Who We Are
This short phrase explains why the school exists and what it stives to accomplish.
What is our "Mission Statement"?
In this school's history of leadership, this is the number of our current Head of School, Miguel Gonzalez.
What is eighth?
A strong, collaborative partnership between the board and this individual helps promote a positive school culture, school stability, and long-term advancement.
What is the Head of School?
This body is responsible leading the full board through well-informed, responsible, and mission-aligned financial strategy and decision-making.
What is the Finance Committee?
The Sussex School Board is in the final stage of the accreditation process with the Northwest Association of Independent School. This makes us a ________ Member of the NWAIS.
What is Candidate?
This body is ultimately responsible for safeguarding the school’s mission.
What is the Sussex Board of Directors?
A sustainable practice, that Sussex School was first in the state of Montana to accomplish.
What are LEED certified school buildings?
Board members are expected to attend a minimum of ______ full board meetings each year, serve on at least ______ committee/s, and attend at least _____% of their committee meetings.
What is six, one, and 75%?
This is the school’s annual financial plan that outlines income and expenses.
What is the operating budget?
To fully back our strategic commitment to leadership in progressive education, the Board of Directors approved a 2024-25 budget that supported 44% increase, and a 2025-26 budget that supported an additional 54% increase in what line item of our overall operational budget?
What is staff professional development?
These are the three Sussex pillars of our progressive educational approach.
What is core curriculum, the arts, and the outdoors?
In 1974, Sussex officially established itself as a non-profit parent cooperative school, with this many students enrolled.
What is twenty?
Fundraising is an annual practice crucial for the operations and advancements of independent schools, and boards are key players in the efforts. One way we support fundraising is through an annual give in an amount that is this.
What is personally meaningful?
These funds are invested to support the school long-term, and are most often restricted to specific purposes.
What are endowments?
Last year's board hosted numerous community meetings and educational opportunities to increase parent awareness of their rights and responsibilities as Sussex School's legal _____________.
What are Members?
This established Sussex value inspires students to becoming caring participants in their locals and global communities.
What is Citizenship?
This is the year Sussex was awarded an “Excellence in Education” Award.
What is 1988?
The duty entrusted to the board to ensure the school is well manage, but not that we manage it is ourselves.
What is governance?
This is the third largest revenue source for Sussex School.
What are enrichment programs and summer camps?
Last year's Sussex Board clarified a philosophy and strategy for balancing these two organizational priorities, that helps ensure fair and equitable pay of all of our employees while simultaneously increasing the tuition assistance budget.
What are Tuition Affordability and Staff Compensation?
This progressive classroom practice best amplifies our mission to support students in becoming "confident, enthusiastic learners."
What is student-led learning?
This is the year Sussex a “Breaking the Mold” award from the US Dept. of Education.
What is 1991-92?
Board directors are expected to represent this, over personal interests and agendas.
What are the best interests of the entire school?
As part of our strategic plan for mission-aligned access and promoting DEI at Sussex School, the board's goal for 2025-2026 was to award this amount in tuition assistance.
What is 25-30%?
*We actually awarded 33.6%!
The Sussex Board is committed to financial _________, ensuring that the full community understands the reality of our budget, the rationale behind financial decisions, and the board's long-term strategies for financial health.
What is transparency?