education - Nazareth Prep

ANNUAL REPORT 2017/2018

education

reimagined

NAZARETH PREP ANNUAL REPORT 2017/ ’ 18 1

DEAR fRiENDs,

On June 7, we celebrated the graduation of our first senior class. Looking at the 48 remarkable

young people of the class of 2018, we could see the pride they felt, not only in their own accomplishments but in those of their peers. Everyone assembled there had made it to that day together, as a community and as a family.

Four years ago, when Nazareth Prep first opened its doors, we were beginning to reimagine what a high school education could be. How could a school empower each of its students to find their particular path to success, to become the designer of their own future?

Supported by a one-on-one advisory program, our students traversed customized post-secondary pathways that they chose. They explored what was possible through hands-on learning at our Network Campus partners. They discovered their inner makers as they designed solutions to real-world challenges in our Social Action and Innovation Laboratory (SAIL), an MIT-approved fabrication facility. They forged bridges to future careers through our internship program.

All of us learned together. Over the past four years, our faculty and school leadership have continued to adapt, innovate, and reimagine our strategies. This year teacher

Leslie Chabala refined her pedagogy in collaboration with educators throughout the area (page 12). Meanwhile, third-trimester Project-Based Learning instructors built a course structure that enables students to adapt their own strategies as they encounter new information (page 6).

From the start, we have challenged traditional models of education, recognizing that no element of what we do here is predetermined — that we have choices to make. Our students, also, have made choices: about what and how to study, what challenges to take on, what paths to explore. Because of their hard work and unique education- to-career preparation, our departing seniors were greeted with an abundance of opportunities, from college acceptance letters to job offers (page 3).

Thanks to our amazing community of internship partners, donors and supporters, the class of 2018 has choices to make. They are prepared to make those choices — and to imagine a future like nothing we’ve seen before.

Sincerely,

NAZARETH PREP

Nazareth Prep is an independent Catholic high school that provides an affordable, innovative education focused on college and career readiness. Nazareth Prep partners with families and uses evidence-based practices to equip each student for success. Through a rigorous yet personalized college preparatory program and unique internship program, Nazareth Prep students build skills that will transform their lives.

– MissiON sTATEMENT

Reverend Thomas G. Schaefer, PhDChair, Nazareth Prep Board of Trustees

Lisa M. Abel-Palmieri, PhDHead of School and Chief Learning Of ficer, Nazareth Prep

On June 7, Nazareth Prep celebrated the graduation of its very first senior class. The 48 members of the class of 2018 enter their post-high school lives with an unusual set of experiences that make them uniquely equipped for success.

Allegheny CollegeBethany CollegeCalifornia University of Pennsylvania Carlow UniversityCentral State UniversityChatham UniversityCheyney UniversityClarion UniversityCommunity College of Allegheny CountyDuquesne UniversityGannon UniversityHarrisburg UniversityHarrisburg University of Science and TechnologyIndiana University of PennsylvaniaKent State UniversityLaRoche CollegeLincoln UniversityMarietta College

Penn State UniversityPenn State University at Greater AlleghenyPoint Park UniversityRobert Morris UniversityRosedale Technical CollegeSaint John’s UniversitySaint Vincent CollegeSlippery Rock UniversityTemple UniversityUniversity of AkronUniversity of Maryland Baltimore CountyUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Pittsburgh Honors CollegeUniversity of Pittsburgh at BradfordWashington and Jefferson UniversityWaynesburg University

THE 2018 gRADUATiNg cLAss wAs AccEPTED iNTO THE fOLLOwiNg POsT-sEcONDARy iNsTiTUTiONs:

These students completed a rigorous, STEAM-focused curriculum— integrated with a wealth of real-world learning that encompassed internships at top local employers, project-based courses that engaged area communities, and hands-on exploration in a variety of educational, cultural and professional settings. For four years, the whole city was their classroom.

