Xtramile Final 2010

Making Students Whole EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2012 OUR MISSION Extra Mile Education Foundation helps urban children and their families meet the challenge of obtaining a values-based, quality education from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. FACTS ABOUT THE EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION - 2012 PURPOSE To preserve and strengthen select parochial elementary schools educating children from urban, economically disadvantaged families who seek these schools for their quality, values-based education. Extra Mile support keeps tuition at affordable levels. SCHOOLS Operational Subsidy Basis: ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR, Hill District, Pittsburgh, PA SR. THEA BOWMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY, Wilkinsburg, PA Scholarship Basis: EAST CATHOLIC, Forest Hills, PA NORTHSIDE CATHOLIC, Brighton Heights, PA ST. BARTHOLOMEW, Penn Hills, PA COMBINED ENROLLMENT Over 650 children from early childhood through eighth grade. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Student population is predominantly African American and non-Catholic. More than 70 percent qualify for free/reduced-price lunches, and 60 percent live in single-parent families. ACCREDITATION Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools PARTICIPATION Daily attendance is 95 percent. Parent participation in educational conferences is 97 percent. All families pay at least a portion of the $1,875 tuition, a 28 percent share of the cost of education per child. Quality of the education and values transmitted in the schools are equally important for families. COLLABORATIONS EDUCATION COMMUNITY Carlow University – staff development, classroom tutors, classroom practicum for education majors Carnegie Mellon University – science instruction Duquesne University – classroom tutors, music lessons Grove City College – student teachers, classroom practicum for education majors LaRoche College – programming for gifted students Robert Morris University – classroom practicum for education majors St. Vincent College – Challenge Program SummerBridge of Sewickley Academy – summer program and after-school tutors University of Pittsburgh – PPP (Pursuing the Promise Program), staff development, classroom tutors, evaluation assistance, reading interns SOCIAL SERVICE COMMUNITY Black Catholic Ministries – diversity classes, annual graduates retreat City of Pittsburgh Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) Homewood and Hill District YMCA’s – after-school programs Laughlin Children’s Center – hearing screening, remediation services Mercy Behavioral Health – PATHS, Dancing Classrooms CULTURAL COMMUNITY Carnegie Museums – student visits Carnegie Science Center – classroom assemblies, student visits The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – tickets for special performances Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera – tickets for performances Pittsburgh Symphony – visits to the schools Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium – school programs and visits Results 1,500 eighth-grade graduates 96 percent high school graduation rate 88 percent pursue learning after high school — in college, trade school or the military No student entering high school has to repeat ninth grade. Financials Current budget for school subsidy was $2,146,931, representing 65 percent of the cost of education. Remaining support comes from tuition, school-based fund-raising, parish subsidies and Diocesan support. Sources of Support Local corporations and businesses, foundations and individuals who care about the future of children in the community. A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN he most important premise that motivates everyone involved with the Extra Mile Education Foundation is that all children deserve an education that will get them off to a good start academically, morally and emotionally. Without such a start, the quality of children’s lives can be severely compromised. TThrough subsidy support of St. Benedict the Moor School in the Hill District and Sr. Thea Bowman Catholic Academy in Wilkinsburg, along with scholarship grants to economically disadvantaged children in other Catholic elementary schools serving urban neighborhoods — East Catholic, St. Bartholomew’s and North Side Catholic — children learn and succeed. Our partners include: • Families who, despite difficult circumstances, want the very best for their children and know that best starts with a quality, values-based education; • School leaders and teachers who care deeply about the success of the children and work diligently so that success is achieved daily; • Parish leadership that helps to sustain the schools and their identities as community education resources for all children, regardless of background and religious affiliation; • Donors who provide financial support to Extra Mile so that the children – more than 600 in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade – can get going – one day at a time, one grade at a time, and one year at a time. In this past year, another partner has joined us — YPAC (Young Professional Advisory Committee). This organization of young business professionals has worked on fund-raising and friend-raising projects that have expanded awareness to those who are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children. We are very pleased with our association with YPAC and look forward to continued progress and success in the years ahead. To all our partners, we say thank you for joining us in a most important cause. J. Christopher Donahue Chairman of the Board A MESSAGE FROM BISHOP DAVID A. ZUBIK y Dear Friends, The Extra Mile Education Foundation’s efforts to help urban children realize their potential date back to Mthe late 1980s. It was begun in response to parents requesting the Diocese keep open the Catholic schools that were making such a difference in their children’s lives. The reputation, accomplishments, and results of the education delivered by the Catholic schools serving urban children are exceptional and have always been perceived so. Academics and values are stressed equally throughout the course of the educational experience. And results speak for themselves. Nearly all children graduating from an Extra Mile-supported school complete high school in four years. And most of those children go on to college, trade school, or other training programs, including military service. When we hear from alumni, we hear about success, fulfillment, focus, determination, and gratitude. They tell us that the commitment by their teachers sparked a rise in their own self-worth. They learned early and often that hard work is a big part of every day. They tell us their teachers helped them to realize their own gifts and potential, which energized them to do so much more. They learned there is a “higher authority.” There is no doubt that the Catholic schools supported by Extra Mile are making a great difference, and it is a difference that lasts a lifetime. Thank you for most generous support. Grateful for our belief that “Nothing is impossible with God,” I am Your brother in Christ, Most Reverend David A. Zubik Bishop of Pittsburgh 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW “THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.” ARISTOTLE’S WORDS DESCRIBE NOT ONLY EXTRA MILE, BUT EACH SCHOOL AND THE PROGRAMS THAT EACH SCHOOL PROVIDES. MANY RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS IN THE EXTRA MILE PROGRAM, DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE GENEROSITY OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT PITTSBURGH. STUDENTS DANCING CLASSROOMS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM SPONSOR A STUDENT Students in this extraordinary program Instruments were purchased for the Extra Mile introduced a new program in continue to achieve. Fifth-grade students instrumental music program to begin at 2012 designed for those donors who from Sr. Thea Bowman Catholic Academy St. Benedict the Moor School in 2013. desired a more direct connection to a competed in the finals of the Dancing Planning for the program began last year student. The Sponsor a Student program Classrooms program in May. The team with discussions between Extra Mile and funded the gap between what parents finished in second place by a one-point the Duquesne University School of Music. paid and the actual cost per student. difference behind two schools that tied for Funding for the program was provided by Sponsors received letters from students first place. McAuley Ministries. through Extra Mile, protecting each The program was expanded to the eighth student’s personal information. grade in the fall. The eighth-grade students were the first classes of fifth graders to SPECIAL EVENTS PROMOTING ALTERNATIVE participate in the inaugural year of Dancing THINKING STRATEGIES Classrooms and instructors were delighted EXTRA BASES FOR EXTRA MILE The successful PATHS (Promoting to see how much the students had Extra Mile’s Young Professional Advisory Alternative THinking Strategies) program remembered. The program is brought to Committee (YPAC) sponsored its first was in place at both schools through a the schools by and Mercy Behavioral Health major event in 2012 – Extra Bases for partnership with Mercy Behavioral Health made possible through the support of Extra Mile. The event provided an and Tobacco Free Allegheny. PATHS is a . McAuley Ministries opportunity for young professionals to prevention program designed for the network at a Pirates game with fun, food, elementary school curriculum that has CAMP drinks and raffles. The inaugural event been shown to significantly improve was a great success, attracting a large children's social and emotional skills. The Extra Mile schools participated in the group of young professionals and raising Coach Mike Tomlin Football Procamp

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