Goals
1: Foster a faith-based education with a diversified curriculum that promotes academic excellence and supports students for life beyond high school.
2: Ensure that the most qualified staff are attracted, developed and retained.

Objectives
1. Explore ways to provide and promote practical, trade-based educational opportunities through internal resources, programming and partnerships with other organizations. IN PROGRESS
2. Focus on incorporating life skills throughout curricular and extracurricular offerings. IN PROGRESS
3. Educate students and parents about Advanced Placement (AP) and dual credit opportunities, and evaluate all post-secondary credit options. IN PROGRESS
4. Enhance professional development opportunities for faculty and staff in subject area knowledge, general teaching development and coaching.
5. Investigate competitive compensation to help ensure attraction and retention of faculty and staff.

Goal
Create a culture of investing time, talent and treasure, while educating the Notre Dame family about the resources needed to support and maximize the educational needs and faith journey of students.

Objectives
1. Clearly identify and communicate the purpose and value of the NDHS Education Fund Foundation. IN PROGRESS
2. Evaluate the capacity, prioritize the need, and assess the effectiveness of volunteers on an ongoing basis.
3. Engage recent graduates with opportunities to stay connected. IN PROGRESS
4. Design and execute a comprehensive development plan that includes planned giving, led by an appropriately staffed advancement team. IN PROGRESS
5. Establish a communication plan that enhances the accessibility of information both internally and externally. IN PROGRESS

Goal
Actively engage the whole Notre Dame community to foster an authentic life of faith, centered on Christ in the Eucharist.

Objectives
1. Encourage students to participate in and grow their faith by relating the Catholic teachings to current social issues.
2. Train the lay faculty and staff to effectively engage with students in an authentic manner regarding the understanding of Church teachings, with the desire to add professed religious to the staff.
3. Explore ways to partner with parents to enhance the faith lives of their families.
4. Develop an approach to integrate the retreat experience into the daily lives of students.

Goal
Be the school of choice for families wanting a transformational Catholic education experience that prepares students for both college and life.

Objectives
1. Design a comprehensive enrollment management plan that is led by a director of admissions. IN PROGRESS
2. Proactively promote the Notre Dame mission and brand, with meaningful communications and personal engagement, to Pre-K through eighth grade families and schools throughout the region. IN PROGRESS
3. Increase marketing and accessibility of available tuition assistance options. IN PROGRESS

Goal
Properly maintain and develop a safe, attractive and welcoming campus to support the learning environment and Catholic mission for generations to come.

Objectives
1. Improve Notre Dame Drive by evaluating options for a secondary entrance and collaborating with authorities on the Route K intersection. IN PROGRESS
2. Develop a five-year master facilities plan with funding needs integrated into the school budget.
3. Perform an annual technology audit to assess current and future needs. IN PROGRESS
4. Conduct routine safety assessments to identify vulnerable areas, and communicate findings and resolutions to parents and the community. IN PROGRESS

Goal
Establish and implement a transparent and sustainable long-term strategy to ensure the viability of the school’s financial model.

Objectives
1. Develop a rolling ten-year financial plan to encompass the current and future budgetary ambitions.
2. Assess the viability of the Bingo program and explore alternative means of fundraising. IN PROGRESS
3. Evaluate the sustainability of the current tuition model while investigating alternative means of funding. IN PROGRESS
4. Develop an effective communication plan to raise awareness of all aspects of the school’s financial needs.

Goal
Create a structure in which the administration, school board and Diocese collaborate in the decision-making process for long range planning and policymaking.

Objectives
1. Regularly review the school board bylaws, at least every five years.
2. Develop an annual plan for reviewing long-range goals.
3. Create an open dialogue with area clergy to actively involve them in the school board process.
4. Clearly define the school board member roles and responsibilities, and provide communications to the school community regarding board roles and major agenda items. IN PROGRESS
5. Develop a formal school board recruitment process that provides opportunities for all parishioners to be involved.

Goal
Infuse a faith-based formation that encourages holistic growth in every student.

Objectives
1. Create a pro-active and faith-based wellness program with specific tools to support mental health.
2. Communicate counselor roles and qualifications to the Notre Dame community. IN PROGRESS
3. Collaboratively review the student handbook to create better awareness and understanding, strengthen consistent enforcement and develop accountability.
4. Establish clear criteria for creating and sustaining club organizations to increase student participation, promote excellence and decrease moderator fatigue.
5. Explore the addition of an agriculture program. IN PROGRESS