“We are proud to celebrate our first graduating class, a group of young people who are equipped to imagine, to design, and to build amazing futures for themselves and their communities,” says Head of School and Chief Learning Officer Lisa Abel-Palmieri.

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In the third trimester of this school year, Nazareth Prep students of all grade levels tackled a challenging Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit. Interdisciplinary teams of teachers guided them as they learned about an array of timely issues and teamed up with each other to develop creative solutions to the challenges that most excited them.

“You’re right there learning with them,” says Yowonske. “We were given the freedom to take risks with this unit, and that allowed us to help our students take risks.”

“This is where the students have the opportunity to level up,” says Emily Yowonske, who co-taught the ninth-grade PBL unit along with fellow Cultural Literacy teacher Marlee Flaherty and colleagues Shannon Lafferty, Kaytlynn Nasholts and Cameron Saddler. Their theme, “I am shaped by the world around me, and I am able to shape the world,” was geared toward building agency.

One team, focusing on homelessness, originally planned to organize a fund-raiser. After meeting with a professional directly involved in advocacy for people experiencing homelessness in Pittsburgh, the students realized that their idea failed to address some of the community’s major needs, such as privacy and simple conveniences. The group went back to the drawing board and created a project on how tiny houses could be used to ameliorate homelessness.

Yowonske and Flaherty highlight this group’s process as an exemplar of how learning unfolds in the PBR unit, which allows students to discover and adapt, rather than hustling them along a one-size-fits-all track. “You’re right there learning with them,” says Yowonske. “We were given the freedom to take risks with this unit, and that allowed us to help our students take risks.”

The ninth-grade students tackled social-justice topics ranging from sexism, to human trafficking, to homelessness. Along the way, they received plenty of one-on-one guidance from their teachers, as well as feedback from other faculty members, administrators, community stakeholders and each other, before presenting their final projects at a year-end exhibition.

Flaherty points out that the unit bolstered all four of Nazareth Prep’s core mindsets: as resilient learners, students adapted to setbacks and new information; as entrepreneurs, they designed products to meet community needs; as servant- leaders, they focused on helping and empowering others; and as problem solvers, they found solutions not only to their chosen issues but also to the challenges of managing a project and working in a team.

“I’m grateful for the planning time we were given to make this unit work,” adds Flaherty. “The students learned so much, from information about the topics they researched, to study and project-management techniques, to skills like collaboration and empathy—which will help them in all areas of life.”

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“I like that this internship helped me with my engineering goals and also taught me valuable information about how Hussey Copper operates its business.”

“He looks like he’s been working here a decade,” remarked Hussey Copper internship supervisor Russ Greenfield, referring to then-senior Paul Covington. Covington, who graduated this spring, dug into his final internship, quickly learning the ropes and even identifying ways to improve Hussey Copper’s equipment – his favorite task was redesigning the hot-quench assembly. When not hard at work, he could be found chatting with the company’s CEO. This fall, Covington embarked on an apprenticeship at MSA Safety (see page 21 for more on MSA’s groundbreaking partnership with Nazareth Prep), which will earn him an electro-mechanical technical certificate. He’s also taking classes at Allegheny Community College, with the goal of transferring to a four-year college and completing a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

2017/18 internship: Hussey Copper

Past internships: Eaton, MSA Safety, First National Bank

Post-secondary plans: pre-apprenticeship at MSA Safety

career aspirations: work as an engineer at MSA

Other aspirations: start a business designing and engineering automobiles

For more information on Paul’s post-graduation success, read Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article “Why a Pittsburgh Catholic prep school is borrowing a German job training manual.”


“Having the honor to watch the school grow and be a part of the first graduating class has been the best experience of my life. I was never heard in my middle school, but I am heard at Nazareth Prep. Here, I have a voice.”

