St. Joseph School Community Meeting Monday, October 18, 2010

1. St. Joseph SchoolCommunity MeetingMonday, October 18, 2010

2. Recap from last Community MeetingProposed new committees… • Tuition/Fees Committee $53,139 • New Fundraising $18,274 • Adopt-a-student, Kouri’s/Culver’s Night • Enhance existing Fundraising $4,200 • Golf/Dinner Outing (Raised over last year) $13,000 • Marketing: Annual Fund, Brochure, Baptismal welcome • Total new money raised $88,613 (goal = $150,000)

3. Education Commission Focus Purpose for Education Commission: Advisory Committees, Set Agendas, Timelines/Resources, & Be Financially Responsible for the school Monitors: School Budget Fundraising Athletic Committee activity Parents Club activity Technology Planning Buildings and Grounds Review of action/changes relative to curriculum Mission Statement for Education Commission: “Here to prepare the students for their future, not our past.”

4. Plan for Fundraising • Last year we fell well short of the $150,000 goal to be 50% self funded. We need to continue to generate additional ideas to reach this goal. We have drafted a plan to better organize and coordinate these activities in support of this goal. • The plan under review includes: • Requirement that all activities be submitted in writing for review for profitability and schedule. Parents Club and Education Commission will be responsible for final decisions. • Will eliminate multiple solicitations to past supporters • Will identify need for volunteer hours • We expect the implementation of this organizing process will help us work on those ideas that generate the highest return and maximize the use of volunteer hours.

5. Plan for Volunteer Hours • The plan currently under review will require all families to volunteer a minimum of 20 hours – 10 for single parent families • A list of available projects in need of volunteer support will be kept on RenWeb. Each family can volunteer to best fit their schedule. • All volunteer hours will be tracked in RenWeb and each family is responsible for monitoring their own hours. • Parents club members, coaches, golf committee members, etc. will be credited a determined amount of hours. • Each family will have an opportunity to buy out of the volunteer requirement and/or will be required to buy the balance of hours unfulfilled at $20/hour.

6. Education Commission Structural Committees • Finance Liaison – Dick Cohenour i. Liaison between the Education Commission and Finance Committee • Fundraising Coordinator Chair– AindreaBalagna i. Coordination of Fundraising calendar with president of parents’ club ii. Develop a 5-year plan to implement effective fundraisers iii. Reporting overall progress to parents for newsletter • Technology Committee Chairs– Gregg Bradshaw, Dora Lee Ho i. Organize a committee to develop a 5-year plan to update the technological needs for the school (hardware & software) ii. Review of technology utilization action plan in NCA accreditation report

7. Extra-Curricular Liaisons – Luke Mefford, Mike Honan i. Liaison between Extra-Curricular and Education Commission ii. Organize a committee to develop a 5-year plan to update equipment, supplies, facility needs to building and grounds • Golf Coordinator Chair – Beth Martin, Brian Geier i. Liaison for the annual fundraiser between the golf committee and the Education Commission • Building & Grounds Committee Chairs – Brian Geier, Tim Kramer i.  Organize a committee to develop a 5-year plan to maintain the building and grounds ~ Each Committee is asked to develop a 5-year plan and they will be completed by the end of the school year. ~ If you are interested or have any expertise in one of these areas and are willing to be involved on the committee, please contact the chairman of the committee for more information.

8. Time for Questions… Thank you to everyone who came out to join us this evening. May God Bless You Always, The Education Commission Members