Development
St. Aloysius Catholic School Development
Development:
Our school development process focuses on using the Time, Talent and Treasure of our parents and parishioners to enhance the operation of our school. The development committee is made up of five Implementation Teams, which are Pride and Beautification, Publications & Communications, Annual Fund Drive (AFD), Alumni Outreach and Student Recruitment and Retention. Each of the implementation teams has a chair person, who is responsible for establishing and implementing committee goals each year. All of the team chairs form the Core Team which discusses and tracks team progress each month.
History of School Development:
School Development started at St. Aloysius in 2004 through the vision of our school principal and a parent. Enrollment in Catholic schools was starting to decrease throughout our diocese and they felt we should put a plan together to sustain our school for the future. We started with thirty-five parents and parishioners sitting down and brain storming ideas of what we could do. Over several months there were a lot of ideas; however, we were challenged on how to implement them. In 2005 we hired ISPD (Institute of School and Parish Development) to help us with our effort over the course of a one year contract. Through their training and help we involved more of our parents and parishioners to help set direction for our school. The primary focus of the development effort is to personally invite people to give of their Time, Talent and Treasure to help us bring our ideas to fruition. There were five teams formed with each having a list of tasks to complete that came from the input of our parents and parishioners. After the initial goals were completed the core team started to address other needs of our school.
Core Team
All of the Implementation Teams meet as a Core Team each month on the fourth Monday of the month at 7:00 PM in Clare Hall. The Core Team discusses all of the activity of each implementation team, and makes decisions for the direction they are taking. There is always an open invitation to parents and parishioners to participate in the Core Team meeting. Each Implementation Team meets once a month to work on their individual goals for the year. To get more information on development please email us.
List of Implementation Teams:
The Pride and Beautification team works on improving the environment of and around the school.
Publications & Communications team works on communicating to the school parents, the parish, and the community about the activities of the school. They also work with the other teams to help communicate their efforts.
Alumni Outreach team keeps records on our alums, and communicates events of interest to them.
The Annual Fund Drive has a campaign each year that starts in the fall to raise money to support the activities of the implementation teams. It also raises money for tuition assistance to aid families with tuition so their child can have a Catholic education.
Student Retention and Recruitment team works with marketing our school, and developing ideas to improve the school enrollment.
Completed projects:
- We have organized four very successful annual fund drives that generate monies to fund the activities of the development effort.
- In the first three years of our campaign we raised over $115,000
- We acquired 100 computers and upgraded software
- We have purchased Smart Boards for the classroom
- We have enhanced the main entrance with new lighting, ceiling, paint and doors
- The first floor of our school halls have been repainted
- We have marketed our school with new brochures, billboards, and radio ads
- We have provided tuition assistance to over 75 students
- We have developed a new school website
