The State of the School February 2014. Congratulations Class of 2014: 100% of 8 th graders accepted...

The State of the School

February 2014

Congratulations Class of 2014:

100% of 8th graders accepted

at their top choice of Catholic

High School!

Goals in 2013/14:

Expanded P.E. and Health Class

Improve Spanish

Learning Support

Enrichment Build a gym

Additional Accomplishments:

PowerSchool Emergency Alert System Security Upgrades Student Council Marketing Grant Writing

Spanish:

More substantial changes for 2014/15

New Spanish teacher will:Refine PK-5th

Implement 6th – 8th

Goal: Graduates will

begin to test out of Freshman Spanish.

Mathematics:

2014/15 Mathematics:5th – 8th Math class splitMrs. Hickey with half,

Homeroom teacher with

the other half

Experimenting this year and lastShort term data is positive

Textbook Adoption:

Writing Program is the first new textbooks adoption, with

more to come on an

annual basis

New Program AlignmentContinuityConsistency

New Teacher Salary Scale:

Current Salary Scale Seniority and EducationTies us to Seattle Public

New ScaleTransitioning into a “Banded System”Meet or exceed Seattle PublicRecognize and Reward our dedicated staff

Joint Building Committee:

Improvements in 2014/15 and beyond:

Review and Revise

All Curricular Areas

Improvements in 2014/15 and beyond

Fund-A-Dream:LaptopWirelessStaffTablets

Dream come true?eTextbooks

2014/15 Budget Year-

Challenges:

Enrollment changes in 2013/14

Loss of Parish subsidy income

Increases to Salary and Benefits

2014-2015 promises to be extraordinary…

Why are tuition is lower than our peer schools:

Parish subsidy is going to return (and grow in coming years)

Generous donors

Successful fundraisers

Successful grant writing

Why are tuition is lower than our peer schools:

Investing in next year and the future…

Investing in ProgramsInvesting in our StudentsInvesting in Families

Our Goal:

No one leaves because families are unable to

pay for tuition!

Tuition and Fees:

Actual Cost to Educate: $8,240

Tuition:In-Parish (first child) $5,640In-Parish (additional) $3,950Out of Parish $7,470

PS/PK: $5,640 (5 days a week)

Community:

School:

Family Groups

Service Activities

Spaghetti Dinner

Spring Musical

Community:

Parents’ Club

○ Movie Night

○ Seahawks○ Father Daughter

Dance

○ More To Come…

Community:

Wurst Fest

Auction

Thank you for coming, and thank you for sharing your

children with us.