Commitment to Stewardship

 

Tuition revenues cover only around 65% of the actual cost of educating a child at St. Anthony School.  The other approximately 35% is covered by support from our surrounding parishes and our on-going development and fund-raising efforts. In order for us to continue to keep our tuition costs as low as possible, it is essential that every family participate in supporting the principles of Catholic stewardship in their relationship to the school and parish as well as in their daily lives. We highly encourage each family to read, and take to heart, the Stewardship document contained in the first section of the St. Anthony School Family Handbook.

 

It is clearly laid out in our criteria for in-parish tuition eligibility that each family is expected to make a stewardship commitment to their parish with contributions of time, talent, and treasure. We also expect that each family will participate financially in the school’s three major fund-raising and development activities:

 

• STAAR Auction (Required $20 per student class project donation & $150 cash or procured items).

• Making a Difference Annual Fund (Amount commensurate with the family financial resources).

• Fitness-a-thon (Student participation fundraiser).

 

In addition, each family is expected to contribute a minimum of 36 hours each year in volunteer service to the school, the parish, and/or other service organizations in the local community. Hours must be reported to the school on a regular basis. Families not meeting their volunteer hour commitment will be charged $10.00 per hour for all un-worked hours less than the expected 36 hours. Families who do not fulfill their procurement requirement will be billed for the difference between their procurement and the $150 requirement. (link to form)

 

We have found throughout the years that families meeting these Stewardship expectations have a richer and more satisfying relationship with the school and with other members of the school and parish community.  We have also found that these experiences strengthen the family’s spiritual growth and sense of Catholic discipleship.