Mission and Catholic Identity

	Please describe, in narrative form, how your school meets and/or exceeds the criteria listed below.
School:
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	THE MISSION AND THE vision STATEMENT
1.	Describe in detail the process your school community followed to develop your mission statement. Explain how your school mission statement is comprehensively reviewed and evaluated by school stakeholders each year. Include the mission statement as part of your response.

2.	How does your mission statement impact decision-making within your school community? Please provide at least one specific example.

3.	What evidence can you provide that your mission is seen, known, understood, lived, and communicated within the community?

	RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
4.	Provide at least 2 – 3 examples of ways in which your school’s mission prioritizes approaches to religious instruction as a means of living its mission.

5.	Provide 2-3 examples of how the religious curriculum is integrated into other areas of school curriculum and programming.

	SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
6.	How do various aspects of the school environment reflect, in an exemplary way, the school’s commitment to its essential tradition, spirituality, and mission?

7.	Provide specific examples that illustrate how Catholic Social Teachings are integrated into your total school community in an exemplary way?

	liturgy, prayer, and spiritual life
8.	Identify and describe the ways in which multiple forms of prayer are integrated, in age-appropriate ways, into your total school community.

9.	Provide examples of exemplary approaches to adult faith formation for faculty and staff.

10.	Beyond offering regular opportunities for Mass, how is the liturgical life of the Church integrated into all aspects of the community?

11.	Explain how your retreats are intentionally designed to deepen the integration of faith, life and culture within your school community.

	service and gospel witness
12.	Describe how your school's service efforts include reflection, preparation, and intentional connection to Catholic Social Teachings.

13.	Describe the process your school uses to prioritize and select your service projects.

14.	How is the Catholic Social Teaching theme of "Call to Family and Community Participation" fulfilled in your school's service efforts?

15.	How does your school assess its graduates' personal integration of faith-based knowledge, dispositions, and skills (i.e., students in the current 8th grade or senior class)?

Building Address (use for deliveries)
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
3501 South Lake Drive
St. Francis, WI 53235 (map)

Mailing Address
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
PO Box 070912
Milwaukee, WI 53207

Phone Numbers
Janelle Luther: (414) 758-2256
Laura Kacala: (414) 758-2254

Fax
(414) 769-3408

General email
schools@archmil.org

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