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Visionary Education, Virtuous Leaders

Transformative Teaching, Learning, and Leading for the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Holy Child School at Rosemont's Strategic Plan

Holy Child School at Rosemont is blessed to have an extraordinary protagonist — our Foundress, Cornelia Connelly — as the ultimate leader in our school’s story that is still unfolding after 75 years of educational service to our community. As we chart the future of Holy Child School at Rosemont, we continue to learn from Cornelia’s life story and how it shaped her educational philosophy that is very much relevant to our mission today. 

Our Process

Beginning in May 2024, we embarked on a community-wide strategic visioning process in partnership with our educational consultant, Concentrics. Our shared goal was to create a bold, actionable strategic plan that would further propel, challenge, and ground our school in our Holy Child mission.

In support of this essential work, over 250 dedicated members of the greater Holy Child School at Rosemont community contributed their time, ideas, and inspiration through interviews, surveys, and meetings. This process affirmed that our current and former families, students, faculty and staff, alumni, and trustees share an unwavering commitment to our school and to our Holy Child mission.

Our strategic plan will serve as a roadmap to develop and strengthen our people, program, and place in order to provide transformative teaching, learning, and leading experiences to develop the whole child — mind, body, and spirit — in alignment with Cornelia Connelly's vision for education.

Our Strategic Plan Pillars

Read the strategies that provide us with purposeful and intentional direction by selecting each of the pillar titles below.

With Appreciation to Our Committees

Core Working Group

Composed of administrative and Board leadership, the Core Working Group was tasked with the overall governance of this process.

Tara Hayden Buchakjian ’97 P’26’27’29 — Alumna, Trustee, and Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
Sean Bergin P’23’25’27 — Trustee and Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
Judi Taylor P’14’16 — Chair of Board of Trustees
Kane Brenan P’16’18’23’25 — Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Steve Schreder P'13'15'18'23 — Board Chair-Elect
Brian McBride — Head of School
Megan Patzuk — Director of Finance and Operations
Kelsey Coogan — Director of Communications and Marketing
Mollie Miller '99 P'29'30'33 — Director of Curriculum and Learning, Middle Learning Specialist
Mark McConnon — Director of Middle School
Jackie Murphy — Lower School Faculty (Grade 2)

Holy Child School at Rosemont's Steering Committee

This committee represents a microcosm of our community: current families, students, faculty and staff, alumni, Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, and trustees. As an advisory group, the Steering Committee assisted with data analysis, priority shaping, and engagement of their constituent groups.

Jay Greytok '79
Catherine Elliott Travaglini '02
Joe McLaughlin '08
Claudia McHugh '18
Joe McFalls '98 P'34
Casey O'Rourke '01 P'33'35
Megan Nolen P'23'25'28'30
Jamila Ogle P'30
Kane Brenan P'16'18'23'25
Sean Bergin P'23'25'27

Tara Buchakjian '97 P'26'27'29
Judi Taylor P’14’16
Ann Rafferty P'91'95'98'01 GP'24'27
Agnes Gayhardt P'09'12'13'15
Sister Marcia Sichol
Sister Eileen McDevitt
Jessica Shorten P’25’26’27
Mollie Miller ’99 P’29’30’33
Christy Thomson P'27'30
Alexis Morsell P’23’23’25
Jenny Dziengelski P'36

Jackie Murphy
Tracy Gabor
Pat Walsh
Rita Smith P'06'08
Brian McBride 
Megan Trost P'22'24
Jeanne Marie Blair P'96'99'04
Kathy Barton P'19'20'24
Mark McConnon
Robin Beaver Haines
Kelsey Coogan

Megan Patzuk
Jill Gregori
Jenny Johnson P'29
Angelo Grecco P'28'31'33'36
Eilise Rouse P'20'24'26
Sarah Leonard '30
Ned Moore P'27'30'34
Mary Petroni '98 P'24'27
Erin Krezsl P'30
Lauren DeRitis P'30'31

How Can You Support Holy Child's Strategic Plan?

 

We want you to be part of our visionary Catholic education. Please reach out to our Office of Institutional Advancement to learn more about supporting the initiatives in this plan. Your gift today supports our students' growth and development as virtuous leaders.