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SPICE 2005 Programs
Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education
Focus Area: Assessing Our Past, Defining Our Future
On the 10th anniversary of SPICE, some of the most successful and enduring SPICE programs of the past 10 years were chosen to present their programs again at the Conversations in Excellence held June 24-27, 2005 at Boston College. Presentations focused on how continual assessment and accountability have enabled them to remain effective over time. In italics is the year that the program was selected and the topic for that year.
Personal Development Education
"Integrating Mission" (1996)
The Ursuline High School
1354 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10804-2192
T (914) 636-3950
F (914) 636-3949
Contact: Meg Mackay, director
MegMackay@msn.com
This is a secondary girls' school conducted by the Ursuline Sisters. The peer counseling/peer mediation program involves students in addressing issues of societal concern to adolescents and devises ways to help them meet their own needs and those of their peers. In keeping with the philosophy of the school, it aims to develop in students "wisdom and discipline to make responsible choices."
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Learning Disabilities Resource Program
"Providing for the Diverse Needs of Youth and their Families" (1997)
St. Thomas Aquinas School
4600 N. Illinois Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
T (317) 255-6244
Bonnie Stevens, Principal
bstevens@staschool-indy.org
Contact: Patrice Payne
ppayne@staschool-indy.org
St. Thomas Aquinas is a K-8 elementary school in an urban setting. This program is designed to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities in the context of the Catholic school. By providing students with learning disabilities with the support and curricular modifications they need to succeed, this program usually enables children to remain within the traditional classroom. Additional support is also offered in a pullout resource room.
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Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)
"Creative Financing and Resourcing of Catholic Schools" (1998)
University of Notre Dame
112 Badin Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5604
T (219) 631-7052
F (219) 631-7939
http://ace.nd.edu/aeo/aeo_schools_partnership.cfm
Contact: John Staud
John.J.Staud.1@nd.edu
ACE provides a corps of highly motivated and committed recent college graduates to meet the staffing needs of under-served Catholic elementary and secondary schools, both urban and rural, in the South and Southeast.
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Stewardship, A Way of Life
"Creatively Financing and Resourcing Catholic Schools" (1998)
Diocese of Wichita
424 N. Broadway
Wichita, KS 67202
T (316) 269-3950
F (316) 269-2486
Contact: Bob Voboril, Superintendent
supt@cdowk.org
The elementary schools in this diocese are successfully moving away from tuition because of a long-standing successful stewardship program in Catholic parishes.
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Benilde Program
"Integrating the Social Teaching of the Church into Catholic Schools" (2000)
St. John's College High School
2607 Military Road, NW
Washington, DC 20015-1099
T (202) 363-2316
F (202) 686-5162
Contact: Doreen C. Engel
dengle@stjohns-chs.org
This program offers students with learning differences the opportunity to succeed in a college preparatory high school. Using the results of a detailed psycho-educational evaluation, students receive instruction in specific study skills designed to help them succeed in the regular classroom. The program also covers recent brain research, learning theory, and the complex reasons why some pupils find school difficult. Students are enrolled in regular courses, not isolated from their peers. Students have the option of taking honors courses, if qualified.
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San Xavier Mission School Expansion Program
"Catholic Schools for Children and Youth in Poverty" (2003)
San Xavier Mission School
1980 W. San Xavier Road
Tucson, AZ 85746-7409
T (520) 294-0628
F (520) 294-3438
Contact: Marjorie Butler
butlermarjorie@hotmail.com
This facilities expansion program has enabled the school to continue its mission to educate, nurture, and empower increasing numbers of Tohono O'odham and other Native American children. It is the only Catholic school in the district and the only Catholic school that exists on the reservation. Expansion included security and safety, reducing classroom overcrowding, renovation of the playground, a technology lab, a science/art lab, elimination of drainage problems, and a large courtyard for community and student activities. Financial support was solicited through many fundraisers, foundations, and generous benefactors. The school helps to break the cycle of poverty that has existed for many Native American children and families living on the reservation by providing a strong academic foundation, fostering self-esteem, and enhancing their cultural way of life.
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Faith in the City
"Catholic Schools for Children and Youth in Poverty" (2003)
Center City Consortium
Archdiocese of Washington
145 Taylor Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
T (202) 234-4611 ext. 363
F (202) 234-4740
www.centercityconsortium.org
Contact: Mary Anne Stanton, Executive Director
stantonm@centercityconsortium.org
The consortium is a separate corporation under the archdiocese. The corporation has a staff that works with school principals to form a leadership team that carries out the daily operations of all 11 city schools. Standardized curriculum and procedures and a centralized development plan result in greater efficiency, reduced cost, increased income, additional educational programs, tuition assistance for students, teacher development, and higher quality instruction.
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Early Childhood Accreditation Program
"Early Childhood Education" (2004)
Archdiocese of Chicago
155 E. Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
T (312) 751-3868
www.archchicago.org
Contact: Julie Ramski, Program Director
jramski@archchicago.org
Since growing advances in developmental research have shown that high quality early childhood programs have a big impact on the ability of children to learn throughout life, especially poor, at-risk children, the archdiocese developed a way to assist programs to raise the quality of their programs and become accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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Nativity Education Centers Network, Inc.
"Educating Young Adolescents" (2002)
740 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
T (410) 244-1388
www.nativitynetwork.org
Contact: Rev John Podsiadlo, SJ
Jpodsiadlo@aol.com
Nativity Educational Centers Network is a national association of independent educational centers that seeks to advance various forms of cooperation and collaborative activity among the centers to increase efficiency and effectiveness. The network sponsors opportunities for sharing best practices, collects and analyzes performance data, assists the founding of additional centers, and engages in regional and national fundraising. Nativity schools are not tuition driven and accept students of low-income urban families who would not otherwise have access to Catholic education.
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Graduate Support Programs of the Miguel Schools
"Catholic Schools for Children and Youth in Poverty" (2003)
Lasallian Association of Miguel Schools
12 Carter Street
Providence, RI 02907
T (773) 882-5703 or (617) 244-1177
F (617) 244-8747
www.miguelschools.org
Contact: Terry Shields
t_shields@hotmail.com
San Miguel schools provide a Catholic education without tuition for students who would not otherwise have access to them. This program supports middle school (8th grade) graduates and their families as they maneuver the process of applying to high school, staying in school, doing well, graduating, and continuing on to college. This is important for students faced with a culture that is accepting of failure, drug and alcohol use, relaxed norms of behavior, and often little family support.
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Foundation for the Nativity and Miguel Schools
900 Varnum Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
T (202) 832-3667
F (202) 832-8098
www.nativitymiguelschools.org
Contact: Msgr. John W. Jordan
jjordan@nativitymiguel.org
This foundation seeks funding for the Nativity Education Centers Network and the Miguel Schools.
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