Purpose & Belonging
Goal 4: A Community of Purpose and Belonging: Latin will foster an environment where each community member finds a sense of purpose and belonging.
Rationale
All students deserve to attend school in an environment where they can reach their full potential without sacrificing their well-being and sense of identity. As members of the Latin community, we all play a vital role in creating a positive campus climate where each person feels connected, experiences joy, and is optimistic about the future. Our ability to attract, retain, and support a diverse community of families and employees requires a consistent investment in ongoing learning opportunities, programming, and metrics that enable the school to measure progress.
Strategic Initiatives
4.1 Growing and Learning Together - Latin will clearly articulate expectations for students, employees, and parents that support and build diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) awareness, skills, and best practices in each area of school life.
4.2 Accountability and Reporting - Latin will develop a dashboard to track key DEIB metrics over time. These metrics, which include both qualitative and quantitative measures of progress, will be used to set and modify goals, determine professional development, programming, and community education needs, and to create layers of support that enable Latin to honor its commitment to an inclusive community.
4.3 Latin will dedicate resources to student transition and success initiatives that increase retention rates and a sense of belonging for historically underrepresented and new-to-independent school students.
4.4 Guided by our commitment to civility and respect for oneself and others, Latin will create opportunities to engage in critical conversations about challenges affecting our world and to build the skills needed to design solutions to address complex issues.