student-driven, transformative curriculum that emphasizes a global perspective and is aligned vertically and horizontally.

• Consistently review curriculum mapping (horizontal and vertical) to improve coherence and effectiveness, address redundancies, improve communication, encourage reflective practice, and align instruction with desired learning outcomes
• Emphasize transformative cross-disciplinary connections to maximize the incorporation of 21st Century skills
• Promote cultural competency and global awareness

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy provides innovative, student-driven, and transformative learning environments that promote personalization, collaboration, and creativity in the classroom.

• Create flexible classroom environments that best support the needs of students
• ​​​​​​​Create schedules with flexible blocks that allow students to explore relevant content without class period barriers

As a community that values educators and recognizes the critical role they play in facilitating a transformative learning environment, Ancillae-Assumpta Academy commits to providing the opportunities and resources that foster an innovative and engaged community.

• Foster educator directed learning
• Provide professional learning during school day
• Empower teachers in the decision-making process
• Build leadership capacity as part of succession planning

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy establishes and maintains long-term relationships with its key stakeholders.

• Engage alumni through social media
• Publish alumni e-Newsletter
• Establish alumni Class Captains to promote alumni participation
• Strengthen parent participation in Academy stewardship
• Strengthen Board member support and involvement in fundraising
• Expand donor cultivation practices and solicitation

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy develops and implements a clear strategy for fund-raising and friend-raising that builds the culture of giving at the Academy.

• Develop planned giving opportunities
• Continue to pursue and secure grant opportunities
• Strengthen plan to support the Annual Fund - immediate and sustaining needs - that will co-exist during capital campaign
• Complete the capital campaign, Engineering Our Future

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy grows the school’s mission through fiscal responsibility and sound financial management.

• Grow the endowment to support financial aid
• Support capital needs by strengthening support of the Annual
• Sustaining Fund and other fundraising

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy maintains full enrollment by attracting and retaining students who have the potential to thrive at the Academy.

• Use online admissions software to track trend data, financial aid data, and student data
• Survey families who were accepted and declined placement
• Increase communication regarding financial aid process
• Expand applicant pool with a focus on diversity
• Create enrollment and retention committees to ensure positive experiences for families, strengthen relationships, and analyze data
• Purposefully use social media as a platform for admissions

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy establishes a visual identity that conveys the mission and value of our school, improving recruitment of outstanding students and faculty, engaging alumni, and attracting external support.

• Continue to build brand awareness
• Incorporate more rigor into annual budget planning cycle
• Continue efforts to boost SEO website performance
• Ensure marketing net continues to reach more diverse families

Ancillae-Assumpta Academy provides the campus facilities necessary to enhance and elevate student learning in a safe, sustainable, and attractive environment, maintaining relevance and quality.

• Develop Facilities Committee that includes professionals with expertise in trades to inform structural and building needs for the future and establish maintenance schedule
• Conduct annual facilities audit and update deferred maintenance schedule
• Develop a Facilities/Campus Master Plan to clarify facility upgrades and enhancements that will further enrich the curriculum and support the school’s operational needs in an environmentally responsible manner
• Plan for renovation, maintenance, and sustainability for new Innovation Center
• Evaluate ways in which current spaces can be changed or enhanced to facilitate curricular needs