Strategic Plan 2025-2030
The Avery Coonley School was founded with a profound purpose: to empower learners to become critical thinkers and independent, lifelong learners. With the launch of our Strategic Plan, we proudly reaffirm this commitment, ensuring that our mission to educate gifted learners continues to thrive and inspire.
Purpose of the Plan
Our 2025-2030 Strategic Plan serves as a living guide, anchoring us in who we are while charting a bold path forward. It ensures that our decisions remain mission-aligned, helping us to stay grounded, adaptable, and accountable in a rapidly changing world.
Our plan centers around four goals: Innovate Our Curriculum, Nurture Our Community, Amplify Our Impact, and Invest in Our Future. These themes reflect our aspirations as a school community—to celebrate and nurture our unique identity, to foster an inclusive environment where every member feels a sense of belonging, and to remain at the forefront of innovation in education. Each goal is supported by actionable priorities and initiatives that balance inspiration with long-term sustainability.
Together, we will bring these priorities to life, ensuring that ACS remains a place where gifted learners are empowered to achieve extraordinary outcomes.
Empower our gifted students to thrive in an increasingly complex world through curricular opportunities that promote curiosity, creativity, collaboration, critical and analytical thinking, and a love of lifelong learning.
Establish a culture of inclusion, wellness, and engagement that enhances community, inspires confidence and compassion, and prepares students to become future leaders.
Strengthen our reputation and broaden our impact by articulating Avery Coonley’s mission to serve gifted children, showcasing the achievements of our students and alumni, and collaborating with our alumni to optimize the student experience.
Commit to the school’s long-term viability through infrastructure enhancement, philanthropic outreach, and more diversified programming and revenue streams.
Process Behind the Plan
School Visits Across the Country (East Coast, West Coast, Midwest)
Pages of Data Reviewed