Important Survey

Dear Shorecrest Parents,

As you may know, Shorecrest is gearing up for our accreditation visit in the fall of 2011. At the same time, the Board of Trustees is engaging the community in a strategic planning process. A major part of this process involves a school-wide self-study through which we can identify goals to improve all aspects of our school. In order to most clearly identify those goals, we need your help.

On Friday, October 1, we will launch a set of opinion surveys with the assistance of an organization called AdvancED. All stakeholders in our community will be offered the opportunity to participate in online surveys that will provide a wealth of information to the self-study team and the Strategic Plan Committee that will be used to guide the goal-setting process. All students, grades three through twelve, will be taking the survey at school. The survey will also be made available to recent Shorecrest graduates. All administrators, faculty and staff will be participating in the survey. And importantly, there is a survey designed just for parents.

The parent survey will ask participants to gauge their satisfaction with all aspects of the Shorecrest experience, focusing on Shorecrest as a whole and as the Divisions in which you have children enrolled. You will have access to the survey via emails, from the online community, through teachers’ and administrators’ blogs, from E-Bytes and from the Shorecrest web site.

Please take the time to complete the survey when it opens and participate in this important process. We know you have many opinions—both about what we are doing well, and about opportunities for improvement. Let your voices be heard by taking the survey when the window opens October 1^st!

Thank you for your commitment to maintaining the quality of the Shorecrest education, and for engaging in the important process of our self-reflection.

Sincerely,

Michael A. Murphy Kenneth P. Slaby, Chair Jill S. Lemon, Chair

Headmaster Strategic Planning Committee Accreditation Committee