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2016–2017 Annual Report 2016 –2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 –2017 SCHOOL MOTTO: “With our values as our base, we will make the world a better place.” A Message from Our Leadership Dear Friends, Looking back on the many accomplishments made during our 17th school year, we realize that we have so much to celebrate with you. Thanks to your support, Marian Middle School upheld its standard of academic excellence, provided students with unique enrichment experiences, and improved its programs and facilities. These are just a few of the accomplishments achieved during the 2016–2017 school year: All Marian Girls who initially scored in the lowest percentiles on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) made ● substantial gains in every tested category! 90% of eighth graders made real growth in their overall ITBS score and 74% made real or substantial growth ● in at least nine of 11 categories. Marian’s eight lowest ITBS subcategories were math related last year. Five of those eight no longer make the list. ● Returning students went from 7% below the national average in acquiring and evaluating information to 20% ● above the national average. Due to the increased susceptibility to physical and social-emotional health issues of the Marian student ● demographic, Marian trained faculty and staff in trauma informed care and mental health first aid. In STEM, students worked in small, mixed-grade groups to create solutions to real-world problems. Projects ● ranged from refurbishing furniture and rebuilding a motorcycle to creating a women’s empowerment website and designing a “Peace Center” to combat racism. We built our capacity to teach STEM by transforming our lower level into the Berges OUR MISSION ● Family Innovation Center. The state-of-the-art STEM learning center includes a science laboratory, a maker library, a maker workshop, a multi-disciplinary learning space, and Marian Middle School, a a culinary kitchen. Catholic school serving Among the 30+ different careers to which they were exposed, Marian Girls diagnosed adolescent girls of all ● chromosome disorders with a geneticist, queried an Olympic athlete, and dialogued religious, racial, and ethnic with a NASA engineer. backgrounds, is committed With the help of volunteer Kathy Winfrey and some outstanding Cor Jesu Academy ● students, Marian’s STEM Club won second place in the Green Schools Quest! For their to breaking the cycle of project, students tested temperature and air quality to make positive, sustainable poverty by fostering their changes within our school. spiritual, academic, social, Marian Girls learned about sustainable building design, participated in hands-on green moral, emotional, and ● architecture activities, and toured a green-design building at Washington University. physical development 87% of students surveyed named a STEM career in their top two choices. in preparation for and ● And 92% of eighth graders believe, already, that they can make a difference in the world. successful completion ● of college preparatory While the accomplishments of our students are impressive in their own right, coupled with the situations Marian Girls overcome to achieve greatness, they are unbelievable. high schools. While we refuse to exploit the individual stories of our students, don’t forget that the same girls who are refurbishing furniture for women transitioning from homelessness or drug rehabilitation centers may themselves be homeless. Students aspiring to be child psychologists, respiratory therapists, and pediatricians may need but not have access to these specialists themselves. In the small ways, we change the world for them. And Marian Girls are already changing the world for us. Thank you for investing in Marian Girls during the 2016–2017 school year! Investing in Marian Girls means you are not just investing in their education and future, you are investing in their families and the Saint Louis community. By empowering young women to become accomplished leaders, you are making an enormous impact! We sincerely appreciate your commitment to breaking the cycle of poverty by Educating Girls for Life . Sincerely, Mary Elizabeth Grimes Sister Sarah Heger, CSJ Donna Farmer, PhD 3 President Principal Board Chair 2016 2017 OUR VISION 2016 –2017 Board of Directors n Marian Middle School is a leader in providing Officers life-altering education OUR FOUNDRESSES Donna Farmer, PhD, Chair to urban girls on their Marian Middle School was founded in 1999 by Kimberley Johnson, MBA, CFP, journey towards seven communities of Catholic sisters. We are Vice Chair, Treasurer self-discovery. grateful they shared their dream and vision to Rosemary Hufker, SSND, PhD, establish hope for the future of the St. Louis area. n Marian alumnae Secretary We thank them for their continued guidance and graduate from