Our Strategic Plan is built around our mission statement:

Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic School exists to provide:
• a welcoming Catholic Community
• a challenging academic curriculum
• and unlimited opportunities to grow in virtue.

Each of the three parts of our mission is meant to be used as a goal. Each of these goals contains target objectives that are designed to move us closer to an expected outcome.

This plan was developed by the principal, Erin Vader, the Very Reverend Michael F. Olson, pastor, and the School Advisory Council: Philip Hernandez, president, Daniel Martinez, vice-president, Stuart Sumner, secretary, and at-large members: Chris Ducic, Shane Grieve, Claudia Martinez, Leslie Skero, and Debbie Molinar. This committee used information gathered formally through school surveys and informally through input from faculty, parents, home and school officers, parishioners, etc. The strategic plan is used as an over-arcing guide for the directions in which we want to guide SPS; specific and detailed actions to be taken may be found in the SPS Three-Year Plan, which is updated annually.

Measures of Progress
• Continuous assessment of student performance in the classroom
• Assessment data reported to families: achievement test scores (Stanford and Olsat), report cards and regular assessments
• Comparison data with other schools in the diocese
• Compiling of data regarding graduates
• Continuing engagement of teachers and staff in professional development and instructional coaching
• Registration and attendance rates
• Awards and recognition of performance
• Balanced budget and alignment of resources
• Engagement of families and students in opportunities to improve learning
• Family surveys and feedback
• Student Surveys
• Parish Surveys

…provide a welcoming Catholic Community…

Alumni/Parish Relations:
-Continue the establishment and updating of our database
-Contact alumni twice a year without asking for money
-Create bios for students as they leave SPS; update yearly
-Build individual relationships with parishioners
-Build communications with the church: speakers at Mass, newsletters in the bulletin, etc.

Family Life:
- Establish ‘buddy families’ for new students
- Work on publication of “Life at SPS” guide for new and established families
- Provide addition education resources for parents, both secular and spiritual

Facilities:
- Continue to provide basic, but adequate, facilities that are conducive to learning.
- Form a committee with the parish to plot the physical future of SPS

Expected Outcome:

Implementation of these objectives will help us achieve our goal of creating a welcoming community that communicates well with all its constituencies. Students, staff, parents, parishioners will all fell involved and vested in the continued success of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School.

…provide a challenging academic curriculum…

Curriculum:
- Keep on Diocesan schedule for textbook adoption
- Create line items in the budget for areas like the science lab, the library, art program, computer lab, etc.
- Continue to provide professional development opportunities to the faculty in areas including differentiated instruction and curriculum mapping

Faculty:
- As the budget will support add the following:

• a technology staff member
• part/full-time art teacher
• development staff member
• qualified school counselor

Expected Outcome:

Implementation of these objectives will help us achieve our goal of providing a challenging academic curriculum for all our students. Teachers will be well-qualified and well-equipped to provide the best academic experience which will result in high levels of achievement for all students.

…provide unlimited opportunities to grow in virtue.

Spiritual Life:
- Encourage participation of students and their families in parish activities and other outside events (SPCC Youth Group, annual diocesan Youth Convention, etc.)
- Reestablish annual retreats for 2nd through 8th grades
- Support the establishment of spiritually based organizations (student/parent prayer groups, the Chalice Program for the promotion of vocations, etc.)
- Support the continuation of the SPS Rosary

Leadership Development:
- Expand volunteer listing for everyone (H&S, Men’s Club, etc.) Encourage listings that could be accomplished by students with supervision, as well.
- Create a resource list of abilities and services provided by families and staff members
- Create a volunteer criteria list for each group
- Continue to support volunteer opportunities for students and staff (Catholic Charities, the SPCC Food Bank, Catholic Relief Services, other local and global organizations).

Expected Outcome:

Implementation of these objectives will help us accomplish our goal of continuing to help our students and their families grow in virtue. While every day offers up multiple ways for all of us to choose to be better Christians, as a school we can provide multiple ways for our students and their families to give back to our community and the world at large.

In support of this mission…

In order to support these goals, three additional objectives must be met:

Marketing and Recruitment:

Until the budget will support a specified development staff member, establish a committee to:
- Prepare an analysis of targeted criteria
- Develop a marketing/enrollment plan based on this analysis
- Develop a marketing template/guide
- Create measurements for routine review of the plan

Finance:
- Establish an endowment for tuition assistance
- Strategize for annual giving and endowment, re: who and when we target appeals

Resource Development:
- Continue to look for ways to support the school outside tuition (grants, long-term giving, etc.)
- Identify potential corporate givers in our community
- Utilize our school, parish, and local community as much as possible

Expected Outcome:

Implementation of these objectives will help us support steady growth at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School. Maintaining and increasing our available funding, while creating a source of income in the future by establishing an endowment will facilitate our ability to support the mission of St. Peter’s.