Annunciation Catholic School 2016-2017 2610 Utah St. NE

Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-299-6783

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StateoftheSchoolReport

2016–2017SchoolYearJune 2017

DearAnnunciationFamilies,

As another school year ends our minds and hearts are filled to the brim. Together we’ve learned much and shared experiences that will long remain with us in the years to come. The strength of our community and wholehearted passion to make our school a wonderful place of learning for our children primarily but for all of us makes Annunciation Catholic School truly a special place.

Please take a few minutes to read the State of the School for 2016/17. It encapsulates our school year in a few pages. You will find test results, a financial statement, and social justice projects to name a few. You will also find some of our alumni accomplishments. We were thrilled and excited that 33 of the 45 senior alumni came to a School Mass and visited their buddies and shared their dreams with us. We are very proud of these young adults and wish them continued success in their future.

Our 8th grade class is on their way to high school! We will keep all of them in our prayers and look forward to their visits in the coming years.

On behalf of the entire staff we wish everyone a safe, fun-filled, blessed summer.

Yours in Christ,

Cindy Shields, Principal Amy McCarty, Asst. Principal

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VisionAnnunciation Catholic School’s Vision is to provide a Catholic Education that recognizes andrespectseachstudent’suniquenessasamemberoftheBodyofChrist.Weawaken,recognizeandhonortheGodgivenabilitiesofeachstudentbyprovidingactivelearningexperiencesusinginnovative techniques and cutting edge technology. We challenge students to acceptresponsibility to continue Jesus’ mission by being people of prayer, service, wisdom andcompassion.MissionAnnunciation Catholic School’s mission is to provide a Christ-like and learner friendlyenvironmenttobetterserveGodandcommunity.School-WideLearningExpectations(SLE’s)AnnunciationStudentswillbefaith-filled,activeCatholicswho

• Valuethatprayerisanintegralpartoftheirlives• Participateinthesacramentsandprayerexperiences• HavepersonalrelationshipswithGod• AreknowledgeableoftheteachingsoftheCatholicChurch• Demonstrateconvictionoftheirbeliefs

Annunciation students will be knowledgeable and active in the Seven Themes of CatholicTeaching

• Lifedignityofthehumanperson• Calltofamily,communityandparticipation• Rightsandresponsibilities• Optionforthepoorandvulnerable• Dignityofworkandtherightsofworkers• Solidarity• CareforGod’screation

Annunciationstudentswillbeengagedlearnerswho• Communicateeffectively• Collaboratewithadultsandpeers• Thinkcritically• Exhibitcreativity

Annunciationstudentswillbeself-aware,wellroundedpeoplebydemonstrating• Perseverance• Self-sufficiency• Awillingnesstotakeriskswithoutfearoffailure• Astrongworkethic

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StudentLearningAssessmentofCatholicReligiousEducation (ACRE) isadministeredannually to5th&8thgradestudents.ItisusedbyCatholicSchoolsthroughoutthenation.AnewACREtestwascreatedin2013-2014andwasnormedthispastyear.Theresultsshowwhereourstudentsranknationally.

ACREResults4PillarsofCatechismofCatholicChurch(knowledge)

5th 8th Pillar78% 70% ProfessionofFaith74% 71% TheCelebrationoftheChristianMystery76% 74% LifeinChrist74% 74% ChristianPrayer

STARisgivenatleast3timesperyearandisnationallynormed.ThereportscoresarefromthefinalSTARtestsadministeredinMay2017.

STARTesting 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8thSTARMath

NationalPercentile 82 83 80 84 77 68 66 75GradeLevelEquivalent 2.5 3.6 4.7 6.4 7.1 9.5 10.0 12.9

STARReading

NationalPercentile 84 82 76 80 69 66 63 77GradeLevelEquivalent 2.7 3.8 5.1 6.5 7.0 8.0 9.5 11.2

NumberofStudentsinEachQuartile 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Math STAR

99–75% 29 26 25 36 27 19 25 2674–50% 15 14 12 11 10 9 16 2149–25% 3 3 4 2 3 4 6 324–1% 0 0 1 1 4 4 3 0

Reading STAR

99–75% 25 23 21 31 22 15 27 1974–50% 3 14 13 14 12 10 17 2349–25% 3 6 7 2 9 7 12 824–1% 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 0

