With a clearly defined sense of justice, rooted in Catholic social teaching, and an emphasis on ensuring a diverse cross-section of students, faculty, staff, and board leadership for years to come, we aim to:

• Fully fund our merit scholarships and need-based financial aid
• Develop a sustainable long-range plan for all-boys Jesuit, Catholic education
• Actively pursue opportunities to recruit and retain a talented, diverse staff
• Enhance formation programming for the greater Prep community that strengthens our Jeusuit Catholic identity
• Promote the Universal Apostolic Preferences promulgated by the Society of Jesus in all mission related retreat and service programs, academic curriculum, and community outreach within and outside of Fairfield Prep.

“The days of relying on Jesuits in the classroom to embody Prep's mission have long passed. I am deeply moved to see that mission centered in Prep's strategic plan and to know that we will nevertheless form men in the Jesuit tradition for years to come.”

At Fairfield Prep, boys are taught by faculty who love what they do, and whose results speak for themselves: 99% of our graduates are annually accepted to the nation’s top colleges and universities. More importantly, they leave Prep well prepared to succeed. It is our responsibility to the dedicated faculty of Fairfield Prep and our boys to invest back in them and their development through:

• Relevant and accessible professional development programming that provides continuous feedback and evaluation, with targeted programming for veteran faculty to continue Ignatian formation and continue to hone best practices for innovative technology and pedagogy in the classroom.
• Assessing and redesigning the signature Jesuit Educators Academy to include faculty, staff, and administrators in formation. 
• Ensure a fair, competitive compensation structures that support excellence, effectiveness, and strong commitment to Jesuit mission and identity inside and outside of the office and classroom.
• Providing Ignatian formation opportunities for coaches and moderators who, while not full-time employees of Fairfield Prep, exercise decisive, formative influence on our students.
• Determine leadership development pathways for evolving talent, and expand discernment and reflection opportunities for adult faculty, staff, and administrators.

“Our faculty members are the key to the student experience. They provide the conditions of context, experience, action, reflection, and evaluation in classrooms that form our student’s development and way of thinking critically. As our world changes and our students grow, we must ensure that we are providing our faculty with the most current pedagogical training so they can continue to offer our students the very best in the classroom.”

“You will find your education here over these next four years goes beyond the accumulation of knowledge. Here at Prep, you’ll find the deep Jesuit commitment to the development of character. It will penetrate past any assignment or grade into a joy of learning and a way of living. Cura Personalis. Not just care of the mind, but of the soul. And one day, you will have the chance to stand in front of your teachers, look out, and say, ‘thank you.”

Core to our Jesuit, Catholic tradition, Fairfield Prep strives to help young men grow in their faith and understand of the teachings of the Church, and to learn to put their faith into action in the service of others. As we continue working to form our students in the Ignatian tradition, we seek to:  

• Explore an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of the social justice curriculum and implementation of our service requirement, so students may see the lived connection between justice and service. 
• Regularly evaluate our Ignatian formation, service, and retreat programs, ensuring all students wishing a retreat or immersion experience have an opportunity to participate.
• Establish gathering spaces that allow for the entire Prep community to gather for worship and important community events. 
• Develop an Ignatian leadership curriculum for adult and student leaders that is rooted in the Jesuit, Catholic principles: reflection and service in action. 
• Strategically review all athletic, co-curricular, and student activity offerings, with the goal of growing opportunities and broadening student life engagement.

“Attention to the development of the whole person is a hallmark of Jesuit education. Our service and retreat programs help students make the connection between faith and action, discerning how the Spirit of Christ calls us to live in the world.”

Our approach to rigorous academic, spiritual, moral, and physical development is foundational and distinctive for 14-to-18-year-old boys. To ensure students’ academic success and wellness support, Prep plans to: 

• Evaluate academic offerings that continue to be college preparatory, while also expanding programs and positions in support of learning difference and specific academic supports 
• Create a deeper culture of mental and spiritual wellness through an expansion of our social work and wellness programs
• Develop a strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis approach to holistically assessing the academic and wellness needs for all students, while also implementing continual evaluation and review of academic support and wellness programs
• Establish a research-based, professional development program for faculty that integrates academic supports, differentiated instructional models, and Ignatian programming for self-regulation, reflection, and student growth.

“Our Jesuit Mission begins in the classroom. It is the common experience that all our boys share. Therefore, we must provide outstanding state of the art instruction and expect our boys to grow academically because of a rigorous curriculum and thoughtful instruction. Expanding Academic Success and Support is vitally important as it helps support our boys so that they can engage with the curriculum, overcome the academic challenges they may face and thrive.”

Our talented alumni greatly enrich the school and the experience of today’s students. We’re committed to exploring ways in which Prep’s vibrant alumni might come back to campus not only to share their talents with current students, but also to enjoy the Prep of today. Through this lens, we hope to:

• Explore comprehensive integration of alumni into school life.
• Study the longitudinal success of our graduates and better understand their work as men for others post-graduation.
• Evaluate and implement post-graduate Ignatian formation, including the development of Alumni Ignatian Ministry and formation opportunities mirroring those provided to students.
• Expand the SEED (Students for Educational Excellence through Diversity) alumni network.

“My Jesuit education gave me the tools to engage with the real world, in all the messy nuance that entails, based on a deep foundation of honest introspection and outward love for my fellow men and women.”