In September, 2025, the Board of Trustees approved a new strategic plan for Maret, Advancing with Purpose. This plan aligns our priorities with a clear vision and calls our community to come together to empower our students and lead our school to an exciting future.
This plan is the culmination of a year of reflection, study, and imagining. Our Steering Committee considered the current and projected educational landscape and led an inclusive strategic planning process that gathered valuable input from students, faculty, families, alumni, and Board. We are grateful for the many voices who contributed to this plan with care, expertise, and insight.
This vision is the plan’s north star, guiding us into the future. It reflects Maret’s longstanding educational values and defines our aspirations.
At Maret, each student is encouraged to develop their interests, passions, and strengths in order to meet their own purpose in the world. Through this transformative process, they learn essential skills and gain an understanding of who they are and who they can become. In this way, the school pursues a better world—one in which students are engaged with courage, purpose, and joy.
We want our students to blaze their own trails. Our job is to prepare them with the knowledge and skills they need to discover their purpose and find success throughout their lives. This plan builds on Maret's already strong program with initiatives that focus on current research, best practices, and the needs of our rapidly changing world.
We believe that students’ well-being and sense of belonging are vital to their learning, growth, and success. We will sustain the equitable, inclusive, and joyful learning environment that is a hallmark of a Maret education and that stirs our students to lead connected and consequential lives.
Leading Maret into the future includes nurturing our outstanding faculty. We will focus on their well-being and provide them with new opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and grow throughout their careers.
We will use our space and place in the city to inspire learning and accommodate our evolving programs now and for the next generation. As responsible stewards of the school, we will align our financial planning with our educational goals and champion the mission and vision of the school.
Equip students for success in our increasingly complex world and nurture each individual’s sense of purpose and agency.
● Develop Maret’s portrait of a graduate—a collective vision for student success that articulates the knowledge, skills, experiences, and attributes that our graduates will need for the future.
● Redesign graduation requirements to align with the portrait of a graduate and to reflect our commitment to academics, arts, athletics, and wellness.
● Enhance our advising, mentoring, and wellness programs to ensure all students are known and celebrated and have the strongest possible foundation for learning and personal growth.
● Build on opportunities for reflection and self-discovery throughout the student journey to promote learning, well-being, effective decision-making, and leadership.
● Open new avenues for student agency and voice to shape learning experiences and school culture.
Ensure a challenging and dynamic curriculum that reflects current research and best educational practices.
● Invest in science, computer science, and mathematics programming to prepare students for new frontiers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) fields.
● Advance curricular innovation with an emphasis on interdisciplinary and hands-on learning.
● Expand curriculum and programming that addresses civics and global issues.
● Approach technological advancement, including artificial intelligence (AI), with a balanced consideration of ethics, digital citizenship, wellness, creativity, and innovation.
● Leverage Maret’s institutional research data to inform decision-making for stronger educational outcomes.
Model inclusivity by cultivating connectedness and ensuring respect for all individuals across our diverse community.
● Expand programming to build an inclusive and equitable school culture rooted in open dialogue, mutual respect, and cross-cultural understanding.
● Foster strong partnerships with families that center students’ experiences.
● Strengthen the community engagement program through a shared vision and guiding principles that create a coordinated K–12 approach.
● Continue to prioritize social-emotional skills as central to joyful learning.
Advance Maret’s culture of professional excellence through new opportunities and additional resources.
● Establish an Office for Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development to drive excellence and innovation in pedagogy.
● Expand efforts to recruit and retain mission-aligned faculty who reflect the diverse identities of the student body.
● Build new pathways for faculty leadership, mentorship, and career advancement.
● Create new collaborative learning opportunities for faculty across departments and divisions.
● Increase focus on faculty well-being as essential to a thriving school culture.
Design campus improvements that reflect our educational values and vision for the school’s future.
● Launch a 15-year phased master plan to optimize Maret’s Woodley campus.
● Create adaptable, integrated learning environments that reflect the school’s programmatic aspirations.
● Explore the feasibility of purchasing the ECC buildings to support Maret’s mission and supplement the Woodley campus.
● Integrate accessibility and environmentally sustainable practices into infrastructure planning.
Position Maret for continued fiscal strength by broadening the school’s financial structure and aligning financial decision-making with educational goals.
● Integrate program-driven financial planning and clear communication into the school’s financial sustainability principles.
● Amplify Maret’s value proposition by highlighting the school’s distinctive strengths—academics, outcomes, culture, and community.
● Increase summer camp, after school, facility rental, and other income opportunities from 2% of total revenue to 5% of total revenue by FY2030.
● Expand philanthropic strategies for annual, capital, planned, and endowment giving to reduce tuition dependency.
● Ground financial planning in equity, access, and institutional values.
Maret is a vibrant, K–12 independent school in Washington, DC. We ignite our students' potential; foster their academic, artistic, and athletic talents; and promote their well-being. We develop the mind, nurture curiosity, welcome challenge, embrace joy, and build community that is equitable and inclusive.
