Head of School SEARCH PROSPECTUS Fontbonne Academy MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS WWW.FONTBONNEACADEMY.ORG START DATE - JULY 2017 Partners in Mission School Leadership Search Solutions, LLC About Fontbonne Academy and its Mission ontbonne Academy, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, is a Catholic, college preparatory high school for young women. Fontbonne Academy fosters Gospel values and educational excellence. Tis inclusive community embraces diversity in Fmany forms. Trough the values of respect, responsibility, reconciliation and reverence, Fontbonne Academy promotes growth in spirituality, scholarship, and leadership of young women in the changing world. Terefore, Fontbonne Academy: t 0ČFSTUIFPQQPSUVOJUZGPSBMMTUVEFOUTUPIBWFBTQJSJUVBMFYQFSJFODFJOFEVDBUJPOUIBUPQFOT them to the Catholic heritage of the search for God and the expression of faith through concern for the dear neighbor. t &NQPXFSTTUVEFOUTUPDMBJNUIFJSJEFOUJUZBOEWPJDFBTXPNFOBOEEFWFMPQRVBMJUJFTPG leadership that they may live fully, courageously, and healthfully in a challenging world. t 1SPNPUFTBTBGF EJWFSTFMFBSOJOHFOWJSPONFOUXIJDIXFMDPNFTTUVEFOUTPGBMMGBJUIT fosters intellectual openness and social connection, and prepares students to become active, participatory citizens of the world. t $VMUJWBUFTBOBUNPTQIFSFPGBDBEFNJDJOUFHSJUZBOEIJHIFYQFDUBUJPOBOEJOTUJMMTBXPSL ethic that encourages students to be self-directed, active participants in their learning. t 1SPWJEFTIJHIDBMJCFSJOTUSVDUJPOBOEBUUFOUJWFJOEJWJEVBMJ[FEBDBEFNJDTVQQPSUUIBUBMMPXT students to discover the true reach of their abilities. t &OBCMFTTUVEFOUTUPJOUFHSBUFMFBSOJOHJOXBZTUIBUEFSJWFGSPNBOEBQQMZUPSFBMXPSME contexts. t 1SFQBSFTTUVEFOUTGPSIJHIFSMFBSOJOHXJUITUDFOUVSZTLJMMTBOELOPXMFEHFUPTVQQPSUIJHI academic achievement in a college curriculum. Our History 'PVOEFEJO UIFBDBEFNZUBLFTJUTOBNFGSPN.PUIFS4U+PIO'POUCPOOF BXPNBO of courage who re-established the Sisters of St. Joseph in France afer its suppression during the French Revolution. Under her leadership, the frst Sisters came to the United States. In Boston, the congregation taught in archdiocesan parochial schools, and also founded ministries of its own, of which Fontbonne is one. As a sponsored ministry, Fontbonne Academy further the Sisters’ charism – a direct outgrowth of the orders experience in revolutionary France – of reconciliation, unity and non-violence in the school’s academic programs, spirituality, and co-curricular activities. For six decades, Fontbonne has educated thousands of young women who are now sending their daughters and granddaughters to experience the special intellectual, social and spiritual PQQPSUVOJUJFTB'POUCPOOFFEVDBUJPOBČPSET 2 Fontbonne Academy Partners in Mission School Leadership Search Solutions, LLC FAST FACTS At Fontbonne – it’s all about the girls 18 8IJMFSFTFBSDIGSPN6$-"BOEPUIFSTDPOĕSNJU 'POUCPOOFLOFXBMMBMPOHUIBUBMMHJSMT Average Class Size $BUIPMJDTDIPPMTPČFSBQPXFSGVMBOEUSBOTGPSNBUJPOBMFYQFSJFODF*OGBDU BTHSBEVBUFTPGBO all-girls catholic school experience, Fontbonne graduates perform better on the SAT and arrive BUDPMMFHFNPSFDPOĕEFOUPGUIFJSNBUIBOEDPNQVUFSTLJMMT NPSFJOUFSFTUFEJOFOHJOFFSJOH and academic subjects, and more socially and politically engaged. At Fontbonne it is and always has been all about the girls. From classroom to athletic feld, to the stage or the one-to-one tutorial, each young woman gains courage, confdence, wisdom and grace as she becomes a Fontbonne woman. &NQPXFSFECZUIFGBDVMUZBOEFBDIPUIFS UIFZPVOHXPNFOPG'POUCPOOFFNCSBDF leadership roles both within the classroom and in their co-curricular activities. Tey experience the freedom of being their true selves and forge life-long friendships. For generations, Fontbonne Academy has specialized in the ways girls learn. Tat is why the math, IFBMUI ĕUOFTTBOETDJFODFQSPHSBNTBSFEJČFSFOUćBUJTXIZ'POUCPOOFHJSMTBSFBDBEFNJDBMMZ 8:1 ready to excel in college. Blended with the mission of Fontbonne, that is why our graduates are Student-Faculty empowered for tomorrow and wherever their lives lead them. Ratio Academics at Fontbonne Academic excellence is both the standard of accomplishment and the outcome of each student’s time at Fontbonne Academy—academic excellence as measured by her reach and her grasp. 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