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8 JANUARY 28-FEBRUARY 10, 2017 | DENVER CATHOLIC Around the Archdiocese Annual Mardi Gras Annual Mardi Gras Annual Mardi Gras Prayer Breakfast Prayer Breakfast Prayer Breakfast February 28th, 2017 6:30 – 9:30 a.m. Inverness Hotel and Convention Center 200 Inverness Drive West Englewood, CO 80122 Being a Faithful Catholic in a Secular Culture KEYNOTE SPEAKER William Mumma from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty For more information: 303.468.2934 www.augustineinstitute.org/mardigras events@augustineinstitute.org Disclosure *APR (Annual Percentage Rate). The Annual Percentage Rate is the advertised rate. Borrowers credit score must be 680 and above to receive the 2.49% interest rate. Terms not to exceed 60 months; debt to income ratio not to exceed 45%; Loan to value not to exceed 125% of NADA value. Oer not valid for existing Credit Union loans, or renances of recreational vehicles or vehicles used for business purposes; some vehicles may not apply based on age or condition; not valid on indirect loans.Oer only good on new, pre-owned and renanced vehicles January 1 - 31, 2017. Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency NCUA Uniting Your Faith and Finances 2.49% 2.49% 2.49% APR APR APR * Call: 303.424.5037 Click: www.nufcu.com or Come by ~ L I M I T E D T I M E O F F E R F O R D C R E A D E R S ~ 2.49% 2.49% 2.49% Ha y New Year! Enjoy an Auto Loan Rate of Apply Today BY ROXANNE KING A year ago, the archdiocese's Catholic Schools Office released a vision statement list- ing characteristics that make a school "Catholic." The document, "Worthy of the Name," highlights goals related to mission, excellence, accessibility and sustainability. With Catholic Schools Week approaching, superintendent Kevin Kijewski spoke with the Denver Catholic about those goals. DENVER CATHOLIC: How are you helping the schools to achieve their mission? KEVIN KIJEWSKI: One thing we did was the archbishop's visitation of our Catholic high schools to evalu- ate their Catholic identity and their mission. We went to all six of the high schools and gave them recommenda- tions. That was a fi rst for the archdio- cese and an important fi rst step. Coming up March 17 is the arch- bishop's Catechetical Day for all 1,147 Catholic educators in the archdio- cese. We'll gather them to promote development in the faith so they in turn can give that to their students. DC: What measures are being taken to achieve excellence? KK: We established a pilot board of specifi ed jurisdiction at St. Joseph School in Fort Collins. The board can help direct the school; they assist the pastor in operating it, supervise the principal and set a positive strate- gic direction. These boards are not new, but are new to Colorado. Of the schools using these, 70 percent were able to increase enrollment and 100 percent were able to increase fund- raising. We hope to introduce this into more Catholic schools starting with the 2017-2018 academic year. That's a good positive development. Another exciting thing is we're opening up a brand new school with a new education model, Frassati Cath- olic Academy. Frassati is a classical educational environment for kids in grades kindergarten through fi ve that will open this fall. We're also looking at other aca- demic opportunities for schools to pursue apart from the traditional educational model, including what we're calling "faith and reason schools" that have a focus on the sci- ences and mathematics but also have a faith component. And we hired an instructional eŠ ectiveness specialist (IES), which is Q&A: New school, Hispanic outreach, a• ordable tuition plan under way in Catholic schools For more information about the vision for Denver's Catholic Schools visit denvercatholicshools.com.

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