Upcoming Events

Leaders Apart: A Conversation for School Leaders, San Jose, CA, February 17-19, 2006.
This will be a gathering of 40 Presidents/Principals and emerging leaders in a facilitated conversation about the development and future of Catholic high school leadership. Participants will gather at the comfortable Dolce Hayes Mansion, a 100-year-old, 65-room residence that is now a resort and conference center. To receive first notice of the program and registration information, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.

Minds in Motion: New Thinking about the Capital Campaign, Orlando, FL, March 9-12, 2006. Advancement issues in Catholic Secondary Education, with special focus on the Capital Campaign. To receive first notice of the program and registration information, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.

NCEA National Convention, Atlanta, GA, April 18-21, 2006.
Because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, NCEA moved its convention from New Orleans to Atlanta. We look forward to four days in Georgia celebrating Catholic education with colleagues from across the country. Stay tuned for more information about hotels and programming or check www.ncea.org. Our thoughts and prayers remain with those from the Gulf Coast.

Secondary Schools Department Awards: Each year at the convention, at the Secondary Schools Department Convocation, NCEA recognizes distinguished educators from across the country for their contributions to Catholic secondary education. Be on the lookout for nomination forms in the mail.

Gather By the Bay: Faith & Philanthropy in the Catholic High School, San Francisco, CA, June 28-July 1, 2006. Advancement issues in Catholic Secondary Education with a special emphasis on the mission of the Catholic school. To receive first notice of the program and registration information, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.

LEAD: Leadership in Equity, Advocacy and Diversity, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA July 12-15, 2006. A conference addressing diversity issues in the Catholic high schools with special emphasis on supporting special needs students. To receive first notice of the program and registration information, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.

Regional Meetings
The fall 2005 regional meetings will be underway soon. You will want to attend the one near you. These annual gatherings of Catholic high school administrators and others in a geographic area provide the opportunity for discussion of matters pertinent to the region as well as national issues of importance for American Catholic high schools. Your regional representative, who serves on the Secondary Schools Department Executive Committee and elected by you, organizes the meeting and Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, the Executive Director, attends. As a membership organization the regional meeting is also your opportunity to provide important counsel to the Department and Association.

The schedule and location of the regional meetings are found here: http://www.ncea.org /departments/secondary/ aboutus/regions/schedule.asp. Please Note the New Region 5 (LA, MS, AL, KY, TN) Regional Meeting Date

Your regional representative and other members of the Secondary Schools Department's Executive Committee are found here: http://www.ncea.org/departments/secondary/aboutus/committee.asp.

Hurricane Katrina Relief
NCEA's Child to Child campaign to help schools affected by Hurricane Katrina collected more than $600,000 at the time of this writing. Thank you for your generous contributions! For more information on the campaign and to learn what other schools are doing and how you can help, check http://www.ncea.org/katrina/.

Membership Benefits - News You Can Use
This time of year is membership renewal time for NCEA members. Thanks to all of our members for your continued support. One benefit of continuing your membership is a subscription to The Emmaus Journal, an electronic newsletter for campus ministers, religion teachers and service directors in the Catholic secondary school. For the first time, the Journal will be sent to all members three times during the school year. Look for this year's first issue at the end of the month and let us know what you think. We welcome your feedback and input!

Publications
Being Catholic: From the Heart, by Bishop Gordon Bennett, SJ, is the Department's newest publication. This short but inspiring book is the text of Bishop Bennett's well-received keynote address at the Tradition and Transitions conference in June 2005 in which he reflected on Mission, Identity and the Catholic School (20 pages, $6 members/$9 non-members). Please visit NCEA's online store for more information and to see what else we offer.

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IN MEMORIAM

Monika Hellwig, Ph.D.
Dr. Monika Hellwig died suddenly on Friday, September 30, 2005 in Washington, DC. Dr. Hellwig was recently appointed a Senior Fellow at the Woodstock Center at Georgetown University after serving nine years as the president and executive director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), a close partner with NCEA. Prior to her leadership role with the ACCU, Dr. Hellwig was the Landegger Distinguished Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, where she taught for three decades. She had written and lectured extensively, nationally and internationally, both in scholarly and in popular contexts, in Catholic theology and in inter-faith studies, and was a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Her published books include: Understanding Catholicism, Jesus the Compassion of God, The Eucharist and the Hunger of the World, A Case for Peace in Reason and Faith, and Guests of God: Stewards of Creation. Please remember her and her family in your prayers.

David Coghlan, Ph.D.
Dr. David Coghlan died unexpectedly on October 2, 2005. Dr. Coghlan was President of Paul VI High School in Haddonfield, NJ. He was a former Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Camden and teacher at Gloucester Catholic High School (Gloucester City, NJ). He was a great friend to NCEA, and his daughter, Maureen, worked in the NCEA Secondary Schools Department. Please keep him and his family in your prayers as well.

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The following links and programs are for your consideration. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement of any particular program or resource.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Emergency Response Crisis Management

The Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center was established by the Department of Education to support schools in the development and implementation of comprehensive emergency and crisis response plans. For more information click here .

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GRANTS AND AWARDS

College Board's $25,000 Inspiration Award
The College Board seeks applications for its 2006 Inspiration Awards, which celebrate America’s most improved high schools. Three winning schools will receive $25,000 each, and five honorable mention schools will receive $1,000 each. For the first time, the College Board is opening up the Inspiration Awards to nonpublic schools. For more information and selection criteria, click here . Application deadline is November 18, 2005.

Grant Writing Institute
The Grant Institute: Certificate in Professional Program Development and Grant Communication is a five-day intensive and interactive experience in which participants will be led through program development, grant writing and funding acquisition processes through the completion of four courses. The Institute is at Saint John University's Manhattan campus in New York, November 14-18, 2005. Tuition is $997.00 and more information is available here .

eSchool News
eSchool News maintains a thorough list of available grants. Click here to learn about various funding opportunities.

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CURRICULUM RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) maintains EDSITEment, providing on-line resources from some of the world's great museums, universities, libraries and cultural institutions for educators in the fields of Art, Literature, Language Arts, Foreign Language, History and Social Studies. Click the hot-link to visit the site. The NEH also provides numerous grants to educators. Visit http://www.neh.gov/ for more information

Catholic Social Teaching Resources
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) offers a variety of resources and programs for high school teachers, youth ministers and youth. All of these resources and programs are designed to help youth become better informed about the issues comprising and compromising solidarity and justice around the world today. Click here for more.

October 2 was Respect Life Sunday. Each year the U.S. Bishops prepare a packet of information highlighting numerous human life issues. To order the Respect Life Program and to access free on-line resources designed to "help build a world where human life is always loved and defended" (this year's theme), click here .

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) that tries to raise awareness about poverty in the US, also offers educational resources. Click here and here for more.

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