Cultivating a Bright Future
Mother Seton School Strategic Plan 2024-2029
“Thank you to all who participated in the planning process and who continue to help our students become young men and women of great achievement and integrity. Together we will carry the educational tradition of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton well into the future.”
Principal Kathleen J. Kilty
“For more than 200 years, Mother Seton School has continued a strong legacy of Catholic education, continually evolving to meet the needs of today while upholding our founding mission of academic excellence and Christian service. We are pleased to present a plan for the next several years that reasserts our commitment to this mission.”
Board Chair Allen Shatzer
Board of Directors
Dan Hallinan, 2023 Chair Allen Shatzer, 2024 Chair Beatrice Reaver, Vice Chair Sister Jane Graves, D.C., Sponsored Works Coordinator
Barb Ruppert, Secretary
Patrick Joy, Treasurer
Wes Hamrick
Jane McKenzie
Kathleen Kilty, Ph.D., Principal
A PLAN TAKES SHAPE
Mother Seton School began a research-based strategic planning process in the fall of 2022.
The MSS Board of Directors and school administration chose Mount St. Mary’s University’s Center for Catholic School Excellence to lead the process. The center has worked with a wide range of K–12 Catholic schools.
Over the course of a year, the Mount team gathered information from MSS administrators, faculty, staff, board members and parents to identify the school’s strengths and needs. It worked with a Strategic Planning Task Force from MSS to develop goals and action steps.
The MSS board prioritized these goals to produce a five-year strategic plan that was approved by our sponsoring Daughters of Charity at the end of 2023. Work on many of the goals is well underway.
Our Mission
The mission of Mother Seton Catholic School, a vibrant, Christ-centered community, is to inspire students to strive for academic excellence and dedicate their lives to love and serve Christ in the tradition of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent de Paul.
Our Vision
Mother Seton School aims to continue the tradition of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton by providing a Christ-centered, academically excellent, affordable Pre-K 3 through grade 8 Catholic education to all who seek it.
Our Values
We cultivate a community of:
EXCELLENCE
by fostering an environment of academic excellence through quality teaching and high expectations for learning.
RESPECT
by treating every person as a child of God, through love, kindness and compassion.
SERVICE
by putting our Catholic faith into action.
Our Plan
All work on the strategic plan has been guided by Mother Seton School’s mission, vision and values. The plan rests on three pillars that spring from our mission.
PILLAR ONE
Inspire students to strive for academic excellence
Students must gain the academic skills they need for further learning and future careers. We will continue our excellent work in this area with strategic goals in curriculum and technology.
PILLAR TWO
Inspire students to love and serve Christ and their neighbor
Through strong faith and values, students will live as God calls them. Strategic goals in the area of mission and Catholic identity will ensure we continue to support this pillar of our plan.
PILLAR THREE
Ensure MSS can continue its mission into the future
To live out our mission, our school must remain financially and physically sound. We will ensure this through strategic goals in finance, governance, and marketing.
