With a firm commitment to the Lasallian Core Principles, Christian Brothers High School will ensure that every student experiences a sense of belonging, a feeling of safety and support, development as a whole person and leader, growth as a global citizen, and service to others through quality co-curricular activities.
Main Objectives & Priorities
- Improve safety for students, faculty, staff, and visitors on campus.
- Continue to develop a robust wellness program that provides the entire CB community with specific tools, required training, growth opportunities, and dedicated regular school time to improve knowledge and support of mental and physical health.
- In the realms of DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging), athletics, and service learning, provide ongoing training for faculty, staff, and families; make regular dedicated school time available for students to learn about these domains; and offer opportunities for students and families to engage.
- Explore how the current schedule and calendar can include the professional development of teachers, staff, and academic counselors.
Action Items to Achieve Goal Six
Year One
- Review and assess campus safety protocols for faculty, staff, and students and develop a plan for improvement.
- Establish an annual emergency drill schedule.
- Formalize and train the Incident Command Team.
- Provide emergency response training (CPR, Stop the Bleed, and EpiPen®) to faculty and staff.
- Hire a second wellness counselor.
- Develop a virtual wellness center and wellness program.
- Conduct a wellness fair to provide resources and information to students.
- Provide weekly school-wide meditations and centering experiences to teach students healthy ways to manage stress.
- Provide animal-assisted therapy and form mindfulness-based stress management groups.
- Build work time into two Tuesday morning meetings to help alleviate teacher stress.
- Create and implement a sustainable wellness program for student-athletes to process and handle the pressures of school and sports.
- Review and assess student club charters.
- Develop and formalize the DEIB mission, purpose, and structure.
- Review the school dress code and develop a 5-year phase-in proposal for improvements.
Year Two
- Aid parents in establishing best practices for assisting student-athletes and create partnerships between parents and coaches.
- Carry out any student club improvements.
- Implement the DEIB mission, purpose, and structure improvements.
- Enact year one of the school uniform policy.
- Monitor and continue developing student wellness/challenge success programming related to academics, counseling, and athletics.
- Enact the year-one plan to improve safety on campus.
Year Three
- Monitor student club improvements.
- Monitor the DEIB mission, purpose, and structure improvements.
- Implement year two of the student uniform policy.
- Review and assess student wellness/challenge success programming.
- Monitor parent wellness/challenge success programming related to academics, counseling, and athletics.
- Monitor the plan to improve safety on campus.
Year Four
- Review and assess student club improvements.
- Review and evaluate the DEIB mission, purpose, and structure improvements.
- Implement year three of the student uniform policy.
- Review and evaluate parent wellness/challenge success programming.
- Review and assess the plan to improve student safety on campus.
Year Five
- Review and assess the new school uniform policy.