Members support over the past 17 school years. high-performing Malcolm Briggs secondary schools • Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise Kaci Dannatt, MHA ready for success in • Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Trish Geldbach, BSN, MA, MBA higher education and Victoria Gonzalez, MBA the workplace. • School Sisters of Notre Dame, Craig Hunt, JD Central Pacific Province Donna Jahnke, PhD n Marian alumnae • Sisters of Loretto James W. Lord college graduates are Patricia McGuire, MD accomplished leaders • Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Kirk Mills, CFA, EMBA equipped to make St. Louis Province Gwendolyn Packnett, PhD informed decisions • Sisters of the Most Precious Blood Gregory Patterson, JD, MA and create enduring, • Ursuline Sisters of the Central Province Betsy Ross positive change. Carmen Schnyder, CPPS Barbara Thomas, ASCJ Janet Varner Kirk Wrobley Christopher Young, MSc “Marian is a sisterhood for all.” ~Trenia Cummings, Class of 2017 Members Board Mary Catherine Warehime, DC, Chair Ann Barrett, OSU “My classmates taught me to be brave, Marie Fennewald, CPPS be a leader and believe in myself.” Rosemary Hufker, SSND, PhD ~Camille White, Class of 2017 Janet Kuciejczyk, CSJ, MA 4 Barbara Roche, SL Rosalie Wisniewski, OSF 2016 –2017 Committees Marian Middle School is grateful for the many people who dedicate their time and talents to advancing and sustaining the mission of Educating Girls for Life . For more information on how you can serve on a committee, please contact the development office at 314.771.7674. ext. 24. Academic Marketing and Communications Elizabeth Bender Betsy Ross, Chair 2016 –2017 Deborah DaLay Bobby Duebelbeis Staff Members Rose Davidson Kaci Dannatt Pat Harris Donna Farmer President Janet Kuciejczyk, CSJ Brian Hall Mary Elizabeth Grimes, MBA Vincella Lake, SSND Laura Kangrga Kate Rowley Principal Finance and Facilities Sarah Heger, CSJ, MA Gregory Patterson, Chair Young Friends Pete Benoist Kaci Dannatt, Chair Brittany Baugs, MA Tom Brockland Tommy Davidson, Dianne Decker Chris Comerford Recruitment Chair Jeff Holley Madeline Sciortino, Meredith Ewbank Kimberley Johnson Development Chair Tamara Harris John McArthur Emily Unger, Finance Chair Blair Hopkins, MEd, MA Kirk Mills Laura Beckering Eleanor Humphrey Carmen Schnyder, CPPS Paola Beltran Erin Lynch, MA Matt Bruns Sara Mashburn, MEd Graduate Support Julie Dirnbeck Janet Varner, Chair Anne Droese Jessica McCarthy Erica Ciarlo Lindsay Field Sarah McKinley Ashley Gilkey Grace Fisher Ana Pantazi Lisa Gladson Libby Garner Sarah Paulsen-Fuller, MFA Heather Gogel Christopher G’Sell Sierhah Price Victoria Gonzalez Meghan Hunt Barbara Roche, SL Rosemary Hufker, SSND Tracie Jones Toni Hunt Beth Kellett Kaitlyn Sanders Stephen Lamkin Chris Kellett Pearl Scheve, ThM Dana Parker Sean Landgraf Christy Toben, MEd, MA Erin Pisoni Elizabeth Lillis Ashley (Vohlken) Vosholler Inita Shepard Rachel Meyers Dawn Szatkowski Jillian Plescia 2016 –2017 Institutional Advancement Elise Schaller Christopher Young, Chair Ellen Sciuto Service Volunteers Cynthia Heath Melissa Stewart Donna Farmer Amy Voloto Mary Ann Moore, Toni Hunt Rupal Wadhawan FACT: Ignatian Volunteer Corps Kimberley Johnson Volunteers provided more Kate Stroble, MEd, Patricia McGuire Ignatian Volunteer Corps Emily Unger than 2,765 service hours Kirk Wrobley during the 2016-2017 school year! 5 ACADEMIC PROGRAM 2016 2017 STUDENTS TRAVELED FROM 2ZIP C4 ODES ...to receive a Students in fifth grade ..................13 life-altering education Students in sixth grade ................20 during the 2016-2017 Students in seventh grade ..........19 school year. Students in eighth grade ..............19 S7TUDE1NTS 81% Saint Louis City 17% 96% are students of color Saint Louis County qualify for free and reduced-fee 1% meals program, a national Jefferson County 94% indicator of poverty 1% Illinois “Marian taught me at a higher grade level so I know things now that I was going to learn in high school. Marian also taught me to respect everyone no matter how they look.” ~Amya Lingard, Class of 2017 “Marian taught me to ask questions and to not let anything get in the way of my education.” 6 ~Kyndall Taylor, Class of 2017 Reading n 54% of Marian Girls made more than Attendance one year’s growth, 14% made more than two years’ growth, and 6% made more than three years’ growth. n Two eighth graders and one sixth grader tested out of the system, a 187 grade equivalent of 12.9+. INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS n A fifth grader had an essay on courage published. FACT: Marian Girls, who often enter performing 9DA5ILY A.TTE3NDAN% CE two or more years below grade level, leave Marian on or above grade level, prepared to succeed in high-performing high schools. 100% “Marian has provided me with a Quality Education
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