When Destiny Williams completed middle school in 2014, she was a shy, underperforming student harrowed by three years of constant bullying. She knew something needed to change, so when her family received information about a new high school opening that fall, she decided to take a chance on something different. She enrolled in Nazareth Prep. Here Destiny found a community of teachers, staff and peers that felt like a family —and among them, she found within herself resilience and a sense of purpose. As a thriving upperclassman, she made a point of motivating underclassmen to discover their own potential. “When I first came to Nazareth Prep... I assumed that going to college was a rich kids’ dream and that I wasn’t smart enough to go,” Destiny says. Now she’s a student at California University of Pennsylvania, where she plans to major in criminal justice, with a minor in English.

2017/’18 internship: Public Allies

Past internships: Giant Eagle Corporation, Carnegie Science Center Sports Works

Post-secondary plans: study criminal justice at California University of Pennsylvania

career aspirations: working in social service to make the world a better place

Other aspirations: to write a book by age 40 and to move to the south after college

Outside interests: reading, watching television


“I felt so filled up with new ideas at the end of that week,” she says. “It gave me fuel that I drew on all year.”

Agency by Design emphasizes maker-centered learning, which is a key component of Chabala’s classes. During the leadership seminar on criminal justice, students worked in groups on digital projects designed to make the system more just, including a virtual-reality courtroom and a sentencing app prototype — both geared toward reducing racial and gender bias in adjudication. In preparing for these projects, students also built empathy with stakeholders in the system by visiting a West Virginia penitentiary and an Allegheny County jail.

In addition to Agency by Design, Chabala has sought to gain tools and insights for her classrooms through experiences like the Keystone Technology Innovator Summit, which she attended last summer. “I felt so filled up with new ideas at the end of that week,” she says. “It gave me fuel that I drew on all year.”

When Leslie Chabala told her Junior Leadership Seminar that they would be examining the criminal justice system, she immediately felt “a shift of engagement.” “This is very personal for many of them,” says the music and integrated design teacher. Some of these students want to work in criminal justice. Several have family members who are or have been incarcerated.

Chabala tackled this complex topic with the help of a grant she applied for through Agency by Design, an initiative of Harvard Graduate School of Education. Chabala was a member of the program’s 2017/’18 cohort, a group of teachers who conducted research for the initiative and shared insights and ideas with each other.

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This May, Nazareth Prep senior Mya Lane made her Broadway debut. Having won first place in Pittsburgh’s regional August Wilson Monologue Competition, netting a $20,000 scholarship to Point Park University and a $500 cash prize, Lane headed to the August Wilson Theater in New York City for nationals. There, performing a monologue by the character Becker in the play “Jitney,” she competed against high schoolers from all over the country and won second prize.

At Nazareth Prep, August Wilson is a staple of the Cultural Literacy curriculum, with students reading his plays and visiting Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, where Wilson lived and drew inspiration for his work.

Nazareth Prep has a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math) focus meant to equip youth for rewarding, 21st-century careers, as well as to help them grow into well-rounded individuals and community members. The school encourages students to pursue their creative passions by integrating the arts throughout the curriculum and offering

electives and performance opportunities. Lane’s success is just one example of how this methodology can inspire students to take on big challenges and reap the rewards of showcasing their talents.

At Nazareth Prep’s annual St. Joseph the Worker reception, held on May 9, 2018, seven outstanding students were awarded $5,000 scholarships, to be used for college education, technical training and apprenticeship support.

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In 2018 Nazareth Prep inaugurated the Daniel M. Rooney Ambassador Scholarship, awarded annually to two matriculating students who have demonstrated the values of entrepreneurship, problem solving, resilient learning and servant leadership. The scholarships, to be awarded annually at the Saint Joseph the Worker scholarship luncheon, were established to commemorate the former Steelers chairman, North Side resident and friend of the school, who passed away in April 2017.