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AnnunciationCatholicSchoolAccreditationAnnunciation Catholic School is always seeking the best and most effective ways to educatechildrenforthe21stcentury, infusingthiseducationwithastrongandvitalCatholic identity,whilesupportingparentsintheirroleastheprimaryeducatorsoftheirchildren.EverysixyearswehavetheopportunityforaveryspecificSelfStudyprocessleadingtothere-accreditationoftheschool.Duringthe2015-2016schoolyear,theschoolinvolvedallofitsshareholders–faculty,staff,parents,students,andparishioners–inthisprocessusingaspecificprotocoloutlinedbytheWesternCatholicEducationalAssociation(WCEA).Inthespringof2016,aVisitingCommitteefrom WCEA reviewed our Self Study document, including our Action Plan, for ongoingimprovement,andgaveusthehighestaccreditationstatus.Wehavebeenaccrediteduntil2021withnointerventionsnecessary.InterestingThingstoKnowaboutthe2016-2017SchoolYearEnrollment

• 421studentswereenrolledingradesJrK–8thgrade• 64 new students and 36 new families were welcomed into the Annunciation School

community• ACSStudentRetentionRate:93%

Faculty

• Theschoolstaffconsistsof42employees• AllcorecontentandelementaryteachersholdNMteachinglicenses.• Teachersparticipated inover1729hoursofprofessionaldevelopment (CapturingKids

Hearts,DougReeves:StandardsBasedGrading,MaryKayMorrison:HumorQuest,EffectiveGradingPractices,andnumeroushoursofteamplanning

• Collectively the Annunciation staff has over 284 years of teachingexperiencewith271yearsinCatholicSchool

• AnnunciationCatholicSchoolwasnameda2017TopWorkplaceforthe3rdyearinarow–ACSwasranked(#7)insmallbusinessbytheAlbuquerqueJournal

CurriculumEnhancements

• InvestedinLABLearner–JrK-8thsciencecurriculum• Upgradedsciencematerialsandequipment

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StudentInvolvement–AwardsandAccomplishmentsAthleticsOurstudentsareveryinvolved.Allinterestedstudentsaregiventheopportunitytoparticipate.

Sport ElementaryParticipants

MiddleSchoolParticipants

MiddleSchoolRecognition

FlagFootball N/A 26 Tennis N/A 25 Yellow#1team:1stwithundefeated

season.Yellow#2team:1stinconsolationbracket.Greenteam:3rdplace.

Soccer 37 23 APIALChampionsCrossCountry 9 14 Girls’Volleyball 11 40 ANN1B&ANN1C,APIALChampions

Golf 17 35 Girls’Basketball 8 25 ANN1AUndefeatedregularseason.

RunnerUpinchampionshipgame.Boys’

Basketball46 58 JVBoys’ConsolationRunnerUp

TrackandField 13 35 Girls:2ndinChampionshipmeetSeveral Annunciation students were invited to run in the Great South West Track Meet. TheresultsincludeEmmaDonlin(8):3rdplace100mdash,MateoGarcia(8):4thplace100mdash,DylanRivas (7): 6th place 100m dash,AngelyseGonzales-Sanchez (8),MarieKalb (8), EmmaDonlin (8), Gabby Jeantete (7): 2nd place Girls 4x100 Relay and JuanDiegoOrtiz-Acosta (8),MateoGarcia(8),TylerMeadows(7),DylanRivas(7):2ndplaceBoys4x100Relay.ArtApproximately3,000piecesofstudentartworkwereexhibitedatthe2016-2017ArtFaircreatedbyAnnunciationstudentsingradesJrK–8.Seventy(70)ofthosepiecesweredisplayedattheArchdioceseofSantaFeCatholicSchools’ArtFestival,35ofwhichwereawarded3rdplaceorbetterorspecialrecognition.

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AlumniAcademicRecognitionCatherineCollins:St.PiusValedictorianClassof2017KatherineBruckner,ChaseDeGuio,AndrewSinclair:St.PiusClassof2017Top10BrittanyHumphrey:St.Pius2017SeniorChoiceAwardJoshuaMoorhead:St.PiusPrincipal’sLeadershipAwardSkylerValdez,JoshuaMoorhead:RonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&InstituteHonorsSkylerValdez:NationalHispanicRecognitionProgramScholarKatherineBruckner:St.PiusExcellenceinSocialStudiesawardJoshuaMoorhead:St.PiusOutstandingSportsMedicineawardSpiritual,LeadershipandMusicalActivities

