Office of
Catholic Schools
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We thank God for you as one of our greatest blessings!
Enjoy the time with family and friends.
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Dates at a Glance (articles below or *in previous edition*):
- Nov 28-29: Thanksgiving Day: Diocesan Offices Closed
- Dec 1: First Sunday of Advent!
- Dec. 3: Power School 101 session 2 for new Power School Administrators
- Dec 6: Camp Tek summer registration opens
- Dec 8 Green Bay Youth Conference
- Dec. 10 Administrator meeting (Chancery) see info below
- Dec. 21-Jan 1: Diocesan Offices Closed
- Dec. 31 Meemic Grant for classroom makeover DUE
Mark Your Calendar
September 24, 2020 - All Schools Mass for grades 3-12 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help.
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The Diocese of Green Bay will be doing an
Administrative Appreciation Day
for parish and school secretaries/business managers to thank them for the hard work they do keeping everything running. The event will be on
April 30, 2019
at the Chancery. More details to follow but please plan now to make sure you have adequate coverage in your offices that day.
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December 10 Administrator Meeting
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This meeting will be for principals. Please register for the meeting even if you are unable to attend.
Click on the button:
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Principal and Pastor Day - May 5, 2020
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We are in the process of planning a day for Principals and Pastors to share time together. We will have a guest speaker, Dr. Michael Boyle, Director of the Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education, School of Education- Loyola University Chicago. The Greely Center supports Catholic school leaders to become innovative and creative in ways to meet the needs of all children within the Catholic school setting. Dr. Boyle will guide us in a discussion about practices of school leaders to help ensure that “All Are Welcome” in our schools. There will be more details as the time gets closer.
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If you are planning on participating in this program, please get your information to Diocesan Advocates.
Contact John Johnston
at
johnjohnston@diocesanadvocates.com
or 713-254-9655 for assistance.
Paperwork needs to be filed soon!
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Holy Spirit Parish and School recently switched their website design and service to E-Catholic. According to Mike Zuleger “We are so thrilled with the customer support we've received so far and the ease of editing our new websites.” Check out the sites at:
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Happy New Liturgical Year - Advent Resources from World Missions
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The season of Advent is a wonderful opportunity to engage young people in their call to missionary discipleship, seeking their prayers, actions and monetary sacrifices for their brothers and sisters around the world. These free resources Advent MCA Resources are designed to love beyond the classroom, engaging families who by virtue of their baptism share in the triple mission of Christ: priest, prophet, and king.
You are my hands and feet! Please consider our World Missions Project booklet for your next Advent project or Christmas gift. Use our free donation cards to convey your message and share how your project booklet gift is changing lives around the world! Download and print them from our website:
www.catholicfoundationgb.org/projects
or contact me
cstaubin@gbdioc.org
and I will be happy to mail a hard copy to you or the recipient of your gift.
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On December 1, the Church throughout the world will begin the celebration of the season of Advent and the new Church year. Here are some resources for thoughtful planning of some of the most difficult and joyous weeks to teach.
Check out Advent in Two Minutes:
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RCL Benziger is pleased to offer you
FREE
Advent resources
to enrich the celebration of Advent in your classroom and to promote the celebration of Advent in the homes of the children and families you serve.
Explore the many Advent prayers and activities, which include:
· Ideas for Teachers and Catechists
· Prayer for the New Church Year
· Celebrating Advent at Home
· The Blessing of the Advent Wreath
· The Jesse Tree
· The O Antiphons
· Las Posadas
· Prayer for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
May Emmanuel be with you and yours as together we journey through Advent and to the joyful celebration of Christmas.
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Compass Christmas Challenge
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The Compass is seeking entries from students for its 32nd annual “Just for Kids” Christmas challenge. This year, as it has since 2014, The Compass is partnering with World Mission Services of the Diocese of Green Bay to include Just for Kids art entries in the Missionary Childhood Association’s (MCA) National Christmas Card contest.
Click for more information
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MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION (MCA)
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New grade specific lesson plans for Advent.
Advent prayer services
for the classroom and for families. Missionary witnesses and saints for December. These are all part of the newly designed Resources Page for MCA for the Advent Season. More resources will be added in the coming weeks, along with Spanish translations of the current offerings. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy St. Aubin, World Mission Director at
cstaubin@gbdioc.org
or 920-272-8192.
Click on the link
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Choice Intent to Participate
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DPI is changing the way both new and existing schools participating in Choice indicate that they intend to participate in the program for the 2020-2021 school year. The new procedures will be released the first week of December and the Diocese is helping to test the new on-line system in order to support all our schools. Keep an eye out for more information from DPI in your email!
