I. Academic Excellence

Completed

  • Adjusted teacher pay scale 
  • Increased retirement % and timing
  • Introduced incentive for Google certifications
  • Added AP classes
  • Increased # of AP classes allowed
  • Opened grade viewing
  • Added Ed Tech Coach
  • Added High School Principal
  • Introduced "We Climb" platform for teacher evaluation
  • Began college fair recruiting
  • Completed 1:1 distribution
  • Replaced Terra Nova with Iowa Assessments for 6th-8th grades; PSAT 8/9 for 9th and PSAT for 10th-11th grades
  • Introduced French National Honor Society
  • Provided all teachers with laptops
  • All classrooms have projectors and Apple TVs
  • Received Common Sense School Designation
  • Obtained 3 units for teacher housing
  • Provided office space for lactation
  • Created one-portal viewing
  • Established Spanish National Honor Society
  • Reviewed English department curriculum with consultant
  • ASL-3 is UC-approved
  • 100% online learning implemented

Ongoing

  • Recruiting at Christian colleges
  • Using Carney Sandoe hiring firm
  • Funding professional development 
  • Full-time IT staff
  • Teacher observations with immediate feedback
  • Teacher training
  • New teacher onboarding
  • Releasing teachers who don’t grow after coaching
  • Grading practices that uphold high expectations
  • Updating scope and sequence
  • Vertical alignment by department
  • Aligning courses to learning standards
  • Training for supervisors
  • Evaluating AP classes for relevance
  • Use grade, survey and test data to identify growth areas
  • National testing for French and Spanish students

In Process

  • School Information System (SIS) Investigation
  • Add STEM classes
  • Addition of Project Lead the Way for Engineering partnership
  • Providing childcare room in Bldg B
  • ASL will meet UC requirements with addition of ASL 3 in 2019-2020
  • Use of 7 Star online curriculum
  • 6 Yr Accreditation renewal
  • Implement Centralized platform for daily instructional plans
  • Research and implement best practices for teacher / Admin recruiting and hiring
  • Examine communications methods/strategies to provide a more balanced workload
  • Implement selective concepts from Challenge Success

Future

  • Create a Technology Master Plan
  • Introduce TKA STEM certification for students
  • Investigate new schedule to increase instructional time
  • Investigate higher level ACSI accreditation
  • National Blue Ribbon to achieve recognition as an excellent school
  • Certification for Apple Distinguished School
  • Add instructional coach
  • Introduce classroom configurations that reflect modern learning spaces
  • Investigate Mandarin National Honor Society
II. Relational Ministry & Servant Leadership

Completed

  • Increased number of local service trips
  • Restructured Spiritual Life department to have all full-time personnel
  • Introduced “Projects with Principals”
  • Introduced new 12th grade Bible class
  • Changed chapel time and added Home Group after chapel
  • Modified senior survey 
  • Implemented alumni survey

Ongoing

  • Retreats
  • Service trips
  • Chapels
  • Lunches out
  • Training in relational ministry during teacher work week
  • Relational ministry component at each staff meeting
  • Principals & Curriculum Director mentoring new staff
  • Screening for Relational Ministry during every interview
  • Big Sister – Little Sister club
  • Shadowing of hundreds of prospective students
  • Service trip expansion
In Process
  • Creating infrastructure for coordinating service initiatives
  • Evaluating assessment tool for student spiritual formation

Future

  • Introduce personality/styles assessment in new staff training
  • Introduce a new student friendship program (mentoring)
  • Introduce staff self-evaluation on Relational Ministry
  • Compose Relational Ministry document
  • Big Brother - Little Brother club
III. Learning Differences

Completed

  • Hired assistant in Academic Support Services
  • Hired full-time test monitor
  • Expanded Academic Support Center classroom and testing space in new D-wing
  • Split administration between Jr. High & High School

Ongoing

  • Making specific accommodations for LD (learning difference) students, e.g. longer testing in quiet space
  • All LD files are screened by ACS
  • Incoming LD families sign LD contract
  • Outside testing required of prospective LD students
  • Pre-screening protocol before testing
  • Percent of LD students reviewed at each grade level meeting and admissions meetings

In Process

  • None

Future

  • LD training for teachers
IV. Broad Demographics

Completed

  • Funded Endowment for financial aid

Ongoing

  • Evaluating curriculum to ensure cultural sensitivity
  • Marketing materials reflect our diversity
  • Evaluate and track spiritual maturity during admissions screening
  • Collect data on socio-economic mix of new families

In Process

  • Fundraising for Endowment
V. Facilities

Completed

  • Renegotiated lease to 25 years with 10 year out clause
  • Obtained B, D & F buildings
  • Renovated teacher’s workroom
  • Created new teacher’s lounge
  • Added new staff bathroom
  • Recarpeted W Building
  • Gave facelift to both girls’ and boys' locker rooms 
  • Installed Sunnyvale HS sundial and landscaping
  • Beautified Boardroom 
  • Built 6 tennis courts and shed
  • Cleaned up outback; added gazebos
  • Added new turf field and softball outfield
  • Added new intercom system
  • Improved theater with all new: A/C, seating, carpets, exterior painting, interior painting
  • Installed new scoreboard in gym
  • Rebuilt and resurfaced theater stage
  • Installed solar panels over parking lots
  • Investigated feasibility of swimming pool
  • Completed high-level design and cost for new buildings
  • Rebuilt IT Firewall & Switches and added Servers
  • Obtained two containers for remote Tecate storage
  • Created better locker storage for big items
  • Remodeled BDF wings
  • Renovated art room
  • Relocated and remodeled Engineering & Robotics Room

Ongoing

  • Five-year carpet and painting plan
  • Painting
  • Stained ceiling tile replacement
  • FUHSD Facilities Manager participates in monthly Facilities meetings

In Process

  • A & E wing bathroom facelift
  • Theater aisle lighting

Future

  • A, C, E Wing HVAC and Sound
  • M-wing improvements
  • New Science building
  • New STEAM building
  • New gym and locker rooms
  • VPA storage/workshop
  • Turf baseball field
  • New theater lighting
  • Sound system in gym
  • Live stream capabilities in W
VI. Advancement

Completed

  • Hired High School Principal to free up Head of School (HOS) time for fundraising
  • Created development calendar for “asks”
  • Implemented "Giving Tuesday"
  • Created brochure for Knights Annual Fund
  • Set specific goals for participation
  • Completed feasibility study for new buildings
  • Installed Sunnyvale HS commemorative bench and sundial
  • Hired part-time CFO
  • Created Endowment Fund

Ongoing

  • Tuition assistance
  • Sunnyvale High reunion games
  • HOS meets with FUHSD leadership regularly
  • Knights Annual Fundraiser each fall
  • Building database of alumni
  • Project with Principals
  • Investigation of teacher housing options

In Process

  • Fundraising for new buildings
  • Grant for 3D printers

Future

  • Financial software upgrade
  • New building campaign
  • Annual report on fundraising