Calvary Christian High School is committed to providing a Christian education for the next generation of leaders and beyond. In order to provide this environment we strive to hire gifted teachers who love their calling, their students and their God. We also desire to provide a permanent home for Calvary Christian High School.

To realize this large vision, the School Board, in partnership with the generous support of people, foundations and corporations who believe in a Christian education, has adopted a five year strategic operating plan that will reach, maintain and exceed all of its six major initiatives.

These initiatives are:

I. Maintaining Christ at the center of all that we do

A. Establish appropriate board policies that we do not stray from the Biblical foundations that have guided CCHS since our inception in 2001.
B. Provide professional development funds for faculty to continue to grow in their understanding and communication of Biblical principles in their teaching.
C. Commit resources for personnel who will pray, strategize and lead specific efforts to strengthen the spiritual formation of our students.
D. Continue to develop a student leadership culture where all students are "called out" to take leadership roles in serving God, the CCHS community and the world around them.

II. Enable the faculty to be "scholar mentors"

A. Provide increased funding to allow faculty to develop professionally through graduate studies, professional conferences, participation in curriculum development in special projects.
B. Provide compensation for faculty and staff that approximates that of similar independent schools and comparable Christian schools based on a career ladder model.
C. Provide adequate financial support to be able to continue to recruit outstanding faculty members and to provide adequate levels of staffing to support an excellent program.

III. Raising the bar in our educational programs

A. Obtain and maintain full accreditation with ACSI, and WASC.
B. Continue to strengthen all curriculum areas in order to achieve all student outcomes and increase the number of students prepared for the high school AP test and / or college dual credit courses through careful articulation of core learning goals, scope and sequence and learning units.
C. Continue our commitment to academic diversity within a college preparatory framework by providing a range of academic support services for students.
D. Providing increased funding for strengthening programs in he performing arts, athletics, and extra curricular clubs.

IV. Providing excellent educational facilities and technology

A. Secure excellence in facilities through campus-wide renovations or through the purchase of new property and facilities.
B. Secure additional and improved athletic fields and gymnasiums for athletic use.
C. Convert all existing technology systems to a Windows-based networked operating system.
D. Provide laptops and wireless access throughout the campus.
E. Enhance the science labs.

V. Improving marketing, community relations, diversity and enrollment

A. Continue to strengthen marketing efforts to increase awareness of Christian education and Calvary Christian High School.
B. Maintain or improve denominational diversity in the school community through understanding the concerns of all Monterey County Churches and by funding the Church Scholarship Fund.
C. Provide increased financial assistance to maintain or improve socioeconomic diversity.
D. Increase enrollment, in spite of increased competition from home-schooling, charter schools and distance learning programs.
E. Strengthen alumni connections and support through increased alumni programs.

IV. Providing a secure financial base for future generations

A. Implement a five year tuition plan that allows for tuition increases of 5%
B. Conduct a successful capital campaign to raise funds for our own facilities, increased Annual Fund income and a strong Scholarship Fund.
C. Provide fiscal stability by building an adequate level of operating fund reserves.
D. Pursue investment strategies that protect endowment principal, but provide adequate annual returns and growth in principal.

2007-2008 CCHS School Board