Also, all schools should remember there is a $400 fee that needs to be submitted with your registration by January 10, 2020.
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DPI Report Cards for 2018-2019
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Even if your school does not participate in the Forward Exam Testing for Choice, it is still recommended that you include a link on your school website to the DPI Report Card. Go to
Click on PRIVATE SCHOOLS in the far right.
A drop down listing of all private schools that participated in Choice for 2018-2019 will be listed. You can find your school and download the PDF for your website. Since most of our schools do not do the Forward Testing, the bulk of your information will be NA. That is fine as we do our own testing through MAPS.
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You may want to add a note of explanation, such as:
This is a link to the DPI Report Card. As a Choice school, we receive the report card. For most schools, data regarding Forward testing is NA considering we do not have enough students to report accurately. Instead, our students participate in the MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) assessment, which the state does not report
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September Enrollment Audit Questions
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There have been some questions on what the auditors are requesting from different schools. DPI sets the guidelines on what is required by the auditors. A complete list can be found at
https://dpi.wi.gov/sms/choice-programs/september-enrollment-audit.
There is an easy search tool where you can type a few key words and find your answer. If your auditor is requesting information that you do not feel is relevant or you are questioning, please contact
Dean Gerondale
immediately.
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Last Chance - Powerschool Enrollment
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We have several schools using Powerschool Enrollment to register new students and we have been extending the offer to others who would like to begin the product. If you are interested in using an online tool that syncs with Powerschool, please let
Becky Krahn
know by
December 1
. (In the subject line indicate Powerschool Enrollment). We are in the process of building the forms for the 2020-2021 school year. The product will be ready to register new students in January. The cost is approximately $5.25 per student.
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December 3, 2019
Power School 101 for Administrators - Session 2 at Bona Hall Room 39. Please RSVP to
Lori Paul
if you plan on attending. Remember this is geared toward new Power School administrator users.
Here is a great quick reference card available for Power School users!
Click on the button:
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2020 WCRIS Leadership Conference
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The
2020 WCRIS Leadership Conference
will be on
Friday, March 6
, at the Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee.
You can now get a reduced-priced Early-bird ticket of $175 a person or $155 for a group of three or more, a savings of $20 over the regular price.
Your ticket will get you access to breakfast, lunch, snacks, and timely content, such as:
- The Keynote speaker, Dr. Lori Desautel, who will speak about the application of neuroscience on the effects of trauma and learning
- A luncheon talk by a private school principal, Chad Dirkse, on navigating your school’s mission with challenges from an ever-changing student population, and shifting cultural values
- Workshops led by experts in areas of leadership, school data, legal issues, special education, and marketing
- A marketplace of businesses with products and services to help your school save time and money
- Networking time with other private school leaders from across the state
- And more!
- Hurry now and claim your ticket before the savings are gone!
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Lunch on WCRIS after Choice Trainings
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WCRIS will host an open house at their offices after each of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Choice training sessions. The DPI’s Choice Program training is intended for schools NEW to the Choice Program.
The following training sessions at the DPI offices in Madison will be offered on :
- November 22, 2019: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- November 25, 2019: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- December 3, 2019: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- *December 4, 2019: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
You can register for the training
here.
After the DPI training, walk across the street to visit the WCRIS offices. Grab a box lunch, talk to WCRIS staff about issues of concern, and grab a water or a snack for the road.
When you leave, WCRIS will also provide a discounted parking sticker for the nearby US Bank building, on Webster Street, just off the corner of Webster and Main Streets. The ramp is a block west of the DPI.
Please register
here
so they can order your lunch, and send you a map for the parking ramp. In the morning when you arrive for the DPI training, park there, and bring your ticket stub at lunchtime to WCRIS and they will validate it.
*Please note: The DPI’s December 4 training is in the afternoon so the WCRIS Open House will be from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm.
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Fifth Graders are invited to the Manitowoc County Civil War Round Table School Day event!
Click for details:
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Registrations due November 15; Deposits due November 30
This pilgrimage to Washington DC January 21-26, 2020 aims to inspire, strengthen, and bond the community of young people in our diocese because we believe through Christ and our own witness, hearts can be changed. We look to educate youth on the hope that Christ wishes to offer them and learn how we can overcome evils that threaten life through prayer, sacrifice, community, and service.
From our diocese, we usually take around 150 pilgrims. From around the nation, there are thousands of students who pilgrimage from their schools and parishes to join in one voice of peace and prayer for the lives of all.
Click on button below for the Who, What, When, Where, How Much, etc. Come and See!
March for Life Complete Info!
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Green Bay Youth Conference (GBYC) : Save the Date!
