Head of School and Board of Governors Chair

Marking its 50th anniversary, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School (STS) has embraced a new strategic plan that honours a strong foundation of academic excellence, trailblazing innovation, and a vibrant and engaged community, while forging a courageous new path towards a flourishing school and community for years to come.

Flourish 2031 celebrates growth, renewal, and the beautiful natural environment we look to as our ‘third teacher’ at STS. Through this theme, we embrace our new mission statement: “A diverse community where students pursue lives of purpose and flourish emotionally, physically, and intellectually.”

With a nod to our School motto, Nil nisi optimum, or Nothing but our best, Flourish 2031 is a bold and ambitious ten-year plan. While future-focused, it also looks to our core and how we will continue STS’s legacy of developing good humans, thought-leaders, and global citizens above all else. The real-world learning experiences that have set the School apart will continue to be foundational and expanded in this strategic framework, embracing the opportunities that our campus, and the broader world, provide. We relish the prospect of affirming our commitment to excellence in education, embracing the global competencies our students need to be successful, and dwelling in unprecedented possibility.

Flourish 2031 is the result of a robust and comprehensive consultation and planning process led by our partner, Berlineaton. Maintaining the sustained commitment of many people was no easy task during a global pandemic, yet the creativity, passion, resilience, determination, and hope of our stakeholders did not waver. The result is an empowering roadmap for our School’s future, reflective of our collective community’s vision.

We look forward to working with all members of our STS community to bring the strategic vision outlined in Flourish 2031 to fruition. Together, we have the incredible opportunity to set the stage for STS’s next fifty years. It is an exciting time to be part of the Spartan family.