Strategic Plan

The board of directors is committed to the mission of St. Mary’s Ryken and to a governance and leadership model that is strategic, reflective and visionary. Our priorities are to:

• Align the board agenda yearly with the administrative agenda.
• Incorporate Middle States recommendations annually to the board and administrative agendas.
• Sustain high levels of leadership on the St. Mary’s Ryken Board of Directors.

The faculty and staff of St. Mary’s Ryken are committed to educating a new generation of leaders who are grounded in spiritual, ethical and moral formation and are empowered to achieve beyond their expectations.  As an administration, we will:

• Create a Faculty School Culture Committee that will embolden teaching excellence and holistic growth of faculty in the Xaverian way.
• Continue, through the New Faculty Induction Committee, to provide long-term peer mentoring opportunities to introduce new faculty to the expectations and culture of working in the St. Mary’s Ryken community.
• Ensure that all faculty, staff and coaches contribute to and support the school mission of St. Mary’s Ryken.
• Continue to provide competitive salaries and benefits.
• Enhance professional development opportunities to create a growth-oriented faculty culture.

St. Mary’s Ryken board of directors, administrators, faculty, staff and coaches are committed to fostering excellence for all student experiences.  They will:

• Support students’ individual success, personal growth and discovery of their own uniqueness with opportunities to engage in the wide variety of experiences offered at St. Mary’s Ryken and in the greater community.
• Create partnerships that foster collaborative relationships between St. Mary’s Ryken and leaders in local industry that mirror the innovative STEM/Project Lead the Way programs and refurbishment of Paschal Hall and the Donnie Williams Center.
• Prepare and sustain a health and wellness program in conjunction with the opening of the Donnie Williams Center that reflects the mission of St. Mary’s Ryken.
• Strengthen the presence of Campus Ministry in all aspects of student life.
• Enhance the college advising program by building stronger relationships with sophomore and junior parents, and strengthen connections with admission directors across the country to enhance knowledge about SMR.
• Explore the viability of schedule flexibility to serve differentiated learning styles.

The administration, faculty and staff are committed to advancing the mission of St. Mary’s Ryken by continuing to cultivate, build and sustain relationships with our alumni, the community, and elementary and middle schools in the tri-county area. They will:

• Align enrollment goals with the strategic financial plan and sustain continuous enrollment of mission-appropriate families.
• Promote outcomes and accomplishments of our graduates to help all constituents understand our core competitive identity as a Catholic high school in the Xaverian tradition.

As stewards of St. Mary’s Ryken High School, the board of directors and the administration are committed to caring for our resources. We will:

• Continue to foster financial strength and stability.
• Secure and continue to identify fundraising resources to fund the strategic plan goals.
• Explore the feasibility of growing enrollment.
• Update the campus master plan to maintain current buildings and provide competitive learning environments.
• Review the technology master plan.
• Expand the Summer Knights summer program to fully utilize the new Donnie Williams Center and the fine arts areas in Romuald Hall.