Campaign Goals

In 2016, the Board of Trustees of Cathedral School for Boys launched an ambitious strategic planning process.

Over the course of a year, a Committee, composed of Board members, staff, alumni, and parents, engaged in a course of study that centered on one essential question: How do we provide the finest educational experience for boys anywhere?

The work consisted of interviews, parent forums, school visits, surveys, and a great deal of research and debate. What emerged was a plan, approved by the Board in 2017, that includes three overarching goals:

1. Maintain our leadership in boys’ education so that we prepare boys for success in high school and in an increasingly complicated world.
2. Foster a community that attracts and supports talented educators and remains accessible to all qualified students regardless of background.
3. Improve the use of learning space, both on campus and off, to support new educational approaches and better meet the needs of boys and teachers.

With these goals set, the School began the work of implementing them.

• Increased student diversity from 38% to 42%
• Developed the Community Scholars Program for low-middle income students to increase ethnic and racial diversity in our Upper School
• Implementation of the Co-Lead Teacher Model in Lower School
• Established the Forbes’ Master Teacher Chair
• Renovated the Upper School science suite
• Enhanced staff salaries and benefits to ensure that we attract, retain, and develop the finest professional staff
• Grew our endowment by almost 30%

While we've accomplished a lot in the past two years, there is still more to do to fully implement our Strategic Plan 2017-2022 (see below)—namely, the construction of additional classroom space and the renovation of existing classrooms. These projects will serve not only to provide better learning spaces for our students that reflect modern educational research and methods, but will also provide faculty with more resources and room to teach.

Renovation by the Numbers
Total new and renovated square footage 18,200 sq.ft.
Percentage of existing school building that will be renovated 57.2%
New Lower School (K-4) open-plan space 1,925 sq.ft.
New Upper School (5-8) learning commons 1,915 sq.ft.
New outside play space on the roof 1,710 sq.ft.
Modern science suite of 2 labs with shared storage 1,750 sq.ft.
Renovated classrooms for lower and upper school 7,200 sq.ft.
Size of green wall facing Sacramento Street 560 sq.ft.