SBH Strategic Plan

The following comes from a larger more detailed Strategic Plan approved by the SBH Board of Trustees on September 15th, 2022. This plan will be revised each summer by the Board and is subject to change. But the Board wanted to share their plans to implement our school’s mission in the coming years.

The Board is committed to seeing SBH continue to thrive, mature, and develop in the coming years to provide our quality small-class-size education for more families on the Windward Side.

The Strategic Plan is not the vision of the school, but is the strategic components allowing the mission of the school to be implemented. The purpose of this plan is to identify the financial, organizational, and physical elements needed to provide the strongest possible foundation in support of the school’s mission and vision for sustained excellence. Every item in the plan includes three things: cost, who will implement it, and when it will happen. 

For the purpose of this document: Year 1 is the 2022-2023 School Year; Year 2 is the 2023-2024 School Year, and so on.

School’s Mission: “Saint Benedict Hall partners with families in a hybrid classical homeschool program to raise-up Christians who delight in God’s truth, goodness, and beauty.”

What are the plans for the next seven years look like at SBH?

  • Academic Development

    ⁜ 1yr –Introduce high school credit courses and assist parents with creation of high school credit transcripts

    ⁜ 2yr –Create a comprehensive K-12 scope and sequence document

    ⁜ 3yr –Offer more electives in the Secondary Program

    Ongoing- Explore new opportunities to enable students to be successful academically

  • Projected Increase net enrollment

    ⁜ 2yr: 18%

    ⁜ 3yr: 18%

    ⁜ 4yr: 9%

    ⁜ 5yr: 2%

    ⁜ 6yr: 1%

  • Class Expansion

    ⁜ Yr 2: none. (Fill all classes to capacity and in some cases up to 14 or 15 to accommodate current SBH students in Form 2 and 3.)

    ⁜ Yr 3: Create Form 2B and Form 4B

    ⁜ Yr 4: Create Form 3B

  • Create a SBH “Portrait of a Graduate” and “Portrait of a Tutor” in collaboration with a board selected focus group composed of staff and parents in Year 2.

  • ⁜ Yr 2: Create New Campus Committee to report on new second campus location options for Year 3

    ⁜ Yr 3: Create a SBH campus at a second location in addition to Daybreak. Classes for 6th-12th grade would meet at a second location Monday-Wednesday. (Daybreak Campus would become the lower school campus for K-5th grade to accommodate single grade classrooms K-5th).

  • ⁜ Maintain cash reserves of at least 20% of operating expenses.

    ⁜ Increase hard income (program dues) coverage to 100%

    ⁜ Year 1: 90%

    ⁜ Year 2 and onward Projection: 100%

    ⁜ Create a SBH Financial Committee to be trained to work with all finances beginning in February 2023

  • Program dues will need to increase with a CPI inflation baseline. Inflation is a minimum increase, plus additions/improvements made to the school’s program.

    Program Dues Increase:

    ⁜ 2yr: 7.5%

    ⁜ 3yr: 6.5%

    ⁜ 4yr: 5%

    ⁜ 5yr: 5%

    ⁜ 6yr: 5%

    *Program dues projections are based on anticipated inflation and will need to be adjusted in future years.

  • ⁜ Invest in professional development of staff from .5% in Year 2 to 2% by year 3

    ⁜ Yr. 2: Recruit one teacher to come teach 21 hours at SBH who also could work at All Saints Honolulu Anglican Church.

SBH Board of Trustees

  • Ann Ayling

    Ann was one of the founding members of Christ the Foundation Anglican Church in 2009. She serves the school’s treasurer, and is the parish council representative for Christ the Foundation. She has a background in charity work, business administration, and fundraising.

  • Fr Mark Brians

    Fr Mark was one of the founding families to pioneer SBH in 2018, served as the headmaster for SBH’s first school year, has taught classes at SBH for three years, and has two children who attend SBH as students. He currently serves as the Dean of Culture at SBH, and is the rector at All Saints Honolulu Anglican Church.

  • Dcn David Chung

    Dcn David is a founding member of Christ the Foundation Anglican Church in 2009 and is currently serving as the SBH Board Chair until July 2023. He worked for a local bank for over 30 years, and helps SBH with our finances.

  • Dan Douglass

    Dan Douglas was born and raised in Hawaii, and has a passion to see God’s Kingdom grow and mature in the islands through churches and schools. He attends Christ the Foundation Anglican Church, and serves on the CTF parish council. Dan currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the SBH Board and will take over as the Board Chair in July 2023.

  • Jessica Fant

    Jessica was one of the pioneers to start SBH back in 2018 and been on the administrative team since 2019. She has two children in the program, her husband is a tutor at SBH, and she has served on the SBH school board since 2021. Jessica brings her background in business, administration, and education to the SBH board.

  • Nathan Miller

    The Miller Family has been part of the SBH Community since August 2021, and Nate joined the SBH Board in July 2022. Nate's wife, Kelly, is a SHB tutor and their two daughters attend the school. Nate joined the United States Marine Corps in 1999 and has served as both an enlisted Marine and a commissioned officer. Nate also serves on the Christ the Foundation Parish Council, and brings vast leadership experience to our school board.

  • Dcn Ben Moore

    Dcn Ben has been the SBH Program Director since 2019, and has been on the SBH school board since 2018. He is passionate about ministering to students and families in our classical Christian collaborative model.

  • Marissa Mueller

    Marissa has been on the SBH School Board since July 2021 and is the parish council representative from All Saints Honolulu Anglican Church, where she serves as the parish wardeness. Marissa has a background in education and working with children and youth.