Post on 16-Jul-2015
PRAYER:
Dear God our Father,
Bless Sacred Heart School, which we lift up to you with
gratitude and joy. May it always be a place where
eyes are opened with faith, ears are opened with
truth, and hearts are opened with love. May Jesus be
the foundation of our school. Come, Holy Spirit. Be in
our work and our play. Help us be like Jesus in all that
we do today. Amen
Meet your principal-Mrs. Maureen Engen
Open door policy
Maureen.engen@shoj.org
913-422-5520 X 206
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Mission
• Faith formation
• Academic rigor
• Community
• Routine and details
• Registration
Who we are
• 390 students
• 2 full classes of every grade• Average of 24 students per class
• 35 staff members • 24 full time teachers-60% Masters
• Full time nurse
• 3 reading resource specialists
• 1 student counselor
• 2 para-professionals (Speech/Math)
• Full time Technology director
• 1 of 44 schools in the
Archdiocese of KCK
Principal Mission• Handing on the faith, generation after generation
• Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Rich environment of faith and learning
• Students learn about how much God loves them
• According to Pope Francis:
The parish school is not merely “a human enterprise,”
but rather “a love story,” and the faithful must
remember that it is only in the path of love that the
student can grow.
Nour
Nourishing FaithContinuing education and faith
formation with SOF
Exemplary support by Fr. Craig/ parish staff
• Daily Religion class
• Weekly All School Mass
• Rosary/Stations
• Catholic teachers as witness
• Rigorous Faith-Based curriculum
• Teach as Jesus did
Academic Rigor
Full Day Kindergarten
• 90 minutes of ELA including MTSS (MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF
SUPPORT)
• 45 minutes of Math
• Learning centers/Differentiation
• Science, Social Studies curriculum
• Continual progress monitoring (MAPS, Dibel, small
group assessment)
Specials classes: Art, PE, Music, Spanish,
Technology
MTSS: Multi-tiered system of support
Technology-Smart boards. Tablets
Library time
Pier mentors-4th grade partners
Faith Families
Report Cards Grade K-2
Skill sheets in ELA and Math
Grades K-2 have
skills based report cards
Definitions of +, S, /
• + is mastery of a skill
• S is leading to mastery
• / extra work needed by student in order to master
the outcome
Kindergarten screening• Letter recognition (Capital and lower)
• Count to 30
• Count objects to 10
• Personal information (first, last name, address,
birthday and phone)
• Fine motor: Drawing shapes, pencil grip, cutting
• Writing first and last name
* Screening does not determine admittance into
kindergarten. Used for baseline and classroom
placement.
• Fully accredited by AdvancEd-highest rating of
highly functional
• Model school in Reading and Math
• Resource budget supports updated technology, lab
activities and materials, reading and writing
materials
Community
• Faith families
• Parish school-subsidizes 40% of cost to educate one
child
• CPS-Parent involvement
• CYO-Catholic youth organization
• Clubs (Lego, Yo Yo, Dance, Girls club,
Walking, sign language, Mathletics,
Photography,
Scrapbook, Improv
Routine and Details
School hours: 7:55-3:20 p.m.
Drop off: 7:30 a.m.
After school care till
6:00 p.m.
Hot lunch from Pizza West
$3.50
• Weekly communication
• Uniforms
• Discipline=Virtuous Behavior Formation
• School wide expectations, classroom rewards,
school rewards and age appropriate consequence.
Partnership….Current Survey Results
• Common threads in highest scores among parent, staff, and student survey results.
• Catholic culture
• Faith-filled administration and staff
• Safe, clean, healthy environment
• Students are academically challenged and ready for next level
• Mission and vision statements lived out in all aspects of school community
• Range of media and information supports educational programs
• Multiple data sources are used to adjust curriculum, instruction, and assessments
Current Survey Results:
Where are we going:
• Updated textbooks
• Collaboration with resource teachers/Desoto school district to meet needs of our gifted students.
• Increase technology in classrooms
Early Application enrollment
• Registration fee $125
• Technology $100
2014-15 Tuition rates:
In parish:
1 student: $3145
2 students $5295
3 or more students $6845
Out of parish: $5700 per child
• Dates:
o Feb 4th-Deadline for early application
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o Feb 5th Open enrollment for current families
o Feb 9-Enrollment papers mailed to new
families, including incoming kinders
who did not enroll early
FEBRUARY 16TH-OPEN ENROLLMENT
March 3rd: Acceptance Letters mailed
March 23rd: Kindergarten screening (9-11 or 1-3)
Our QuestionHow do we (Sacred Heart) create a school in which every student receives excellent instruction, infused with our Catholic faith, in every class, every day?~WE PREPARE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE-SOULS FOR ETERNITY~
WEBSITE:school.shoj.org