Group Participants Notes

StudentLeadershipTeam

4StudentLeadershipTeam:ColeFaris(8),JuliaHanisee(8),AngelPortillo(8),RyanHidalgo

(7),AaronMoya(6)AltarServers 56 DailyMass,SchoolMass&SundayMass

StudentCantors 15 SupportcongregationatSchoolMass

TalentShow

34IndividualActs6ClassActs

11StudentStagecrew

TalentShowisopentoallstudents

Band 13 BeginningandAdvancedofferedAllAnnunciationstudentsparticipateinamusicalperformanceatleastonceperyear.MiddleSchool presented the Christmas Program. Grades 3-5 & 1-2 performed for parents in May.KindergartenandJrKperformedattheirgraduationceremonies.SpecialRecognitions

TeacheroftheYear:LisaSchall,7th/8thgrademathteacher,wasAnnunciation’sArchdioceseofSantaFeTeacheroftheYearHonoree.

DistinguishedDiscipleHonorees:ColeFaris(8)andJuliaHanisee(8)wereselectedasthisyear’sDistinguishedDisciplesHonorees.

St.GabrielAward:LiamRuggles(8),AllyThomas(8)andJordanAshcraft(8)werepresentedwiththeSt.GabrielAward.Thisawardhonors8thgraderswhoexemplifythequalitiesofSt.GabrielandtheBlessedMother.

AthletesoftheYear:MarieKalb(8)andNicholasPascuzzi(8)earnedthisawardfortheirdedicationandinvolvementinourathleticprogram.

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AcademicCompetitionsSeveraloftheacademiccompetitionsareopentoallstudents. Somearelimitedtoaspecificnumber based onmaximum number of allowed participants or due to a limited number ofcoaches.

Team Participants RecognitionChess 15

Speech&Debate

7

FaithChallengeBowl

12 2ndPlaceElementaryTeam

GeoBee 24 WyattSterba(7)Winner,AlejandroSapien(6)RunnerUpSpellingBee 27 LeoKim(7)Winner,DylanRivas(7)RunnerUpScienceFair 30 Physics1stPlace:LindseyKlem(8),Chemistry1stPlace:

MorganHenson(8),Zoology1stPlace:RhettMcCarty(8),Earth,Space&EnvironmentalScience,1stPlace:Ally

McLellan(8),BehavioralScience&SocialScience1stPlace:NolanEsterly(7),Medicine&Health1stPlace:OwenSchall(8),Botany1stPlace:ColeFaris(8),Engineering1stPlace;

DiegoSanchez(7)Entrepreneur

Expo48 1stplace:JaydenBates(8)andEllaEvans(8),FrancesOchs

(7)andSaraSwinson(7),EvelynGruber(6)andEvaSuarez(6)

2ndplace:AllyThomas(8)andAmaryllisSantiago(8),MelissaGomez(7)andAlexisPatalan(7),Elizabeth

Cheshire(6)andMaddieRappaport(6),tiedwithRowanLevandowski(6)andNatashaMontoya(6)

FutureCity 30 6th–8thGradeRegionals1stPlace,BestEssay,BestPresentation-FutureFalls(6thGrade):MalachiPena,CohenMullville,ChrisCoash,Bryan

Deller,BrianKalbBestVirtualCity-Ekodd(8thGrade):EmilyDevany,Emma

Donlin,MarieKalb,EllaEvans,JuanOrtiz-AcostaPeople’sChoice,BestPhysicalModel,BestLandSurveyingPractices-Interactivia(8thGrade):NicholasPascuzzi,NickVargas,JoshSalas,EvanMuhlberger,ZachPena,Duncan

Levandoski6thGradecompetedinWashingtonDCatthenationallevel

BattleoftheBooks

8 2ndplaceElementary

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PeopleofServiceWeare calledby theChurch tobepeopleof service. During the2016-2017 school year themajority of our service projects supported various local divisions of Catholic Charities. Thegenerosityofourschoolcommunityissomethingofwhichtobeproud.

2016-2017SocialJusticeProjectsGrade Benefactor GiftJrK/K LeukemiaandLymphomaSociety:HOPS $620.00

1stGrade CatholicCharities:HomelessHousingandRefugeeProgram

117BagsofBeans133BagsofRice

3rdGrade CatholicCharities'Refugees&Homeless 425Dignitybagsfulloftoiletryitems

4thGrade CatholicCharities’Children’sLearningCenter

$1,487.25raisedandwasusedtopurchase;MusicalInstruments,ArtSupplies,Toys,Dress-ups,

BooksandACouch5thGrade MADAgainstHunger $1,180.916thGrade EnditwithOrange-RoadRunnerFoodBank

MobileFoodPantry&BlessingsinaBackpackprogam.

