Welcome 2015 Our Lady’s School Open House

Why OLS?  Community  Faith  Opportunity  Excellence

2014 Standardized Test Performance Median Grade Equivalent K – 1.06 th – st – 2.57 th – nd – 4.08 th – rd – th – th – 7.3 Our class average when compared to the national average.

 Variety of tools and links from our Web site to improve communication:  Calendar (lunch, school activity, mass schedule.)  Oncourse Connect.  Teachers are rapidly shifting toward social media. (Remind App.)  Facebook Page. (School and Alumni Page.)

Fundraising as a Tuition Supplement 25% of School’s Revenue AuctionBingo Spring Festival **Fundraising offset tuition costs.

Revenue

Tuition Perspective  OLS Tuition: $ (Subsidized) =$ per month  Projected cost to educate a child at OLS: $ next year.  Calcasieu Parish cost to Educate: approx. $10,000

OLEO  Fundraising through Auction, Bingo, and Festival Activities is vital to the survival of the school.  Your OLEO board is central to the success of these efforts. Fundraising will help keep tuition costs down.  A great deal of time and dedication over the past year have been invested by your OLEO Board: Cathy Leonard, Rosilind Rosteet,Regan Brown, Alicia St. Germaine, Marquette Ancelet, Adrienne Poncho.  Also want to acknowledge the hard work of the office staff at OLS who do so much more behind the scenes of every event that we put on each year not to mention on a day to day basis.

Fee Structure Beginning  All existing fees remain the same. Registration due at time of registration and all other fees due by August 7 th  Building assessment fee will be added: $100 per child with $300 max per family.  Used only for costs associated to the gym project. (Debt service)

1 child subsidized option:  New option for this year is to finance your tuition and non-registration fees into a monthly payment over 12 months. (1.5%)  Example: Subsidized tuition and fees over 12 months = $  Traditional 10 month plan: $ per month + fees due August 7th.

Long Range Planning  These are attainable goals that can be accomplished as we continue to grow the school.  School growth will allow greater fundraising resources to be used for capital projects.

Long Range Planning  Formulating a 5 year Plan.  Planning committee is working to identify what this school needs to do to flourish and to serve the needs of our families.  Currently working with Bridget Evans with Champeaux, Evans, Hotard Architects.

Needs Assessment  Identified immediate and long term needs of the school:  Security Gate Done  Network Servers ReplacementDone  Telecommunications systemDone  Develop a sound Marketing PlanIn Progress  School Facilities RefurbishmentPlanning  Bathroom Facilities RenovationPlanning  Addition of P.E. FacilitiesPlanning

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As always a great thanks to our Partners in Education: