Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan for Cardigan 2032
Cardigan’s strategic plan identifies three action areas that prioritize people and programs.
These priorities are important and interconnected, requiring a community-wide and multi-layered approach to achieve success. Our work will be conducted in three stages; Phase I (2022-2025) was dedicated to listening, learning, and planning for success both in the moment and the future. Phase II (2025-2028) includes specific goals to attract and retain leaders in middle school education, improve the campus community, and strengthen aspects of the curriculum unique to Cardigan. Most importantly, we are cognizant of our need to address advancement and endowment in order to meet our goals and thereby continue to be a school relevant and accessible to the “global society” central to our mission.
Mission
Cardigan Mountain School offers a close-knit community that prepares middle school boys – in mind, body, and spirit – for responsible and meaningful lives in a global society.
Vision
Our vision is to be an accessible and transformative learning community where boys are free to learn and play to their highest potential–living by shared values, guided by trusted leaders in education who challenge and support our boys through traditional and innovative programming.
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Action Area: People
Nurturing growth and elevating futures.
Action Area: Programs
Pioneering innovation and inspiration.
Action Area: Advancement
Small school, big impact.
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Cardigan is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), the Junior Boarding Schools Association (JBSA), and the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE). It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Cardigan Mountain School is an independent, private junior boarding and day school for boys in 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade in Canaan, New Hampshire.