Cultural Enrichment–Diversity

"Montgomery School recognizes that to prepare students for lives of purpose and positive impact in the 21st century, we must overtly address and embrace diversity and inclusiveness. Our students will be living, learning, and working in diverse and multicultural environments, and we must help them develop the respect for and openness to difference that these environments will increasingly require. To do this, we need to build a more diverse and multicultural community."

From Montgomery's 2009 Strategic Plan
The quotation above is the expression of one of the four guiding principles—Diversity & Inclusiveness—around which Montgomery's 2009 Strategic Plan is organized. Following are the four goals that were adopted by the Board of Trustees.

Goals

    1. Develop and integrate a global and multicultural curriculum to prepare our students to be engaged citizens in a multicultural world.   Our curriculum will include enhanced foreign language offerings; emphasize current events; and provide an understanding of the diverse history, traditions, and cultures of the world.
    2. Attract and retain a more diverse student body through aggressive use of such tools as outreach, marketing and financial aid.
    3. Attract and retain a more diverse faculty, staff, and Board of Trustees through candidate identification, recruitment and retention practices.
    4. Offer personal and professional development programs for all community members on the related topics of diversity, multiculturalism.

On 9/3/06 Montgomery's Board of Trustees published a statement of the School’s Cultural Enrichment Vision, which asserts the following: Montgomery School is committed to providing a culturally enriching environment that nurtures and celebrates the unique qualities and talents of each student while emphasizing respect, integrity, and inclusivity. The School believes that its community and curriculum should reflect our multicultural and diverse world providing us the opportunity to teach awareness, sensitivity, and the skill of appreciating differences. The School is dedicated to an open community where differences are welcome.

Community members who are interested in supporting these initiatives can join Kaleidoscope, a school community group, which meets regularly to advocate for the school and its commitment to diversity through admissions outreach, community support, and active conversation. Please contact Director of Admission and Financial Aid, Deb Goggins to join us in this important pursuit.