Headmaster Lee Cox Delivers 2007 State of School Address

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On Monday, October 29, 2007, Headmaster Lee Cox delivered a “State of the School” message to an audience of parents, trustees, faculty and staff. His address outlined current strengths, ongoing and future challenges, and recent school initiatives.

At the outset Dr. Cox acknowledged the expectations of our families and the promises CCES makes to them: “We promise strong academics, consistent individual attention, breadth and depth of opportunities, support and guidance of a caring community, and demonstrable results in terms of success in college and beyond. For CCES, it all starts with our Episcopal identity and our faithfulness to those qualities—value and values—that make us an excellent school.”

Dr. Cox also quoted The Reverend Dan Heischman, Executive Director of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES), who said, in a recent visit to the school: “CCES is regarded as being among a handful of schools seen as bellwethers for the health of Episcopal school education. The vitality of an Episcopal school always starts with the centrality of the chapel experience in the life of the school and with the strength of the chaplaincy. There is simply no other Episcopal school in this country that is living out that identity more compellingly or completely than Christ Church Episcopal School.”

However, when comparing where we are today with where we would like to be, Dr. Cox observed: “Given the promises that our reputation and our credibility rest upon, CCES is in a good place. Staying in that place, though, is not an option because the only outcomes of standing still are to be left behind or run over.”

Click on the links below to read summaries of Dr. Cox’s remarks in the areas of academics, campus, enrollment, and finances.

Academics: Strengths, Challenges, New Initiatives

Campus: Strengths, Challenges, New Initiatives

Enrollment: Strengths, Challenges, New Initiatives

Finances: Strengths, Challenges, New Initiatives