Mission & Vision

• Define, articulate, and become a leader in the work of global citizenship.
• Enhance and expand our service and experiential learning work in the Dayton community.

• Strengthen the health of the MVS community through a school-wide effort to better define, systematize, and commit to wellness.
• Increase meaningful interaction with students and families at all divisional levels in order to support the overall well-being of students and the community as a whole.
• Develop an intentional cross-divisional time-management and skills curriculum that promotes personal learning styles, develops good habits, manages workload, and builds resilience.
• Establish and implement an enhanced framework for interpersonal skill building and character development, consistent with the MVS core values.
• Elevate the role and importance of civil discourse within the MVS and the greater Dayton communities.

Establish MVS as a national model and leader in immersive learning.

Lead the nation by convening educators in professional dialogue that will enhance professional learning.

Deepen and further integrate the immersion method into all relevant aspects of the MVS educational experience.

Develop a document that articulates the portrait of a graduate, defining essential skills, traits, characteristics, and habits of mind students will possess upon graduation.

Develop new ways to demonstrate college readiness beyond the traditional transcript that include a reflection of immersive learning.

Explore the role of online learning as it relates to accomplishing the dual strategic objectives of engaging alumni and providing auxiliary income.

• Increase non-tuition forms of revenue through expanded summer programs, hybrid and online programs, community outreach and partnerships, and growing the endowment.
• Increase student enrollment through innovative strategies, enhanced messaging, marketing, retention, and accessing and sustaining a diverse student body while remaining true to our mission.
• Recruit, cultivate, and retain a diverse faculty through effective support systems, mentoring programs, and ongoing support.

Actively connect students’ interests with community needs.

Create greater opportunities for MVS students to innovate through programs and partnerships in the local and regional communities.

Collaborate with local schools through joint ventures. Develop relationships with local arts and education centers to enhance the learning experience.

Forge meaningful relationships and connections in the Dayton community through systematic involvement and cultivation of faculty, staff, administration, and board members to be active ambassadors on behalf of the school.