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A boarding and day school for boys in grades 6-9 Canaan, New Hampshire

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Strategic Plan

Cardigan Mountain School students and faculty arrive at the summit of Mount Cardigan

The Strategic Plan for Cardigan 2032

Cardigan’s strategic plan identifies four 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, with much of the first phase (2022-2025) dedicated to listening, learning, and planning for success both in the moment and the future. Most importantly, we are cognizant of our need to expand our fundraising 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.

The past ten years have been characterized by remarkable changes and challenges in our community, nation, and world. In the face of this reality, Cardigan remains committed to its mission and core values, even as we seek to embrace the changes in the world around us and the students we serve. Our world requires leaders who understand and respect differences, who know and love themselves, and who are equipped to find creative solutions to challenging problems.

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Action Area: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Build and support a safe, supportive, and diverse community that reflects the wider world in which our boys will live and lead.

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Action Area: Health, Wellness, and Support

Identify and implement initiatives and programs to support individual and community health and well- being.

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Action Area: Program and Curriculum

Review and enhance signature programming, expand student health curriculum, and develop methods for tracking and encouraging holistic student development.

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Action Area: Finance

Realize our goals for people and program by dramatically increasing endowment and reducing our reliance on tuition revenue.

Cardigan sixth grade teacher and two students practice stacking rocks while hiking in the white mountains

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Download the Complete Strategic Plan

You can download a PDF of the complete Strategic Plan for Cardigan 2032 by clicking the button below.

Download the Plan

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.