CATHOLIC EDUCATION.......

THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

EDUCATION A RIGHT AND A NECSSITY FOR ALL PEOPLE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SUCCESS IN LIFE DEPENDENT UPON EDUCATION EDUCATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS... THE LIFTING OF A PEOPLE BY ITS BOOTSTRAPS PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS SERVED AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH MIXED SUCCES CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS...... THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

THE COMMODITY OF GREAT VALUE....

FOR MANY AFRIICAN AMERICANS... CATHOLIC EDUCATION. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

THREE PROPOSITONS THAT INDICATE AND REFLECT THE VALUE OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDE COMPETENCY IN INSTRUCTION, CURICULA RELEVANCE, DEMONSTATED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT... BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY ..CATHOLIC EDUCATION OPERATES FROM A POSITON OF POSITIVE EXPECTAION

FIRST STEP IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT POSITIVE EXPECTATION: EACH CHILD HAS VALUE EACH CHILD CAN LEARN EACH CHILD WILL LEARN... SECOND STEP IN STUDENT ACHEIVEMENT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY EDUATIORS OF THEIR CHIDREN

CATHOLIC EDUCATION/CATHOLIC SCHOOLS REQUIRE: PARENTS MUST BE INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS PARENTS MUST COOPERATE WITH THE SCHOOL..ACCEPT MISSIONOF THE SCHOOL PARENTS MUST HOLD STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTION, WORK AND BEHAVIOR

3. CATHOLIC EDUCATION/SCHOOLS PROVIDE AN EDUCATION FOR LIFE......... FAITH DEVELOPMENT.....KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS A FUNDAMENAL IN THE EDUCAIONAL PROCESS CATHOLIC SCHOOL EXIST PRIMARILY TO TEACH THE FAITH THE FAITH.... DEVELPES CHARACTER AND MORAL GROWTH IN THE INDIVIDUAL

HEREIN LIES THE GREAT VALUE AND BENEFIT OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION WHY IT IS THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE STUDENTS ARE WELL PREPARED TO FUNCTION ACADEMICALLY. TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL AND DIVERSE WORLD TO DEMONSTRAE COMPETENCY AT A LEVEL MNAY TIME HIGHER THAN PUBLIC INSTIUTIONS

BUT ALSO.. TO LIVE A CHRIST CENTERED LIFE A LIFE ROOTED IN GOSPEL VALUES THE KNOW AND EXPRESS JUSTICE MERCY AND LOVE TO LIVE AND HAVE FULL AND ABUNDANT LIVES FREE FROM UNCERTAINTY ANXIETY AND FEAR POVERTY AND INJUSTICE WHICH IS THE INHEITANCE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN JOHN 10:10

BECAUSE.... DEMONSTRATED COMPETANCY AND ACHIEVMENTS PRIMACY OF PARENTAL PARTICIPATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS BASED UPON THE GOSEPL VALUES OF JEUS..IT IS AN EDUCATION FOR LIFE THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS EDUCATION KNOW IT IS INDEED A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE AND VALUE

JOHN 10:10 I AM COME THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY.... CATHOLIC EDUCATION........ THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

AN REAL AND LIVED EXPRESSSION OF THAT ABUNDANT LIFE

While we can all agree this afternoon... Catholic education is indeed the pearl o grat price and its benefits to us in the african american community can not be overstated we recognize this morning that cathlic education especially in the balkc community is in troble While there are many reason we can say it is in trouble basically because of what they all a paradigm shft

PARADIGN SHIFT THINGS..EVENTS... CIRSUMSTANCES... PRSONNEL CULTURAL CLIMATE... FINANCES.. ALL OF THESE THINGS WHEN APPLIED TO A CIRCUMSTANCE EITHER INDIVIDUALY OR JONTLY CAN BRING ABOUT A CHANE IN THE OPERATION AND EFFEDTIVENESS AND THE OUTCOME OF A GIVEN PROGRAM INSTITUTION OR CIRCUMSANCE..