Saint Andrew the Apostle School

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Saint Andrew the Apostle School
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Passing on Our Faith

• We gather each morning for daily prayer, Pledge
  of Allegiance and Peace Pledge
• Our children attend Mass weekly
• Five whole school Liturgies
• Student retreats
• Patron Saint for each classroom
• Variety of prayer experiences
• Live Nativity
• Annual Passion Play

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Called to Serve the school, parish, community
and world in which we live.

• Student council
• Nickels for Neighbors
• Mothers Home
• Sponsoring Dimas, a child in Central America
• Soldiers Angels
• CRS Food Pantry
• Rake and Run

Christmas caroling for our shut-ins
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Saint Andrew School Faculty
School Year 2008-2009
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Expanding and Elevating Student Thinking

• Our Faculty
• 1 Principal, Administrative Assistant, Classroom
  aide and Receptionist
• 13 classroom teachers
• 6 specialized teachers for Advanced Math, PE,
  Music, Art, Technology, Library
• 7 Masters Degrees, 2 in progress
• 2 past Archdiocesan Teacher of the Year for
  Delaware County
• 2 Whos Who American Educators/Professional Women
  Leaders in Education
• Ongoing Professional Development

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Attention to the Arts

• Instrumental Band
• Piano and violin lessons
• Annual School Show
• Eighth Grade Passion Play
• Formal Art Lessons for grades 5-8

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Technology

• Internet access and LCD projectors in every
  classroom
• One Smart Board per grade
• United Streaming
• Students graduate with a working knowledge of
  Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Parent access to grades 24/7 via RVS Gradebook
• Homework is posted on school website

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Terra Nova 2007-2008

• Obtained compares our median with children across
  US
• 2007-2008 School Year Spring 2007
• Grade 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
• Reading 78 64 71.7 73 87 81 64.7
• Anticipated 71 71 68.8 69.5 79.5 78
• Language 71.5 73 76 77.3 83 88.5 57.8
• Anticipated 71 72 67.7 71.5 77 77.7
• Math 86 79.5 81 77 79.5 76 63.6
• Anticipated 73 76.7 69.5 73 77 78.5
• TOTAL 76.6 73 77 73.7 85 87.5 61.4
• Anticipated 74 75.3 69 75 80.8 81
• CSI avg. 113 111 112 113 114 116 ---

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• HOW DO WE COMPARE? Terra Nova 2007
• St. Andrew median scores (2006 in pink, all
  others are 2007)
• Grade 4 Read. Lang. Math Sci Soc.St. Spell. Total
  
• St. Andrew 87 83 79.5
  85.3 88.5 78 85
• St. Andrew 81 88.5
  76 70.5 84 80.7
  87.5
• Archdiocese 69.7 68.6 70.2 63.3 72.1 72.1 70.7
• Delaware Co. 72 72.3 73.6 66 75.8 71 74.3
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• Grade 6 Read. Lang. Math Sci Soc.St. Spell. Total
  
• St. Andrew 71.7 76 81
  76.5 81.3 69 77
• St. Andrew 72 73.7
  75 68.7 79.3 74 77
• Archdiocese 68.7 67.6 72 64.3 68.1 66.8 70
• Delaware Co. 70.4 71.4 77.9 66 70.6 65.4 72.7
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• Grade 8 Read. Lang. Math Sci Soc.St. Spell. Total
  
• St. Andrew 78 71.5 86 75.3 79
  71.5 76.6
• St. Andrew 73 78 83.3 74.7
  74.7 68 78.3
• Archdiocese 72.6 70 74.7 60.5 66.7
  75.9 72.9

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Every child is gifted. It just takes some
longer to open their packages.
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4 Year Academic Scholarships Class of 2008

• Sacred Heart 1
• Merion Mercy 1
• Archbishop Carroll 1
• Bonner 2
• Prendergast 4

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4 Year Academic Scholarships Class of 2007

• Sacred Heart 3
• St. Joes Prep 1
• Devon Prep 1
• Malvern Prep 1
• Bonner 1
• Prendergast 6