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DATE: Sunday, December 8, 2019
TIME: 8:30am - 5:45pm
PLACE: National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion, WI
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS:
Patrick Reis, Director of Encounter Ministries
Sr. Ann Immaculee, Sisters of Life
Music by Sonar
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Flexible Tuition Program Is Here
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This year, we are piloting a new initiative to help parents understand tuition based on the Cost of Education. While this can sometimes be a confusing discussion, we created a video that schools can use to explain the concept. Check it out!
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The Diocese has updated the School Finder function on its website. This simple, streamlined & mobile responsive tool will elevate the experience of site users - especially those looking for core school information.
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Hopefully everyone survived the 18-19 Financial Audits! We will be meeting with the auditing firms as there were some challenges this first year with how the timing of when the audits were submitted. If you have any feedback, please let Dean Gerondale know. Upcoming Choice Dates:
November 30, 2019:
DPI will process the November state aid payments to eligible schools by direct deposit, based on each school’s eligible applications and corresponding class list submitted to the DPI in OAS on the Third Friday September Count Report by October 1.
December 10, 2019:
All Choice schools must report 2019-20 Third Friday in September Enrollment in WISEdata. All schools that participated in the Choice program in the 2018-19 school year must also complete 2018-19 Attendance reporting and Completion/Exit and Dropout reporting in WISEdata.
December 15, 2019:
All Choice schools must submit to the DPI the September 2019 Enrollment Audit and the Fiscal and Internal Control Practices Report from its auditor.
The signed reports can be scanned and emailed as a pdf document to dpichoiceauditreports@dpi.wi.gov or mailed to the DPI.
If you
HAVE NOT
been scheduled by your auditor for this review and report, please notify Dean Gerondale immediately.
Please make sure you are actively checking the portals provided by your auditor. This is where all data is sent and/or requested. Failure to timely respond to the requests can cause a delay in your audit.
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Mission: Healthy Kids, a partnership of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Kohl’s Cares, is offering 25 Healthy School Grants for this school year. Each grant is $2000. These grants focus on helping schools to make policy, systems and environmental changes in the area of nutrition, physical activity and mindfulness. The application period is open until December 13th. To learn more and apply click
HERE.
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Just a reminder that if you need to use the IT help desk, submit a request on-line at
gbhelpdesk@gbdioc.org
. The tickets are tracked and a report given to Deacon Conrad, IT Director, each week on what issues schools and parishes are having. If you email a staff person, Deacon Conrad will not see that and cannot track frequency of issues.
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As many of you know, NCEA will be having its 24 Hour Many Gifts-One Nation event on January 28, 2020, as part of Catholic Schools Week. We are excited about this opportunity to tell our story and invite families to learn about Catholic Schools. As you consider your participation, please know that in our Diocese the timing of a giving day during Catholic Schools Week does not work well. The following week, all families across our Diocese will be receiving a letter from Bishop Ricken asking to support the Bishop’s Appeal.
If you are going to host a giving day, we respectfully request that you focus your efforts on your alumni and do not include the parish as part of that day. As always, the Bishop’s Appeal supports the Office of Catholic Schools in a significant way to provide tools and resources to all of our schools and their work.
If you are going to do the giving day to your alumni, NCEA requests that you
Fill out this quick interest form
for schools to create their own customized alumni giving pages. You can also find out more at the NCEA site at
https://ncea.org/csw/manygifts.
Please let Lori Paul know if you plan on participating in this event and thank you for all you do to promote your school!
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Meemic Foundation Grant - PK-5
We're giving away
12 Complete Classrooms®
from Lakeshore valued up to $10,000 each! From design to installation, winners will work with design experts from Lakeshore to create a customized classroom to meet the needs of PreK-5 grade teachers.
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Apply for yourself or nominate a colleague.
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Super easy - no application to complete.
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Entries must be received by
December 31, 2019
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Catholic Foundation Grant Application Process Closes Dec. 1, 2019
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The Catholic Foundation Grant Application Process will be available from October 1 to
December 1, 2019
for
Advancing the Mission - Evangelization, Leadership Development and Lifelong Catechesis; Lumen Christi
and the
Catholic Foundation Areas of Interest
. To apply, see the
Catholic Foundation website.
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Haven't Had Enough Yet?
There's More!
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NCEA webinars cover trending and need-to-know topics relevant to your career in Catholic education. All participants will receive the recorded webinar and presentation files for reference and inclusion among other professional learning resources.
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And more . . .
Click on icon below to read the latest issue of
Catholic School Matters
Newsletter from NCEA and Dr. Tim Uhl.
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