Strategic Plan
Guiding Our Legacy | 2023-2025
Statement of Impact
Ursuline Academy honors the unique, God-given talents of every young woman and works to assure that each student, feeling the acceptance and support of a loving community, grows to see herself as a strong and competent contributor
to her world.
Priorities
INCREASING
ENROLLMENT
MAINTAINING
AFFORDABILITY
COLLEGE
EXPLORATION/GUIDANCE
GREATER DIVERSITY IN THE
ACADEMY COMMUNITY
Opportunities for Impact
A Thriving and Energized Ursuline Community
- Understand and improve the satisfaction level of our key stakeholders
- Prioritize Ursuline’s focus
on diversity and inclusivity for co-workers, students, and families - Increase parent awareness and engagement in the Ursuline experience
- Enrich and expand alumnae engagement
- Attract and retain talented and dedicated co-workers
Opening Minds to a
Lifetime of Growth
and Learning
- Ensure academic excellence and growth specific to each student’s unique talents and needs
- Build cultural competency over the course of a student’s time at Ursuline
- Integrate peace and justice into each student’s relationship with God, self, and others
- Provide each student with the resources to determine her unique path to continued achievement of goals after graduation from Ursuline
Securing Ursuline’s
Next 175 Years
- Cultivate a strong community that understands the importance of philanthropy to yield increased support for the Mission of the Academy
- Refresh and energize the
Ursuline story - Meet the needs of Ursuline students through facility enhancement, adequate financial aid and enriching the student experience
- Achieve and retain full enrollment comprised of girls that reflect our Mission and core beliefs
Mission Statement
Ursuline Academy of St. Louis, founded in 1848 and under the sponsorship of the Ursuline Sisters, is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory high school for young women. In a community environment built on standards of academic excellence and respect for the uniqueness of each person, Ursuline Academy educates students for Christian living and leadership in a global society, nurtures the development of the whole person and her potential, and cultivates within its students a spirit of lifelong service through its motto of Serviam, “I will serve.”