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f iscal year ending JUNE 30, 2018Financials


26.7% International College Preparatory Program $1,536,229

73.3% Nazareth Prep $4,226,730

TOTAL $5,762,959

ExPENsEs

.5% Government $29,104

38.7% 3rd Party Reimbursement $2,056,537

59.7% Grants & Contributions $3,170,278

1.1% Other $58,799

TOTAL $5,314,718

REvENUE

.5% Accounts Receivable $11,829

2.5% Grants Receivable $58,183

96.0% Cash & Equivalents $2,261,353

1.0% Prepaid Expenses & Other $23,097

TOTAL $2,354,462

AssETs

18.4% Total Unrestricted $ 91,124

81.6% Temporarily Restricted $404,457

Permanently Restricted –

TOTAL $495,581

NAZARETH PREP NET AssETs

96.5% Accrued Expenses $1,793,437

3.5% Accounts Payable $65,444

TOTAL $1,858,881

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fOUNDATiONs AND OTHER fUNDERs

Adele and Thomas Keaney Charitable Foundation through the PNC Charitable Trust Grant Review Committee Allegheny FoundationCatholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Our Campaign for the Church Alive, Inc.Deacon George Social Justice FundFederated Investors FoundationThe Hearst FoundationsThe Heinz EndowmentsNazareth Family FoundationPA Department of Community and Economic DevelopmentPA Department of Education, Food and NutritionPartner4WorkTarget Field Trip GrantsUPMC Health Plan

cOMMONwEALTH Of PENNsyLvANiA

Department of Community and Economic Development

31sT ANNUAL gOLf cLAssic sPONsORs

TiTle

Jim Shorkey Auto Group

Gold

Mascaro Construction Company, L.P.

Silver

Highmark Blue Cross Blue ShieldUPMC Health Plan

Bronze

Fitzsimmons Metal Company., Inc.Shields Asphalt Paving, Inc.The Wilson GroupThe TVS FundFederated Investors, Inc.

Tee SponSorS

Kozik Brothers, Inc.Gateway Health PlanHefren Tillotson, Inc.Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local UnionRange Resources—Appalachia, LLCVernon C. Neal and Alvina B. Neal FundSisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

ARTHUR J. ROONEy, sR. cOURAgE HOUsE LUNcHEON sPONsORs

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Peoples

Black and Gold

I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 5R&V Associates

Silver

84 Lumber/Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & SpaA.C. Dellovade, Inc.Apogee IT Services, Inc.Clearview Credit UnionGateway HealthHighmark, Inc.James L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc.Jim Shorkey AutogroupQuest Diagnostics

Bronze

Community Care Behavioral Health OrganizationCovestroDollar BankFirst National Bank of PAPeter GermainGiant Eagle, Inc.Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LPJones Lang LaSalleMascaro Construction Company, L.P.Pittsburgh MailingPricewaterhouseCoopers, LLCSisters of the Holy Family of NazarethVernon C. Neal and Alvina B. Neal FundThe Wilson GroupUniversity of Pittsburgh Athletics Department

EDUcATiON iMPROvEMENT TAx cREDiT cONTRibUTiONs

First Commonwealth BankFirst National Bank of PABryn Mawr TrustCentimarkChadwick Svc ComcastCS McKeeDollar BankGMS SurgentHardin Compliance Consulting Hefren-TillotsonHuntington BankMaher Duessel CPA’sMARC USAMitsubishi ElectricNantucket Enterprise Holdings- Bloomfield PropertyPA Partners for EducationPNCReddinger, Will, Gallagher, and DickertSimpson and McCradyTrumbullUHS of PennsylvaniaUPMCWaste ManagementYouth Empowerment Scholarship Fund

