At the heart of our strategic plan is our mission to provide a bilingual, multicultural and financially accessible Catholic education that is transformative for the whole child. Our agenda for 2024-2031 is ambitious, but our efforts are bolstered by our interactions with the children each day and our steadfast faith in the power of a Christ-centered education.
Our Five Objectives
1. Risen Christ will meet the academic needs of all learners.
Risen Christ is the only Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis without a preschool program. With over 70% of our students identified as English Language Learners, this represents a critical need we must address, while continuously improving our dual immersion program.
2. Risen Christ will maintain a vibrant school culture that supports families.
Fostering the engagement and leadership of families lies at the heart of this objective, as we aim to partner more closely with parents in the education of their children. This also includes the addition of more enrichment opportunities and extracurricular programming such as academic electives, clubs, athletics, field trips and more.
3. Risen Christ will recruit, support, train and retain high-quality faculty and staff.
Risen Christ has placed a significant focus on teacher recruitment and retention over the past few years and we desire to make more progress in this essential area that directly impacts student academic outcomes. Increasing compensation, instructional support, educational advancement and professional development will help Risen Christ combat the national teacher shortage.
4. Risen Christ’s finances and operations will be efficient, sustainable, and reflect the school’s bilingual and biliterate identity.
We would not be here today without the support of countless individuals, foundations, parishes, volunteers, alumni and other friends of the school. We will invite our community of supporters to join us in building an operating cash reserve to boost our financial sustainability in the near term, and launching a capital campaign to fund the major strategies of our strategic plan.
5. Risen Christ’s facility will meet the current and anticipated needs of the school.
Our campus provides a mix of challenges and opportunities that significantly influence our strategic plan goals, making this objective a very immediate and high priority.
Click the button below to view the executive summary of our strategic plan, providing additional details for the objectives state above.
Click here to view the full plan (updated June, 2025) with detailed timelines, strategies and action steps.