Media-Providence Friends School issued the following announcement on Oct. 28.
Dear Friends,
Last month, the MPFS Board of Trustees approved the new mission statement created by the Mission Statement Sprint Team, with input from the full MPFS faculty. Those on the team included a cross-section of constituents including staff, teachers, board members, meeting member, alum, as well as parents of both MPFS students and MPFS alum.
A goal of this update was to craft a statement that anyone in our community could relate to, reflect on throughout their MPFS journey, and easily recall! As valued members of our community, we wanted to share the process behind its creation.
The Sprint Team spent several weeks researching best practices in crafting a mission statement across industries, as well as within education, and then dove into feedback from family surveys, the recent Listening Campaign with Philadelphia Children’s Movement, and testimonials. In describing what makes an MPFS education unique, there were two phrases that were repeated, over and over again: those phrases were “welcoming community” and “diverse community.” Using the words of our own constituents as an anchor, our new mission statement began to take shape.
It was central to this work that the statement speaks to individuals across our many diverse constituencies: not simply to students or their families but also to staff, meeting members, trustees, and friends of the school who have all, in their own ways, chosen to be a part of and provide support for this school. Additionally, we wanted the mission to encapsulate the idea that all members of the MPFS community, regardless of role, are themselves students of Friends education, continually engaging in meaningful learning for a purposeful life alongside our student body.
We hope this new mission statement resonates with you and your relationship with MPFS, and we encourage you to take some time to reflect on these words.
Thank you,
Jon Hall, Head of School
MPFS Mission Statement Sprint Team
Pat Demiranda, trustee
Bruce Haines, trustee, member of Providence Meeting
Holly Hoffmann, MPFS parent, faculty member, member of Media Meeting
Cristina Perachio, MPFS Director of Marketing & Communications, alumna
Emily Richardson, MPFS faculty member, alumna
Meagan Watkins, MPFS parent, trustee
Original source can be found here.
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