Welcome
2015 Our Lady’s School Open House
Why OLS?
Community
Faith
Opportunity
Excellence
2014 Standardized Test Performance
Median Grade Equivalent
K – 1.0 6th – 7.8
1st – 2.5 7th – 10.2
2nd – 4.0 8th –10.7
3rd – 4.9
4th – 6.5
5th – 7.3
Our class average
when compared to the
national average.
WWW.OLCS.ORG
 Variety of tools and links from our Web site
to improve communication:
 Calendar (lunch, school activity, mass
schedule.)
 Oncourse Connect.
 Teachers are rapidly shifting toward social
media. (Remind App.)
 Facebook Page. (School and Alumni Page.)
Fundraising as a Tuition Supplement
Bingo
Spring
Festival
Auction
**Fundraising
offset tuition costs.
25% of
School’s
Revenue
Revenue
OUR LADY'S OPERATING INCOME
AUCTION
OTHER 10%
INCOME
1%
BINGO
9%
SUBSIDIES &
ASSESSMENTS
6%
TUITION
INCOME
76%
Tuition Perspective
OLS 2015-16 Tuition: $4405.31
(Subsidized) =$440.54 per month
Projected cost to educate a child at
OLS: $5691.47 next year.
Calcasieu Parish cost to Educate:
approx. $10,000
OLEO
 Fundraising through Auction, Bingo, and Festival Activities is vital to
the survival of the school.
 Your OLEO board is central to the success of these efforts.
Fundraising will help keep tuition costs down.
 A great deal of time and dedication over the past year have been
invested by your OLEO Board: Cathy Leonard, Rosilind
Rosteet,Regan Brown, Alicia St. Germaine, Marquette Ancelet,
Adrienne Poncho.
 Also want to acknowledge the hard work of the office staff at OLS
who do so much more behind the scenes of every event that we put
on each year not to mention on a day to day basis.
Fee Structure Beginning 2015-16
 All existing fees remain the
same. Registration due at
time of registration and all
other fees due by August 7th
2015.
 Building assessment fee will
be added: $100 per child with
$300 max per family.
 Used only for costs
associated to the gym
project. (Debt service)
1 child subsidized option:
 New option for this year is
to finance your tuition and
non-registration fees into a
monthly payment over 12
months. (1.5%)
 Example: Subsidized
tuition and fees over 12
months = $417.02
 Traditional 10 month plan:
$440.54 per month + fees due
August 7th.
Long Range Planning
These are attainable goals that can be
accomplished as we continue to grow
the school.
School growth will allow greater
fundraising resources to be used for
capital projects.
Long Range Planning
 Formulating a 5 year Plan.
 Planning committee is working to identify
what this school needs to do to flourish and
to serve the needs of our families.
 Currently working with Bridget Evans with
Champeaux, Evans, Hotard Architects.
Needs Assessment
Identified immediate and long term
needs of the school:
 Security Gate
 Network Servers Replacement
 Telecommunications system
 Develop a sound Marketing Plan
 School Facilities Refurbishment
 Bathroom Facilities Renovation
 Addition of P.E. Facilities
Done
Done
Done
In Progress
Planning
Planning
Planning
Catholic Education
The gift to your child
that will last a lifetime.
Contact Me
Email - tdonnelly@ourladysschool.org
Twitter – @principalOLS
Our Lady’s School
As always a great thanks to our
Partners in Education: