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 * A Bold New Direction:

The New Hampton School Strategic Plan adopted April 2007

STRATEGIC GOAL NUMBER ONE:

A Globally Relevant Curriculum**

Our Aim
New Hampton School will be known for a progressive, integrated, and globally relevant academic curriculum. Over the next five years we will develop courses and programs that will equip our students with necessary and fundamental skills to succeed in college and in the complex and interdependent world that awaits them.

The Challenge
Globalization and interconnectedness are profound influences in all fields of endeavor, and we will actively engage these forces to benefit our students.

New Hampton School will build upon current programs and relationships to create an academic environment that will foster connection to and a superior understanding and mastery of international issues.

We will reorient and expand our academic program to significantly increase global content and options.

Our Path To Success

 * Hire a global curriculum coordinator to develop more globally focused curricula. This will include integrating educational travel and cultural exchanges into the academic program; enhancing the arts with a global emphasis, and focusing on both experiential and interdisciplinary study throughout the curriculum.
 * Commence exchange programs with China, and offer Mandarin as a foreign language option. Relationships with Latin America, India, and other parts of the world will be explored and enhanced.
 * Adopt the International Baccalaureate program, through which NHS will join a worldwide community of schools offering rigorous courses that meet a common standard.
 * Emphasize sustainability, a unifying concept that speaks to all nations, as a key element of our initiative.
 * Provide outstanding student support through general and college advisement, counseling, and residential living programs. These foundations of our international program have long been a hallmark of a New Hampton School education.
 * Integrate the appropriate use of technology in all areas of academic life in support of our new international focus.