Character, Knowledge, and Community are the heart of VMS. They have sustained us since our founding. This theme will ensure that we stay true to who we are and our mission.

Priorities:
Goal: Develop Character
How: Create/Sustain a new social emotional health curriculum in each division
How: Broaden our students’ horizons with experiences outside the classroom.

Goal: Seek Knowledge
How: Support the VMS Speaker series thereby broadening the VMS Community’s knowledge and becoming a valued resource to our Eagle County community.
How: Support the creation of a new position of educational technology director.

Goal: Support the creation of the Inclusion & Belonging Initiative
How: Provide funding for consulting and training needs for our teachers on this subject.

Goal: Build Community 
How: Help VMS to create and sustain an annual family event to build community and connection across divisions.
How: Support the Philanthropy & Service Group to engage in our greater Eagle County community.

VMS teachers demonstrate an unwavering commitment to their students both in and out of the classroom. This theme is our commitment to them. To attract and retain the best, we must compensate our faculty competitively and provide the training and resources they need to prepare our students for an ever-changing future. 

Priorities:
Goal: Support the academic and health/well-being of our staff and students 
How: Help us to create new staffing opportunities to better meet the needs of our faculty and students.

Goal: Attract and retain the brightest and best educators in our field
How: Help to provide attractive compensations packages
    
Goal: Explore housing opportunities for faculty
How: Help VMS to work with firms to explore possibilities. 

A diverse school community benefits everyone. It encourages high achievement and innovation, and prepares students for the world outside our valley. This theme opens the door for mission-minded students with diverse backgrounds and unique talents by providing both need-and merit-based tuition assistance.

Priorities: 
Goal: Diversify our community to include more students of varied socio-economic backgrounds and attract the brightest and best minds to VMS
How: Provide more opportunity scholarships for students of different backgrounds

Goal: Provide a Taft Conlin Scholarship for each Upper School grade
How: Grant a full 4-year scholarship every year to a student in the Upper School.

Goal: Support our expanded student athletes and the teachers who support them 
How: Create an Endowed Ski Program Curriculum Coordinator.
    
Goal: Support the greater Eagle County Community
How: Help to Fund the VMS SummerQuest Program