Current
Student Population: 153
Student
Capacity: 180 students, 9 classrooms, grades
K - 8, 20 students/classroom
A
waiting list will be compiled should a classroom reach capacity.
Socio-Economic
Status: 98% at or below poverty
The
poverty level is an income chart compiled by the U.S. Govt. http://www.census.gov
See
below.
Catholic
Population: Less than 5%
Full-time
Teaching Staff:
·
1 Principal
·
9 Teachers
1 Religious Teacher
Remainder Lay Teachers
·
153 Years of teaching experience
·
53.5 Years at St. Francis Seraph School
·
40% Hold Masters Degrees
Part-time
Teaching Staff:
·
Art Teacher
·
Music Teacher
·
Physical Education Teacher
Support
Staff:
·
1 Director of Student Services
·
1 Teachers’ Assistants, K –
3
·
1 Secretary
·
1 Clerical/Technology Assistant
·
1.5 Custodians
·
1 Cafeteria personnel
·
1 School Nurse provided by Tri-Health
Parish Nurse Program
Enrichment
Programs:
·
School Choir
·
Musical Instrument Program
·
Poetry Contests
·
Art Displays/Contest
·
Field Trips
·
Live Performances
·
After-school Tutoring/Mentoring
·
Year-long Scrabble Competition
·
Boys and Girls Basketball and Girls Volleyball
Library:
·
Run entirely volunteers
·
Open two full days/week
·
Stocks books and magazines
·
Provides a reading program with emphasis on reading and reinforced
through writing to increase skill, knowledge, pleasure and quality
of life.
·
Junior Great Books Program
Current
Technology:
·
Complete computer lab
·
5 terminals per classroom
·
1 part-time teacher
·
1 part-time professional maintains server and equipment
·
Computer generated Accelerated Reading and Math Programs
Full
Accreditation:
·
In January 2002, St. Francis Seraph received full accreditation
from the Ohio Catholic Schools Accrediting Association.
·
On May 29, 2002, St. Francis Seraph School was one of 27 outstanding
schools in Cincinnati chosen to receive the Mayor’s Salute
to Education Award.
·
In January 2004, St. Francis Seraph School was required to
give a progress report to determine if the goals and objectives
are being met and if the plan was progressing according to the
established timeline.
·
In May 2004, St. Francis Seraph School was informed the OCSAA
granted “Full Acceptance of the Progress Report.”
St.
Francis Seraph School serves students primarily from the Over-the-Rhine
neighborhood. St. Francis Seraph School also serves inner-city
students from Downtown, Mt. Auburn, the West End and Lower Price
Hill.
The
Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is bordered by McMicken on the North
and East to Liberty Street and Reading, Road, and on the West
and South by Central Parkway.
Intervention
Assistance Team:
Comprised
of the Principal, Director of Student Services and Teachers; identifies,
assesses student’s needs and implements courses of action on an
individualized basis. The staff recognizes that “needs”
extend past academic concerns. Physical, social developmental,
emotional, and behavioral matters are also addressed.
Sources
used to assist in identifying student needs:
·
Ability/achievement test data
·
Curriculum based assessment
·
Observation data from staff
·
Parent, teacher, student conferences
·
Cross-grade level meetings
·
Intervention Assistance Team meetings
·
Volunteers’ insights and experiences
NO
STUDENT IS TURNED AWAY.
Ability
and achievement levels are wide.
Most
students are accepted on a probationary basis with a focus on
proper behavior and attendance.
Special
Needs Students:
St.
Francis Seraph School neither has the federally mandated space
requirements, nor the funding to hire qualified special education
teachers. Parents may choose to waive their rights for special
education and include their children in our mainstream classrooms.
Exclusion:
Because exclusion is final, a student may be requested
to withdraw from St. Francis Seraph Grade School for a cooling
off period, if, after extensive intervention a student frequently
and consistently continues to disrupt a classroom.
Physically
Handicapped Students:
At
this time, the building, built in 1906, is not wheel chair accessible.
Students who need specialized facilities are referred to a fully
equipped school nearby.
Tuition
is a commitment on the part of the parents to provide a quality
education for their children. The parents are proud to make
what sacrifice they are able, and they use that fact as incentive
for their children.
Poverty
2004
The
poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal
poverty measure. They are issued each year in the Federal Register
by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The guidelines are a simplification of the poverty thresholds
for use for administrative purposes —
for instance, determining financial eligibility for certain federal
programs.
Poverty
Thresholds in 2004, by Size of Family and Number of Children Under
18 Years:
2004
HHS Poverty Guidelines
| Size
of
Family Unit |
48
Contiguous
States and D.C. |
Alaska |
Hawaii |
| 1 |
$
9,310 |
$11,630 |
$10,700 |
| 2 |
12,490 |
15,610 |
14,360 |
| 3 |
15,670 |
19,590 |
18,020 |
| 4 |
18,850 |
23,570 |
21,680 |
| 5 |
22,030 |
27,550 |
25,340 |
| 6 |
25,210 |
31,530 |
29,000 |
| 7 |
28,390 |
35,510 |
32,660 |
| 8 |
31,570 |
39,490 |
36,320 |
| For
each additional
person, add |
3,180 |
3,980 |
3,660 |
SOURCE:
Federal Register, Vol.
69, No. 30, February 13, 2004, pp. 7336-7338.
http://www.census.gov
