Welcome to St. Philip the Apostle School
Hello and welcome to the St. Philip the Apostle School website. Whether you are a present school family, a prospective family, a former family, alumni, or a supportive community member, we are happy that you are here.
Principal Notes
5/3/2021
Dear Parents,
Happy Feast of Saint Philip the Apostle! We enjoyed our treat today. Thank you to the Gray family for providing it.
Last week the school board voted at their monthly meeting to approve the budget and tuition for the 2021-22 school year. In keeping with the times and recovery, a very conservative budget was approved with a 3% tuition increase. You can find the new tuition scale in the link below. All fees remain the same. If you cannot pay full tuition next year, please apply for tuition assistance through your FACTS account. We are committed to keeping all families at St. Philip regardless of ability to pay.
Friday is May Crowning and what would be Grandparents and Special Friends Day. Our 8th graders will do a beautiful job honoring Mary with the May Crowning ceremony. You can watch it at 8:30 am on the parish YouTube channel. Afterward, all of the students will be making a special gift for their grandparents. We have to stagger dismissal so that we don’t shut down traffic so TK will dismiss at 10:45, K-3 at 11 am, and 4-7 at 11:30. 8th graders will leave with their guests right after May Crowning.
Have a wonderful week,
Jennifer
A Message from our School Board President
Did you know St. Philip the Apostle School has a Strategic Plan? Every six years in conjunction with our school accreditation renewal process, a group of parents, teachers and administrators gathers to create a Strategic Plan. Three years ago, this group of 20 people, led by professional strategic planner (who donated all of her time), spent nearly 50 hours refining the school’s mission statement and philosophy and created long-term strategic goals focused on five different areas.
SPA School’s Strategic Goals:
1. We will develop and implement a plan to create long-term financial stability and eliminate our reliance on current-use fundraising.
2. We will develop and implement a master communications plan for internal and external audiences.
3. We will develop and implement a facilities use, maintenance, and expansion plan.
4. We will competitively compensate and support our faculty and staff.
5. We will maintain and expand our excellent curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular programs.
Each one of these goals is broken down into annual action steps which serve as a road map to accomplish the goal. It is the job of one or more school board committees to work on these action steps. For example, the Finance, Endowments and Advancement committees are responsible for working on Goal 1. These three committees where instrumental in the creation of the Father Joe Fund, a first step toward building our endowment.
Several times a year, the school board’s Policy and Planning committee reviews the progress of each goal. The chair of the committee responsible for the goal provides Policy and Planning committee with a status update on each of the action item and suggest any necessary changes. All of this is done to ensure we stay on plan.
This is a high-level overview of our school’s Strategic Plan. If you are interested in learning more about the Strategic Plan, email me your questions at SaraAlexanderVanis@gmail.com. If you want to join a school board committee to work on one of the goals above, please email our Board Affairs Chair Tara Martin at spasboardaffairs@gmail.com.
Fr. Joe Moniz Educational Fund
Fr. Joe Moniz Educational Fund
Fr. Joe served St. Philip the Apostle Parish for 20 years as our pastor. To honor his legacy of supporting Catholic education, we established an endowment in his name at the Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles to support tuition assistance and the educational needs of all St. Philip the Apostle School students. As this fund grows, our school will greatly benefit from financial stability in the future years.
If you did not have a chance to donate during last Saturday's virtual Red Tie Ball, you can still contribute today! We understand that not everyone is in a position to donate, but we greatly appreciate your prayers that this fund continues to receive support. You can donate by mailing a check to the school office or by going HERE
CCF-LA Link:
Father Joe Moniz St. Philip the Apostle School Educational Fund
Take a Look at Our School!
We know during these socially distanced times it can be a bit difficult to stop by and visit us in person. So we made this video for you to see the wonderful things we are doing!
News
St. Philip the Apostle School Opening Docs
As per state and health department guidelines, all documents pertinent to our current opening can be found here including our waiver application… Read more here.
St. Philip the Apostle School Opening Docs
As per state and health department guidelines, all documents pertinent to our current opening can be found here including our waiver application through the Pasadena Department of Health; the Covid-19 School Guidance Checklist, and our Covid 19 Prevention Program. Thank you.
Public Calendar
Ends: 06/11/2021 @ 6:00 pm
Ends: 06/16/2021
