The Bridge Strategic Plan

All school Stakeholders were involved in all aspects of The Bridge, from conceptualization to the Plan On a Page. The HCES Strategic Planning Committee consisted of school administrators, school chaplain, parents, faculty and staff, and alumni. The Administrative Team, Faculty and Staff, Parents and Trustees participated in Core Values exercises facilitated by Christina Drouin. Each constituency also completed a survey tailored to their specific group and all had the opportunity to participate in Visioning Day. These events provided many interactive opportunities for stakeholders to participate and have a voice in The Bridge. Once the Plan On a Page was developed, the Bridge Builders (Administrators) went back to work developing initiatives to build The Bridge, creating goals and a timeline for construction. The Bridge Builders meet bi-monthly to review the status of the initiatives and to report on the work of the Initiative Owners (teachers and staff) who are driving the action steps.

Intended to be a fluid Strategic Plan, The Bridge was designed to be completed over a 5-year span with each year bringing a different set of initiatives to be implemented. Every initiative is categorized as Open, In Progress, Completed, Completed with Variance or Completed & Ongoing. Of the 32 Initiatives named in year 1, sixteen were listed as “completed and ongoing”, ten were “in progress”, two as “ongoing” and four as “open”. Year 2 Initiatives were examined and evaluated and categorized as well and now in year three of The Bridge, we continue to evaluate and implement initiatives. Our Bridge Builders have enjoyed the process of reviewing and updating initiatives as we go and the only challenge that has presented itself so far is that there seem to be so many good ideas, it can sometimes be difficult to prioritize and move one initiative over another.