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Received over $7,000 from the 2008 Summer Adopt-a-Student Campaign through St. Didacus Parish.
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Added graduates from the class of 2006, 2007 & 2008 to the database that includes phone numbers, addresses and email addresses. Added almost 100 complete addresses of "missing alumni" to Alumni Database.
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Hosted a St. Didacus Parish School information table at the Adams Avenue Street Fair in September.
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Invited Alumni to Fall Festival by e-mail.
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Hosted a well-attended Alumni Reunion Luncheon for our "older" alumni (classes from 1939 through 1975) on Sunday, January 4.
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Had the school girl scout troop deliver "pen holder" gifts to all our neighbors surrounding the school property to say "thank you" to them.
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Distributed fliers for St. Didacus Parish School for March Open House at Kensington Park, Kensington Preschool, & Kensington Library and emailed information to all local parishes without schools.
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Sponsored "Each One, Reach One" promotion before Open House to encourage St. Didacus parents to market our school to families of new potential students. Received about 20 responses. Mrs. La Costa wrote a personal note to each new family and sent a packet of information, an Open House flyer and followed up with phone calls.
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Greeted grandparents on Grandparents Day. Added a scrolling slide show featuring St. Didacus students. Presented Development & "Adopt a Student" to the grandparents.
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Created a comprehensive, color-printed Saint Didacus Profile fact sheet with assistance from Our Lady of Peace development team.
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Provided St. Didacus School information for the Kensington/Taldmadge Neighborhood Directory that is published once a year.
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Created Development Calendar of Events.
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Promoted the school and provided parent representation by answering questions and acting as school tour guides for prospective parents at Open House on March 5, 2009.
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Mailed "Adopt a Student" letters to alumni 1976-2000.
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Hosted Alumni Reunion Barbeque for younger alumni (1976 through 1999) on Sunday, May 3. Approximately 50 alumni and former teachers attended.
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Sponsored St. Didacus Parish School in the Kensington Memorial Day Parade in May.
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Designed a new Development Team flyer that states the goals of the committee.
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Developed and published two more editions of "Future Visions" newsletter. Fall/Winter (Catholic Schools Week Edition) and Spring/Summer (June)
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Established an endowment fund to provide scholarships for St Didacus students through a $100,000 donation by a parishioner to St. Didacus Church.
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Established a Building Fund with $5000 to eventually replace/rebuild our aging school buildings.
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Attended regular Adams Avenue Business Association and Normal Heights Neighborhood meetings as representatives of the school.
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