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PLAYBOOK
Introduction
Chapter 1: Mission
Chapter 2: Pedagogy and Curriculum
Chapter 3: Teachers
Chapter 4: Families
Chapter 5: Community
Chapter 6: Finances
Chapter 7: Overseers
Conclusion
Appendix: Required Classics
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School Name
Address
School website
Phone
Email
Year Founded
Diocese
Is the school diocesan, parochial, or independent?
School Leader’s Name
What is your annual tuition?
Please describe.
What percentage of your student body is on financial aid provided by the parish, school, diocese, or other private sources?
Please describe any tuition discounts you provide (active parishioner, multiple students, etc).
Please describe the overall mission and culture of your school.
How do you know if you are accomplishing your mission?
Do you track Net Promoter Score each year?
Yes
No
If Yes, what was your last Net Promoter Score?
What was your student enrollment at the start of this academic year?
What percent of your students are full-time, attending five full days per week?
100%
90-99%
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
50-59%
40-49%
30-39%
20-29%
10-19%
1-9%
0%
If you have any part-time students, what % of the week do they typically attend?
20%
40%
60%
80%
How many of your students are taking advantage of a school choice program?
List which school choice programs your students utilize.
What grades do you serve?
Preschool
Kindergarten
1st grade
2nd grade
3rd grade
4th grade
5th grade
6th grade
7th grade
8th grade
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade
Do you serve boys, girls, or both?
boys
girls
both
Do you offer single sex classes, coed classes, or both?
single sex classes
coed classes
both
Do your students wear uniforms?
Yes
No
What percentage of your student body is Catholic?
0-10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Do you know how many of your students, and their families, attend Mass each Sunday?
Yes
No
If Yes, How many?
What percentage of your student body would be considered FRL (Low Income, Free and Reduced Lunch)?
High schools only: what percentage of your students graduate on time?
High schools only: what percentage of your graduates go on to a four-year college?
How many teachers (include both Full-time and Part-time, but not substitute teachers or classroom volunteers) did you have at the start of this academic year?
What are the most important qualities you look for when hiring teachers?
What percentage of your faculty hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a school of education?
What percentage of your faculty hold a graduate degree in a field other than education?
Which colleges and universities have two or more of your teachers graduated from, if any?
Please describe any training you provide for any first year teachers.
How often are teachers observed (in the classroom) by master teachers and receive coaching?
Weekly
Monthly
Each Semester
Annually
Never
How frequently does your faculty engage in seminars together to discuss beautiful texts, poetry, or art?
Weekly
Monthly
Each Semester
Annually
Never
Which organizations do you use for teacher formation and training?
Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
Sophia Institute
Cana Academy
Other
Please describe how many teachers and which programs you utilize.
How many religious sisters or brothers do you have on the faculty?
If you do have any, what order are they from?
Do you require your teachers to make a Profession of Faith and Oath of Fidelity to the Catholic Church?
Yes
No
What percentage of your faculty attend Mass every Sunday?
Which standardized tests do you utilize to track student progress?
CLT
ARK
Iowa
California
Stanford
MAP
ERB
TerraNova
Other
None
Does the school offer AP classes?
Yes
No
Does the school divide students into Honors and non-Honors curriculum tracks in any subject?
Yes
No
Please describe.
Which book fair, if any, does your school host?
Scholastic
I-55
Sophia Institute
Ignatius Press
Good News
Other
None
K-8 schools only: In which grades do you offer explicit phonics instruction?
Preschool
Kindergarten
1st grade
2nd grade
3rd grade
4th grade
5th grade
6th grade
7th grade
8th grade
Does your school have a poetry recitation and memorization canon?
Yes
No
If Yes, what poems are all students required to memorize?
In which grades do you require Latin?
Preschool
Kindergarten
1st grade
2nd grade
3rd grade
4th grade
5th grade
6th grade
7th grade
8th grade
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade
Are computers (desktops, laptops, or tablets) commonly used in classrooms?
Yes
No
Please describe.
Please select three labels that best describe your overall approach to education:
Career Prep
Classical
College Prep
Cultivation of Virtue
Liberal Arts
STEM
Please describe your school’s overall curriculum.
Please describe the role of art, music, and drama in your curriculum.
What math curriculum does your school use?
Do you have a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Atrium program?
Yes
No
If Yes, how many times per week do students spend time in the Atrium?
5
4
3
2
1
Not every week
How much time does the school schedule set aside each day for play, recreation, and leisure?
None
15 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Do your students regularly engage in seminar discussions?
Yes
No
If Yes, how regularly do they seminar?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Other
High schools only: which of these texts are required for all students to graduate?
Aeschylus – Oresteia
Aquinas – Excerpts
Aristotle – Ethics, Politics, Poetics
Athanasius – On the Incarnation
Augustine – Confessions
Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Bacon – The Great Instauration
Bolt – A Man for All Seasons
Cicero – On Duties
Dante - Divine Comedy
Dickens – A Tale of Two Cities, Christmas Carol
Dostoyevsky - Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment
Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo
Federalist Papers Excerpts
Herodotus – Histories
Hobbes – Leviathan
Homer - Iliad and Odyssey
Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Locke – Second Treatise
Machiavelli – The Prince
Marx – Communist Manifesto
Orwell – Animal Farm
Plato – Apology, Republic, Euthyphro, Crito, Phaedo, Gorgias, Meno
Plotinus – Enneads
Plutarch – Lives
Rousseau – Origin of Inequality
Shakespeare – Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear
Solzhenitsyn – A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
Sophocles – Theban Plays
Thomas More – Utopia
Thucydides – History of the Peloponnesian War
Tocqueville – Democracy in America
Twain – Huckleberry Finn
Virgil – Aeneid
Other
High Schools only: which women's varsity sports are offered?
Basketball
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Track & Field
Soccer
Softball
Volleyball
Other
High Schools only: which men's varsity sports are offered?
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Lacrosse
Soccer
Track & Field
Other
What clubs are offered?
Do your students go on spiritual retreats?
Yes
No
If Yes, describe the type of retreat?
What sorts of service projects do your students participate in?
How many times per week are all students required to attend Daily Mass?
1
2
3
4
5
How often is Confession offered at school?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Occasionally
Never
Do your students receive Sacramental instruction at school?
Yes
No
If Yes, for which Sacraments are students prepared? :
Baptism
First Reconciliation
Communion
Confirmation
What types of prayer do your students regularly practice while at school?
Lectio Divina
Visio Divina
Examination of Conscious
Adoration
Group prayer time in class
Group prayer time prior to beginning of school day
Private prayer time
Other
Does your school offer any faith-based after school programs, like Rosary or Adoration club?
How does your school cultivate the virtues of chastity and modesty?
Do you use a dedicated virtue formation program or incorporate virtue instruction in the school schedule?
Yes
No
Please describe.
Do you have sacred art in classrooms?
Yes
No
Do you offer parent formation opportunities?
Yes
No
If Yes, how often?
1-3 times per year
Monthly
Weekly
Other
What is your smartphone and smartwatch policy?
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