A few weeks ago, we shared with you an update about the significance of where we are as a school. As the world and our community evolve, we look out from the strategic crossroads of our journey and see tremendous opportunities. Guiding us on this journey is our school mission: the ideas, beliefs, and values that unite us as students, teachers, parents, alumni, and community members. We've been making important, incremental progress at our three distinct yet interconnected campuses, united by a shared mission. It is my pleasure to share that mission with you now.
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MISSIONMoravian Academy’s mission empowers us to become limitless learners as we discover new ideas and create new self-expressions. We do more than check boxes; we celebrate the unique potential of every individual. Our path to academic excellence harnesses the teachable moments of both success and failure, as we explore the complexities of our world with curiosity, confidence, and compassion. Our commitment to courageous conversations means that we actively learn from and support the different identities we embody, we respect each other’s views, and we lead with head and heart. Immersed in an environment of love and understanding, our students answer the questions: Who am I and who can I become?
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This mission, crafted with the input from our community over the last nine months, is an expression of who we are. It captures the essence of what connects us. It positions us to rise to the contemporary challenges of the current moment while respecting the Moravian and Swain history of the past. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, who shepherded our mission from one generation to the next, I want to thank the many people who provided insight through surveys and focus groups, especially the task force of trustees and faculty who worked so hard to make our mission one that we can all stand behind with pride.
It is important to know that our mission is a living document. Designed to encapsulate who we are today, it also leaves space for growth as a collective and as individual campuses with specific cultures and programs. The values and ideas represented here will remain firmly at the core of our work, but the words of the mission statement itself may change in the future as we learn more through our identity and strategy work.
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Our VisionMoravian Academy seeks to be the premier school destination for students, families, and educators by combining student-centered methods for teaching, time-tested values for character and community, and the experiences to empower every student to thrive as a lifelong learner, critical thinker, and global citizen. In pursuit of this vision, we make four commitments: to innovation, to inclusion, to relationships, and to excellence.
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Portraits at Swain, Downtown, and
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If you refer to the strategic building blocks graphic below, this work corresponds to the third tier: philosophy and practices. Once we’ve completed the community portraits, we will begin the work of creating signature programs that align with the identity of each campus and support our shared mission. |
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