This is our Moment: Strategic Visioning
Transformation
Guiding Questions
- How can what happens at Milken be part of something bigger?
- How can we be a catalyst for reimagining Jewish education in Los Angeles and beyond?
BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
Over the next 5 years, Milken's commitment to dynamic transformation will be activated through: establishing Milken as a hub of students’ Jewish communal and intellectual life, as a leader in educating about and combating rising anti-Semitism in our city, on our college campuses, in our country and in the world, making Milken a communal resource for the Los Angeles Community in order to broaden our reach and impact so that Milken is positioned to drive the reimagining of the landscape of Jewish education in Los Angeles.
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Strategic Goal 1:
Make Milken a hub of students’ Jewish communal and intellectual life.
Rationale
- To respond to the increasing number of young Jewish families that do not affiliate with traditional Jewish organizations.
- To engage families in the Milken community and apply classroom learning.
NEEDS
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Programmatic Needs:
- Create divisional Rabbis to connect with cohorts of students.
- Recruit a Jewish Studies department that reflects the full diversity of religious and cultural practices.
- Develop an Israel Studies program in a comprehensive 6- 12 grade arc of academic and co-curricular experiences.
- Reimagine spiritual practice and reinvest in experiential education and service learning.
- Develop capstone projects that grow from X-learning Signature Pedagogy.
- Expand and fully fund the Tiferet Fellowship program.
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Facilities Needs:
- Build a Beit Midrash and Israel center on the Upper School Campus
- Build a reimagined library space on the Middle and Upper School Campuses
- Develop spaces for celebration and lifecycle events on the Middle and Upper School Campuses
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Strategic Goal 2:
Make Milken a leader in educating about and combating rising anti-Semitism in our city, on our college campuses, in our country and in the world.
Rationale
Rationale:
- To respond to rising incidences of anti-semitism locally and nationally.
- To prepare our graduates for their experiences on college campuses and beyond.
- To fulfill our commitment to Israel and the Jewish people.
- To continue to strengthen our students’ pride and knowledge of their Jewish history, heritage, and love of Israel so that they may respond to increasing anti-semitism with thoughtful and effective advocacy.
- To prepare our students to stand up against all bigotry and prejudice because they are scholars of Torah and mitzvot.
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Programmatic Needs:
- Develop education about anti-semitism and advocacy training in a comprehensive 6- 12 grade arc of academic and co-curricular experiences.
- Consult strategic partners with Jewish leaders and organizations to inform best practices that will have positive impact to address the challenges.
- Fully fund the March of the Living Program for our seniors and develop follow up programming for our alums.
- Create leading education and advocacy training for the parent and LA Jewish community.
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Strategic Goal 3:
Prioritize affordability so that any family that wants a Jewish education can afford it for their child and ensure sustainability so that the school has the finances and resources to thrive in perpetuity.
Rationale
- To give more students and community members access to Milken educational programming.
- To fulfill the “take positive action” portion of the portrait of the graduate by sharing our resources with the city at large.
- To offer our students increased exposure to other communities, accomplished professionals and diverse thinkers.
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Programmatic Needs:
- Develop programs for larger community--possibly Sundays (WISE readers to leaders).
- Community partnerships between our students and other totally different communities -interfaith, build real relationships not just driven by experiences.
- Host service days/projects for the entire community tied to Yozma and Kulam.
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Facilities Needs:
- Create spaces that are communally owned, that are resources to everyone, not just Milken students and families
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Strategic Goal 4:
Have Milken drive the reimagining of the landscape of Jewish education in Los Angeles
Rationale
- To create an enrollment endowment.
- To respond to the growing challenges to elementary Jewish Day Schools in Los Angeles
- To expand the learning support services and range of learners Jewish Day Schools currently serve.
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Programmatic Needs:
- Develop new educational and financial models for Jewish education.
- Consider how to expand services and build programs for students with mild to moderate learning disabilities.
At Milken Community School, we think education is more than what you know. Our School, founded on Jewish values, is about who our children can become and how they can help others become who they might be. Because the world our children will create tomorrow is born in the School we build today, our mission is to educate our children so they can surpass us.
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