$4,310.92raisedtohelpfeedthehungry

7thGrade CatholicCharities’Children’sLearningCenter:ProjectGive

$737.00usedtobuywarmclothingforpre-schoolstudents

8thGrade CatholicCharities’ $1,184.00SoldChristmasOrnaments

Jr.K–8FamiliesandStaff

FamiliesinNeed-St.VincentDePaul 20ThanksgivingFamilyMealsfor128individuals289boxesoffood

AnnunciationParish–LentenSoupSupper 19potsofsoup12breaddonations

MealPreparation AsneededCatholicReliefServicesOperationRiceBowl $563.82

ParentInvolvementSt.GabrielisAnnunciation’sparentorganization.ThegoalofeachSt.GabrielCommitteeistoshowChrist-likequalitiesthroughvolunteering,prayer,communitysupportandparticipationinschoolfunctions.Parentshadmanyopportunitiestovolunteerduringthe2016-2017schoolyearsuchasbeingaroomparent,helpinginclassrooms,organizingparties,coaching,participatinginarosarygroup,actingashostfamily,assistingwithfallbenefit,organizingtalentshowacts,etc.

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FinancialStatementTheSchoolfollowsthefiscalyearoftheparish.WearefortunatethatAnnunciationParishsupportsourschoolwitha$200,000subsidytohelpmakeCatholicEducationmoreaffordabletothosewhoattend.Wearegratefultoalltheparishionerswhogenerouslycontributetothesubsidythroughtheirregularcontributions.

2016-2017Revenue 2016-2017ExpensesTuition:plussubsidies,tuitioninsurance,registrationfees,tuitionassistance,etc.

$2,889,297

InstructionalExpenses:textbooks,materials,supplies,technology,printing,furniture,etc. $156,767

DesignatedDonations:FallBenefit,grants,employermatchingprograms,etc.

$67,891.

OperationalExpenses:salaries,benefits,insurance,officesupplies,savings,recognition,postage,etc. $2,009,564

AfterCare $23,742

StudentActivities:fieldtrips,athletics,yearbook,programexpenses,etc. $120,072

Other:HalloweenHappening,athleticfees,fieldtrips,BookFair,yearbook,interestearned,etc.

$107,459

PlantOperation&Maintenance:utilities,maintenanceservices,repairs,etc. $443,871CapitalExpenses&Savings $100,043

Total $3,088,389 Total $2,830,317 *AsofMay2017

AdditionalResources

City Support: The City of Albuquerque allocates two crossing guards to assist Annunciation. The safeenvironmenttheyprovideisinvaluable.

Volunteers:Volunteerhoursarenotrequiredbutcertainlyappreciatedasitmakesasignificantdifferenceintheeducationofourstudents. Thereareover1,405hoursdocumentedduringthe16-17schoolyearwhichsupportourclassroomteachers,library,science,computerandartprograms.Volunteersputforthnumeroushours coaching, organizing community events, sacramental preparation, service project, talent show acts,communications,etc.thatwerenotdocumentedbutareappreciatedandinvaluable.Alocalcommunitycollegeassistseachyearinscreeningallofourstudents’visionandhearing–spending200+man-hours.

MoneyMakers:Annunciationdoesnotconductanymandatoryfundraising.However,thereareafeweventsfromwhichourstudentsareabletobenefitfromthemoneyraised.HalloweenHappeninggenerated$8,346.32,7thannualFallBenefitgenerated$18,475.68,Jog-A-Thonraising$14,250.59.FamilyFunNightBingogenerated$432.00,TomatoCaféfundraisergenerated$225.00,CaliforniaPizzaKitchenfundraisergenerated$1,149.94andChick-Fil-Afundraisergenerated$138.75.AllFundraisingproceedswenttoLABLearnerexceptJog-A-Thon.

Community“GivingBack”Programs:BoxTopsforEducation$1,189.30,Kroger(Smith's)for$327.58,IntelVolunteerProgram$550.00,MJThomas,ourschoolpicturephotographer,gaveusapercentageofthepastyear's sales for a total of $1,421.30 andWells Fargo provided us funds through their Community SupportCampaignandaMatchingGiftCampaignintheamountof$1,040.OurTuitionAssistanceProgrambenefits10%ofallmoneyraised.

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