NAZARETH PREP iNTERNsHiP PARTNERs 2017–’18

412 Food RescueAllegheny General HospitalAnimal FriendsApogee IT ServicesAssemble PittsburghAutism Speaks

Best of the Batch FoundationBible Center Church – Maker’s Club HouseBoy Scouts of AmericaBuchanan, Ingersoll & RooneyCameron Professional ServicesCarnegie Library of PittsburghCarnegie Science CenterChildren’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMCChildren’s MuseumCity of PittsburghCohen and GrigsbyCounty of AlleghenyCountywide PetroleumDeloitteDollar BankDuquesne LightDuquesne Light Customer Assistance ProgramDuquesne UniversityEaton CorporationFedEx GroundFirst National BankFlowers of LifeGiant EagleGood Samaritan HospiceGreater Valley Community ServicesHealthSouth RehabHefren-TillotsonHighmarkHoly Family ManorHomeless Children’s Education FundHomewood Children’s VillageHusseyCopperIntegraCareJim Shorkey Auto Group Jones Lang LaSalleJunior AchievementJust Harvest

K&L GatesKoppers, Inc.LaRoche CollegeLight of Life MinistriesManchester Academic CSManchester Craftsmen’s GuildManheim PittsburghMARC USAMarian Hall HomeMassaro Construction GroupMcKees Rocks Community Development Corp.MSA SafetyNew Hope Personal Care HomeNo Crayon Left Behind Providence ConnectionsNorthside Catholic SchoolOld Economy VillagePeoplesPittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh Technology CouncilPJ Dick, Trumbull, and Lindy PavingPNCPublic Allies PittsburghRed House CommunicationsRobert Morris UniversityRonald McDonald HouseRosedale Technical CollegeSimpson McCradyTeletrackingThe School for the BlindThe Wilson GroupUnited SteelworkersUPMC Health PlanUPMC Mercy HospitalVilla St. JosephWestern PA ConservancyYMCA of Greater PittsburghYWCA of Greater Pittsburgh

sponsors and Friends

Thank you for your generous support


• InFall2018,NazarethPreplaunchedthefirstcertifiedpre-apprenticeshipprograminwesternPennsylvania.AcollaborationwithMSASafetyCompanyandthePittsburghChapteroftheGerman-AmericanChamberofCommerce,thismechatronicspre-apprenticeshipwillgivestudentsajump-startoncareersinSTEM.

• AtNazarethPrep’sSocialActionandInnovationLaboratory(SAIL),anMIT-approvedfabricationfacility,studentscreatesolutionstoreal-worldchallenges.In2018,summerprogramparticipantsdesignedandbuiltaTwitter-connectedLittleFreePantrytostreamlinecommunityfoodsharinginAliquippa.

• NazarethPrephasbeenselectedasoneofthefewareaschoolstoparticipateinEducationUncontained,aninitiativeoftheequityXinnovationLabatDuquesneUniversity.Withtraining,support,anda$25,000grantfromtheLab,studentswillbetheleaddesignersofexpanded,equitableafter-schoolprogramming.

imagining

What ’snext

2017–’18Governance

Lisa M. Abel-Palmieri, PhD (ex-officio)

Head of School & Chief Learning OfficerNazareth Prep

William T. CullenAttorney

Douglas H. DescalziVice President & General Manager, IV SolutionsOmnicell

Tyra Good, EdDAssistant ProfessorChatham University

John R. OlszewskiSenior ManagerPricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

Anthony R. Petroy, DMAssistant Vice Chancellor of Global LearningMissouri University of Science and Technology

Christopher H. PhillipsAccount DirectorCenturyLink

Reverend Thomas G. Schaefer, PhDAssociate Vice President, Academic AffairsLa Roche College

Kenneth P. ServiceRetired Vice Chancellor for CommunicationsUniversity of Pittsburgh

Michel P. Therrien, STL, STD (ex-officio)

President, Institute for Pastoral LeadershipCatholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

Paul R. UhlerSenior Vice President & Chief Human Resource OfficerMine Safety Appliances

Sister Linda Yankoski, CSFN, EdD (ex-officio)

President/CEOHoly Family Institute

Officers:

Reverend Thomas G. Schaefer, Chair

Anthony Petroy, Vice Chair

Christopher Phillips, Treasurer

William Cullen, Secretary

Sister Linda Yankoski, President of the Member (ex-officio)

Lisa M. Abel-Palmieri, Head of School (ex-officio, non-voting)

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