Progress: Light the Way 2023-2028

Driven by innovation and alignment across all divisions, AHN continues to grow its curriculum and strengthen academic outcomes.

Highlights:

• Conducted a school-wide schedule analysis and updated all divisional daily schedules. Click here to view the intended benefits.
• Adopted MAP testing to provide real-time diagnostic data on student growth and proficiency in grades 1-8.
• Established partnerships with external providers for on-site occupational and speech therapy in the lower school.
• Initiated academic vertical and horizontal alignment audits to ensure stronger curricular coherence across grades.
• Significantly increased high school summer course offerings and academic readiness programs.
• Expanded orientation programming for students matriculating between divisions.
• Moved both Middle and High School to the Canvas Learning Management System, giving students a more consistent, dynamic and college-style digital learning hub.
• At the high school level, deepened focus on college and career readiness through advanced academics and real-world learning experiences, including:
  • Introduction of AP Seminar and AP Research, giving a pathway for students to graduate with the AP Capstone diploma, automatically qualifying them for Florida Bright Futures.
  • Increase AP offerings year-over-year, offering a total of 34 for the upcoming 2026-27 school year. They include AP World History: Modern, AP. Macroeconomics, AP Comparative Government, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP French Language and Culture, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Precalculus, AP Research, AP Seminar, AP Cybersecurity, AP Business and Finance, AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism.
  • Starting in 2023, over 75 high school students have participated in a two-week cyber security summer internship with Reliaquest.
  • New STEM courses added to the high school: Third-Level Advanced Engineering, Robotics, and Biotechnology. 

Our students are thriving through expanded opportunities for leadership, well-being, and engagement.

Highlights:

• Strengthened holistic student support through divisional reorganization, expanding leadership structures and increasing division-specific oversight and support for students and faculty across lower, middle, and high school divisions.
• Strengthened instructional leadership through additional Assistant Principals in the Lower and Middle Schools.
• Reduced student–teacher ratios with added fourth-grade classroom aides.
• Expanded student support services with ESE specialists in each division and a behavioral specialist in the Lower School.
• Enhanced character formation, belonging, and leadership through Community Time, the Middle School House System, and expanded clubs.
• Expanded middle school athletics with the addition of a boys baseball program, increasing opportunities for skill development, teamwork, and school pride.
• Introduced high school flag football as a club sport, broadening athletic participation, student engagement and community building.
• Continued to advance campus safety through expanded security staffing, drills, and professional training.
• Planned for the development of the new Murphy Health and Wellness Center to support all students.
• Addition of a new High School Varsity and Junior Varsity robotics team that are now competitively ranked.

We are investing significant resources in our faculty and staff—our greatest strength.

Highlights:

• Completed a comprehensive salary benchmarking study and increased compensation accordingly.
• Expanded benefits and employer contributions to support employee wellness, quality of life, and childcare needs.
• Increased professional development funding and added professional development  days to the academic calendar.
• Defined updated standards of professional excellence and implemented ongoing departmental audits across key functional areas.
• Added new student support roles across divisions to better support a wide range of learners.
• Introduced the Summer Institute for Faculty and Staff, expanding opportunities for professional learning that will enhance student outcomes.

We continue to nurture a culture of connection, trust, and shared mission.

Highlights:

• Increased parent giving to the Annual Fund by 29% over the past two years.
• Achieved record revenue growth through signature fundraising events, including the By the Bay Gala and the AHN Golf Tournament sponsored by the Dads Club.
• Expanded community engagement through new alumni and family events, including the Senior Sendoff, Fall Festival, volunteer appreciation gathering, and alumni professional networking night.
• Strengthened alumni and parent programming by creating more opportunities to celebrate AHN traditions and build community through new initiatives like All Pro Dads, Dad’s Lunches for grades 2–12, and expanded parent engagement events throughout the year.
• Enhanced hospitality and campus security by providing parents with identification cards.

Our focus remains on long-term financial health and accessibility.

Highlights:

• Provided over $2.2 million in financial assistance to families in PK–12.
• Continued participation in expanded FES-EO and FES-UA (Step Up for Students) scholarships for a third year, significantly improving affordability and access.
• Expanded merit-based awards and launched the Student Inclusion Fund to support mission trips and athletics.
• Currently supporting 20 SNJM Link Scholars in the high school.
• Launched a redesigned website and new admissions marketing collateral tailored to families at each entry point.
• Developed a strategic enrollment and marketing plan, updated annually to clearly communicate AHN’s mission and value proposition.
• Implemented Finalsite Enrollment to streamline and enhance the applicant experience.
• Launched a multi-year Light the Way Capital Campaign to support strategic facilities, programmatic growth, and long-term sustainability aligned with the Light the Way Strategic Plan.

We are enhancing our physical and digital environment to support excellence in learning and safety.

Highlights:

• Strengthened cybersecurity and data protection systems through enhanced email security, device-level internet filtering, secure remote access, expanded data backups, and ongoing employee training.
• Advanced user security protocols, including multi-factor authentication for sensitive data access, with plans to expand broader implementation.
• Continued investment in technology infrastructure to support instructional innovation and alignment with the forthcoming five-year technology plan.
• Hired a full-time Safety and Security Manager and expanded campus security coverage.
• Conducted annual reviews of traffic flow, parking, and security drills to continuously enhance campus safety.
• Advanced planning and permitting for the new Murphy Health and Wellness Center that will enhance: player development for our student athletes, provide spaces that enable new programming, and spaces that will greatly enhance spectatorship and community.
• Developed additional parking concepts to increase capacity, pending City review.
• Implemented the first phase of a comprehensive worship space enhancement plan with new chairs with kneelers.