Creating a learning environment that builds these qualities in our students requires that we keep those four pillars at the center as we plan programming. 它还要求我们招聘和支持优秀的教师, continue to learn and grow as a teaching community, and continually refine our curriculum. 

We know our students will enter a world in which they will encounter both opportunities and challenges that none of us can yet imagine, and they will need to work collaboratively with all sorts of people in order to succeed in seizing those opportunities and developing creative solutions to those challenges. 我们就能给他们更多的经验去解决尚未解决的问题, to work in diverse teams, to take appropriate risks with confidence, to advocate for themselves and others, the better.

我们就越了解女孩发展的各个方面, 我们就越能成功地支持他们健康成长, independent, 强壮的年轻女性准备好踏入这个瞬息万变的世界.

We know our students benefit from being in the company of a wide variety of classmates who share their love of learning, are thoughtful and kind, 他们渴望学习和生活所提供的冒险. 澳门新葡新京官方有吸引这类学生的悠久传统. 我们对学生群体的多样性感到特别自豪. We like to say there is no one way to be at Ellis, 我们都从与与自己相似或不同的人交往中受益. 我们的学生来自匹兹堡大都会地区, and bring a rich variety of talents, interests, lived experiences, and personalities. 我们渴望更多的家庭和女孩了解澳门新葡新京官方, to explore our school and program, 成为这个充满活力和热情的学习社区的一员.

When we reflect on school climate at The Ellis School, 我们专注于我们的核心信念，围绕什么是最好的学生和家庭. One of those deeply held tenets is that children and adolescents learn and grow best when they feel welcome and known, and can be fully themselves.

Secondly, we know that students thrive when the adults connected to their learning—at school and at home—work in partnership to support and challenge them, 当家庭和老师之间有开放的沟通. 家庭最有信心参与这种伙伴关系，当他们, too, feel welcome and known at school, and when they have a rich understanding of the stages of development of their daughters and the underlying reasons behind the School’s curriculum and pedagogy. 

Another core principle at The Ellis School is the value of being a diverse and inclusive school community. Not only do we know our students benefit from learning in community with others who bring different perspectives and experiences, but—as a school founded in order to enhance the ability of women to access opportunities commensurate with men at a time when that was a rarity—we carry a fierce and long-held commitment to the importance of equity and justice in making the world a better place for all.

We are deeply proud of our recent successes in creating school and community-oriented initiatives around equity and justice, 我们努力成为这项工作中更有说服力的领导者.

我们有幸拥有一个美丽、温馨、历史悠久的校园, while still evolving to support our ever-growing understanding of the best ways to foster student learning and community connection.

我们特别兴奋的是，最近更新了我们最频繁使用和珍惜的空间, including our library and auditorium, 这两者都在我们的学生和家庭的经历中发挥着核心作用.  

我们未来与校园设施相关的优先事项是明确的. We are committed to putting our resources towards maintaining and creating physical spaces that optimize student growth and further our goal of being a welcoming and inclusive school community. Beautiful buildings and grounds are wonderful, but it is what happens in those spaces, and how those spaces help build community, that is foremost.

Any school would be remiss not to include a focus on the financial future of the school in a strategic plan. 我们非常感谢我们扩展的澳门新葡新京官方社区以各种方式支持学校, 我们非常认真地对待我们作为这种支持的管理者的角色. We are committed to developing clear and sustainable plans for the funding and operations of the School that will support our dynamic vision for the program and school community, 同时保证在可预见的未来有一个健康的财务状况.

我们的优先事项反映了我们在三个关键领域的承诺. First, 我们认为，继续吸引和留住优秀教师是至关重要的, as we know that it is the faculty who are at the core of the experience for our students—what happens in classrooms at Ellis every day, and the relationships between teachers and students, 是什么让澳门新葡新京官方成为100多年来最杰出的学校. Second, we are committed to developing tuition models that make it possible for a diverse and compelling range of families to be able to send their daughters to Ellis. Finally, we believe that building a strong culture of philanthropy among all our constituents is instrumental in strengthening the sense of connection and community among those who care about, and love, this life-changing school.