Our Vision for the Future

List of 3 items.

• Visioning Process

  St. Andrew’s undertook a collaborative process to refine, reaffirm, and clarify our vision for the future. Drawing upon a future expressed in our 2011 Vision Narrative, our 2016 Strategic Objectives, and our Forward Saints campaign, the visioning process unfolded over the course of the fall and winter of the 2018-19 school year with opportunities for all constituents to share their vision for St. Andrew’s with Head of School Tom Sheppard. This process culminated with St. Andrew’s Visioning Day on January 26, 2019. The Vision Statement was the ratified by the Board of Trustees on February 21, 2019.
  
  Constituents were asked to consider the following questions as they considered the future of St. Andrew's:

  
  

  • What is the most compelling aspect of St. Andrew's that resonates with you emotionally?
  • If family and school are the two biggest influencers on children's development, what is the most important contribution St. Andrew’s can make to a student's development by the time they reach middle school? What is the most important contribution by the time they graduate?
  • At 71 years, St. Andrew's is the oldest independent school in Mississippi, but in school years we are actually quite young – perhaps we are a young adult, still growing and developing. Over the next 3-5 years, how will we grow in a way that leaves you feeling we are developing appropriately?

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  The following Visioning Sessions were held with constituents groups to articulate and collect our visions for the future.
  
  

  Board of Trustees

  Through several board gatherings and a dedicated visioning session in the fall, as well as in individual meetings, Head of School Tom Sheppard had the opportunity to listen to the vision for St. Andrew’s from the board of trustees.
  

  • December 6: Board of trustees visioning session

  
  Parent Coffees

  Thanks to the generous support of our St. Andrew’s Parents’ Association, all parents were invited to parent coffees to share their visions for St. Andrew’s.

  • August 23, 2018 – 1st and 2nd grade parents
  • August 28, 2018 – 3rd and 4th grade parents
  • August 29, 2018 – Early childhood parents
  • September 5, 2018 – 5th and 6th grade parents
  • September 6, 2018 – 7th and 8th grade parents
  • September 24, 2018 – Upper school parents

  
  Student Listening Lunches

  Listening Lunches with upper school student leaders focused on a variety of topics central to their educational experiences so that students could share their visions for St. Andrew’s with Head of School Tom Sheppard.
  

  • October 29, 2018
  • November 5, 2018
  • November 26, 2018

  
  Alumni Listening Opportunities

  Head of School Tom Sheppard created several opportunities for alumni to share their visions for St. Andrew’s. In addition, Mr. Sheppard met with alumni individually both in the greater Jackson area and across the country during the course of his travels this fall.
  

  • September 24, 2018 
  • December 22, 2018

  
  

  Faculty and Administrators

  Over the course of two separate sessions the faculty and administrators provided important feedback about their experiences at St. Andrew’s as well as their hopes for St. Andrew’s in the years ahead.

  • October 9, 2018
  • November 7, 2018

  
  St. Andrew's Visioning Day – January 26, 2019
  Over 200 Saints representing all constituents – students, parents, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and parents of graduates – met to articulate their shared vision for St. Andrew's. The Vision Writing Committee then took collected the Vision Statements of 17 different groups to formulate a single vision for St. Andrew's Episcopal School in 2021.

• Visioning Day

  The Saints community came together for St. Andrew’s Visioning Day – the culminating step in our months-long visioning process. Thanks to the dedicated work of scores of people representing every constituency of our school – students, parents, teachers, administrators, alumni, and trustees – a proposed Vision Statement was drafted by the Vision Writing Committee and was ratified by the board of trustees at its February meeting.

• Vision Writing Committee

  Vision Writing Committee
  
  Mr. Tim Alford 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Head of Middle School
  Vanderbilt University - Peabody School - MA
  Harvard School of Theology - MA
  University of the South - BA
  
  Mrs. Julia Chadwick 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Head of Upper School
  Jackson State University - MEd
  Belhaven College - BA
  
  Mr. DeWayne Cupples 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Director of Athletics
  Mississippi College - MEd
  Mississippi State University - BS
  
  Mr. Colin Dunnigan 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Director of College Counseling
  Head Middle School Lacrosse Coach
  Western Carolina University - MSA
  Austin College - BA
  
  Mrs. Stephanie Garriga 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Director of Institutional Advancement
  University of Arizona - BA
  
  Mr. Jason Greener 92
  Stribling Equipment, Inc
  University of Mississippi
  
  Dr. Chris Harth 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Provost
  University of Pennsylvania - PhD
  University of Pennsylvania - MA
  Hobart College - BA
  
  Mr. Kevin Lewis 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Associate Head of School, Chief Financial Officer
  Vanderbilt University - MEd
  Mississippi State University - MPA
  Mississippi State University - BACC
  
  Mrs. Judy Menist 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  1st Grade Classroom Teacher
  Mississippi State University - EdS
  William Carey College - MEd
  Mississippi College - BS
  
  Mrs. Corissa Newburger 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  7th Grade History Teacher
  Assistant Girls Soccer Coach
  Millsaps College - BA
  
  Mr. Jay Philpott 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Director of Admission and Financial Aid
  University of Memphis - MS
  Presbyterian College - BA
  
  Mr. Ravi Raju '88
  Chairman of the Board of Trustees
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Davidson College – BA
  
  Mr. Tom Sheppard 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Head of School
  Lehigh University - MEd
  Washington and Lee University - BA
  
  Mrs. Seetha Srinivasan 
  University Press of Mississippi
  Editor
  
  Mrs. Vangela Wade 
  The Wade Law Firm
  Partner
  
  Mrs. Dawn Wilson 
  St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  Head of Lower School
  Clark University - MA
  Clark University - BA