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STRATEGIC PLAN | 2017 2022
Dear Fordham Prep Community,
In the 175th year since the founding of Fordham Prep, the school
community, calling upon the guidance of the Holy Spirit, discerned,
debated and developed several new priorities for our future.
I am pleased to present the nal outcome of this work in Igniting
Our Mission: Strategic Plan, 2017-2022 which was approved by
the Board of Trustees on June 14, 2017.
e questions which guided our work were driven by a rigorous e ort
to stay true to the core values of our Catholic and Ignatian mission:
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e development of Catholic faith which asks critical questions, engages the world, and works
for justice and reconciliation;
• the promotion of human excellence;
• the care for the individual student in the totality of his gi s, and the opportunities for his growth;
• a commitment to advance the common good of society through the Jesuit apostolate of secondary,
college preparatory education.
I am especially pleased that these questions and dialogue engaged so many valued stakeholders and
members of our community: students, faculty, school leaders, current and past parents, trustees and
alumni. e quality of “Igniting Our Mission” testi es to their generosity and care throughout this
rigorous and respectful process.
No strategic plan is perfect. However, “Igniting Our Mission” is an important resource allowing us to
focus our vision and continue to revisit with integrity and discipline several priorities which will ful ll
our mission and purpose.
I am profoundly grateful to the Dra ing Committee and to each member of the Fordham Prep community
who contributed a question, a critical intervention, a proposal or suggestion to improve this plan. Even
though all of these may not be re ected fully in the nal product, your contribution to the dialogue
improved the process, and therefore the outcome of “Igniting Our Mission.” ank you for your generous
e ort on behalf of our students of today, and tomorrow. ey are the true bene ciaries of our work.
Finally, please join me in your prayers that “Igniting our Mission” and our progress toward these priorities
may be dedicated, as in all things, to God’s greater glory!
Sincerely yours,
Reverend Chistopher J. Devron, SJ
President
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